LPI101 Certification

This five-day course will help to prepare students for the LPI certification – a vendor-neutral Linux credential that measures critical Linux system and network administration skills. The LPI certification consists of two exams – LPI 101 and LPI 102 – this course prepares for LPI 101.

Students will learn about the core elements of the Linux operating system, including installation, package management, X Windows and application management, together with core Internet-related technologies such as e-mail, security, DNS, Apache and Squid.

Target audience

This course is intended for students interested in gaining a greater understanding of Linux and for those responsible for providing basic installation, operation and troubleshooting services on Linux workstations and servers.

A general understanding of Linux administration skills is helpful but not necessary for course attendance.

Course content

Linux Overview What Is Linux? . The History of Linux . The Free Software Model . Proprietary Software Under Linux . The GNU General Public License . Lesser General Public License . Linux Features . Hardware . Loadable Device Modules . Software . GUI Window Managers . Programming Languages . Linux Advantages . GUIs Are Optional . Remote Administration is Easy . Rebooting is Uncommon . Viruses Are Almost Nonexistent . Greater Security . Linux Limitations . Linux Distribution Mechanism . Linux Distributions . Linux Standards . FHS and LSB . System Administration . Operational (vs. Administrative) Duties . Administrative (vs. Operational) Duties . Support . System Documentation . Providing User Support

Installing a Linux System Installation Options . Getting Ready . Types of Servers and Workstations . Identify Your Hardware . Determine Network Settings . Installation Methods . Installing From a CD-ROM . Creating a Boot Floppy . Installing From a Network . General Installation Steps . Install or Upgrade . Disk Partitioning . Swap Space . File System Types . ext2fs . ext3fs . ReiserFS . XFS . JFS . Partitioning the Drive . fdisk . Drive and Partition Names . Commands . Partition Attributes . Partition ID Type . The fdisk Procedure . Other Partitioning Methods . Software Choices . Hardware Configuration . System Settings . X Window System Installation . Linux Boot Loaders . The 1024 Cylinder Limit . Boot Loaders: LILO, GRUB, and LOADLIN . LILO . GRUB . LOADLIN . System Initialization . init and /etc/inittab . Linux Boot Sequence

Hardware System Boot Procedure . POST . BIOS and CMOS . Drives . Floppy Drives . IDE Drives . SCSI . SCSI-1 . SCSI-2 . SCSI-3 . SCSI Device Configuration . The SCSI BIOS . Peripheral Devices: AGP, ISA, and PCI . AGP . ISA . PCI . Hot Swappable Hardware . USB . IEEE 1394 . PCMCIA and CardBus . Mobile Hardware . Other Peripherals . Addresses, Channels, and Ports . IRQ . I/O Addresses . DMA . COM Ports . Printer Ports (LPT) . SCSI Device Numbering . Adding and Configuring Devices . Devices and Drivers . ISA/Plug and Play . Hard Drives . Network Interface Controllers . Adding RAM . Modems . UARTs . Audio Controllers . The Linux Kernel . The ALSA Project . OSS Commercial Sound Drivers . USB . USB Modules

Linux Usage   Command Line Basics . Command Line Syntax . Common Commands . su and sudo . Navigating the Directory Tree . The ls Command . Hidden Files . The cd Command . The pwd Command . Viewing File Permissions . Symbolic Links (symlinks) . Copying, Moving, and Removing Files . The cp Command . The mv Command . The rm Command . Creating and Deleting Directories . Working In the Linux Shell . User Environment Files . Environment . Using the bash Shell . Command History and Editing . Recursive Commands

Getting Help System Information . Identifying the System . System Default Files . man Pages and the man Command . Identifying and Communicating with Active Users . Communicating with Users . Login Prompts . Finding Files . The find Command . The locate Command . Locating Commands . Identifying Files

vi Linux Text Editors: vi . Basic vi . vi modes . Moving Within a File . Advanced Functions . Global Replacement and Regular Expressions . The set Command . The .exrc File . Executing Commands . Splitting Windows . Diffs . Buffers . Listing Buffers . Editing Buffers

File Systems File System Structure . File System Types . Making a File System . Mounting a File System . Command Line Mounting . Mounting with /etc/fstab . Mounting Microsoft (MS-DOS) Partitions . Mounting Removable Media in a GUI . Unmounting Partitions . Checking File Systems . Repairing Corrupted File Systems . The lost+found Directory . Managing File Systems . Kernel File Cache . Utilities . Disk Free (df) . Disk Usage (du) . Quota . User Disk Quota . Reporting on a User's Quota Status . Turning on Quota at Boot Time . Maintaining Quota . The /proc File System

Files and Directories   Standard Directories . The Linux File System . Access Control . Overview . Opening a file . File and Directory Permission . File Manipulation Permissions . Setting User and Group IDs . Programs . The Sticky Bit . File Permission Commands . chown . chgroup . chmod . chattr . Permissions and Ownership in a GUI . File-related Commands . Links . Why Use Links? . The ln Command . Hard Link . Symbolic Link

The X Window System X Client/Server Model . Gathering Information . Video Card . Monitor . Installing XFree86 . Configuring the X Window System . XF86Setup . SaX . Starting Your X Window System . Adjusting the X Window System . The xwininfo Utility . The xvidtune Utility . X Resource Files . Xresources ..xsession ..xscreensaver . Remote X Clients . xhost . X Stations and X Terminals . Installing and Managing Fonts Under X . Understanding the Font Path . Adding Directories to the Font Path . Font Servers . Window Managers/Desktop Environments . xdm . Modifying xdm . Configuring and Using KDE . KDE Install . KDM . Configuring and Using GNOME . GDM . Terminal Emulators

Package Management   Package Managers . Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) . rpm Package Names . RPM Commands . The rpmrc File . Debian Package Manager . dselect . apt . Non-Debian Packages - alien . Installing Software from Source . Unpacking the Tarball . tar . gzip and gunzip . configure . make and make install . Using Packages Without a Package Manager

Managing Shared Libraries System Library File Names and Locations . The libc and ld.so/ld-linux.so Libraries . Updating libc et al. . Other Files Related to Shared Libraries . Commands Related to System Libraries . Installing and Supporting Multiple Versions of a Shared Library . Over-riding the Shared Library Loading Mechanism . Errors Related to Missing or Damaged Shared Libraries

Text Processing The grep Family . Regular Expressions . Filters . sed . Addressing and Editing Commands . Redirecting Input, Output, and Errors . Input . Output . Errors . Pipes

Processes The Linux Kernel . Programs and Processes . Processes and the Kernel . Daemons and Zombies . Key Attributes of a Process . Running Processes . Checking on Processes . Running top . nice and renice . Background jobs . Signals . Sending Signals . Intercepting Signals

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