RHA030 - Red Hat Linux Computing Essentials

Version: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4                                                                                            

Audience :  Users who are new to Linux and have no prior UNIX or command-line skills, who want to develop and practice the basic skills to use and control their own Red hat Linux system.

Assumed Knowledge:  User-level experience with any computer system, use of mouse, use of menus, use of any graphical user interface. To assist you in determining whether you have equivalent experience, take the Pre-assessment Questionnaire.

https://www.redhat.com/apps/training/assess/ 

Aims : Students will learn to be effective users of Linux systems, acquiring skills and understanding of command line functions, file systems, users and groups, bash shell, process management, text editors, network applications, searching and organizing data, and graphical applications. 

Objectives : Upon successful completion of this curse, the delegate will be a Red Hat Linux user productive in using and customising a Red Hat Linux system for common command line processes and desktop productivity roles.

Course Outline

  •  Understand the Linux file system
  •  Perform common file maintenance tasks
  •  Use and customise the GNOME interface
  •  Issue essential Linux commands from the command line
  •  Perform common tasks using the GNOME GUI
  •  Open, edit, and save text documents using the vi editor
  •  File access permissions
  •  Launch applications from command line and GNOME interface
  •  Printing commands and utilities
  •  Customise X Window System
  •  Regular expression pattern matching and I/O redirection
  •  Copy files to and from a floppy diskette
  •  Install, upgrade, delete, and query packages on your system
  •  Network utilities for the user
  •  Power user utilities
  •  Miscellaneous topics
  •  Performance-based Assessment and Testing

Detailed Course Content 

Workbook 1. Quick Tour

    1. Logging In

    2. The Kernel, Programs, and Processes

    3. Examining the Filesystem

    4. Running Commands

    5. Managing Terminals

    6. Getting Help

    Pretest. Quick Tour

    Lab Test. Quick Tour

    Test. Quick Tour

Workbook 2. Filesystem Basics

    1. Filesystem Navigation

    2. Important Directories

    3. Managing Files

    4. Managing Directories

    5. File Names and File Globbing

    6. Examining Files

    7. Editing Files

    Pretest. Filesystem Basics

    Lab Test. Filesystem Basics

    Test. Filesystem Basics

Workbook 3. Users and Groups

    1. Linux Users and the /etc/passwd File

    2. Linux Groups and the /etc/group File

    3. Examining User Information

    4. Changing Identity

    Pretest. Users and Groups

    Lab Test. Users and Groups

    Test. Users and Groups

Workbook 4. File Ownerships and Permissions

    1. Regular File Ownerships and Permissions

    2. Changing File Permissions: chmod

    3. Changing File Ownerships with chgrp and chown

    4. Directory Ownerships and Permissions

    5. chmod Revisited: Octal Notation

    6. Controlling Default Permissions: umask

    Pretest. File Ownerships and Permissions

    Lab Test. File Ownerships and Permissions

    Test. File Ownerships and Permissions

Workbook 5. The Linux Filesystem

    1. File Details

    2. Hard and Soft Links

    3. Directories and Device Nodes

    4. Disks, Filesystems, and Mounting

    5. Locating Files with locate and find

    6. Compressing Files: gzip and bzip2

    7. Archiving Files with tar

    Pretest. The Linux Filesystem

    Lab Test. The Linux Filesystem

    Test. The Linux Filesystem

Workbook 6. The Bash Shell

    1. Introduction to Bash

    2. Command Lists and Scripts

    3. Bash Variable

    4. Command Line Expansion

    5. Shell Customizations

    6. Sourcing Shell Scripts and Shell Initialization

    Pretest. The Bash Shell

    Lab Test. The Bash Shell

    Test. The Bash Shell

Workbook 7. Standard I/O and Pipes

    1. Standard In and Standard Out

    2. Standard Error

    3. Pipes

    Pretest. Standard I/O and Pipes

    Lab Test. Standard I/O and Pipes

    Test. Standard I/O and Pipes

Workbook 8. String Processing Tools

    1. Text Encoding and Word Counting

    2. Finding Text: grep

    3. Introduction to Regular Expressions

    4. Everything Sorting: sort and uniq

    5. Extracting and Assembling Text: cut and paste

    6. Tracking differences: diff

    7. Translating Text: tr

    8. Spell Checking: aspell

    9. Formatting Text (fmt) and Splitting Files (split)

    Pretest. String Processing Tools

    Lab Test. String Processing Tools

    Test. String Processing Tools

Workbook 9. Managing Processes

    1. An Introduction to Processes

    2. Process States

    3. Process Scheduling: nice and renice

    4. Sending Signals

    5. Job Control

    6. Scheduling Delayed Tasks: at

    7. Scheduling Periodic Tasks: cron

    Pretest. Introduction to Processes

    Lab Test. Introduction to Processes

    Test. Introduction to Processes

Workbook 10. Network Applications

    1. An Introduction to TCP/IP Networking

    2. Linux Printing

    3. Managing Printfiles

    4. Email Overview

    5. The Evolution MUA

    6. Network Diagnostic Applications

    7. Terminal Based Web and FTP Clients

    8. Remote Shell Commands

    Pretest. Network Applications

    Lab Test. Network Applications

    Test. Network Applications

Workbook 11. Supplements

    1. Advanced Shell Scripting

    2. Character Encoding and Internationalization

    3. The RPM Package Manager
 
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