LPI102 EXAM PREPARATION LPIC-1 (LINUX PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE)

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1 LPI102 EXAM PREPARATION LPIC-1 (LINUX PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE) COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course prepares students to take the LPI 102 exam of the LPI level 1 certification. The LPI objectives covered are version 3.0 (released April 1, 2009). The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is the go to certification body for vendor independent Linux certifications. This course covers fundamental Linux skills such as file management and manipulation, text processing, command line use, package management, file systems, hardware, and many more. Students will feel confident taking the LPI LPIC exam with in classroom assessments and practice exams. Type: Linux Duration: 5 days Audience: The training is suitable for participants who have completed LPI 101 or have similar experiences REQUIREMENTS: LPI101 "LPIC-1 Exam Prep (Course 1)" or knowledge and experience equivalent to the LPI101 course. 1

2 CONTENT ACCOUNT AND SECURITY ADMINISTRATION User and Group Concepts User Private Group Scheme User Administration Modifying Accounts Group Administration Password Aging Default User Files su and Wheel sudo Setting Resource Limits via ulimit /lib/modules/pam_limits.so User and Group Administration User Private Groups Setting Limits with the pam_limits Modules CUSTOMIZING THE SHELL AND WRITING SIMPLE SCRIPTS sh: Configuration Files sh: Script Execution bash: Configuration Files bash: Command Line History bash: "shortcuts" bash: prompt Shell Scripting Example Shell Script Positional Parameters Input & Output Doing Math Comparisons with test Exit Status Conditional Statements Flow Control: case The for Loop The while Loop 2

3 Bash Login Scripts The Z Shell Writing a Shell Script AUTOMATING TASKS Automating Tasks at/batch at Access Control cron The crontab Command crontab Format /etc/cron.*/ Directories anacron Adding System cron Jobs Creating and Managing User Cron Jobs NETWORKING IPv4 Fundamentals TCP/IP Fundamentals Enabling IPv6 Linux Network Interfaces Ethernet Hardware Tools Runtime configuration change Configuring Routing Tables Advanced Configuration Starting and Stopping Interfaces RHEL Configuration Tools SUSE YaST Configuration Tool GNOME Network Administration Tool DNS Clients Network Diagnostics Information from netstat Basic Client Networking Configuring IPv6 X WINDOW SYSTEM The X Window System 3

4 X Modularity X.Org Drivers Starting X Configuring X Manually system-config-display on RHEL5.3 sax2 & yast x11 on SLES11 The X11 Protocol and Display Names Display Manager Concepts Display Managers and Graphical Login X Access Control Remote X Access (historical/insecure approach) Remote X Access (modern/secure approach) Customizing X Sessions Starting X Apps Automatically Window Manager Concepts Configure X Security Customize X Components Launching X Apps Automatically Secure X ACCESSIBILITY AND LOCALIZATION GNOME Accessibility Support Internationalization & Localization Character Encodings Locales Setting the Time Zone GNOME Accessibility Character Encoding Conversion Locale Configuration System Clock Configuration - Traditional Method System Clock Configuration - Distribution tools [RHEL5.3] System Clock Configuration - Distribution tools [SLES11] System Clock Configuration - Distribution tools [U804] TIME, LOGGING, AND PRINTING Managing System Time Managing Network-Wide Time Continual Time Sync with NTP Configuring NTP Clients 4

5 System Logging /etc/syslog.conf Common UNIX Printing System Configuring Print Queues Standard Print Commands Format Conversion Utilities Common UNIX Printing System Defining a Printer NTP Client Configuration Printing Configuring Print Queues FUNDAMENTALS OF MTA'S AND SQL SQL Databases SQL: Adding and Changing Data SQL: Viewing and Removing Data SMTP SMTP Terminology SMTP Architecture SMTP Commands SMTP Extensions SMTP Session Sendmail Architecture Sendmail Components Sendmail Configuration Databases Exim Postfix Features Postfix Architecture Postfix Components Postfix Configuration master.cf main.cf SQL with Sqlite3 Configuring Sendmail Configuring Postfix HOST SECURITY AND ENCRYPTION 5

6 Controlling Logins xinetd Xinetd Configuration and Access Control Xinetd Connection Limiting Xinetd: Resource limits, redirection, logging TCP Wrappers /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} Shortcuts Advanced TCP Wrappers Secure Shell ssh and sshd Configuration Accessing Remote Shells Transferring Files Alternative sftp Clients SSH Key Management ssh-agent Securing xinetd Services Enforcing Security Policy with xinetd Securing Services with TCP Wrappers Introduction to ssh and scp SSH Key-based User Authentication Using ssh-agent 6