Individuals wishing to take this class should already be experienced UNIX administrators. Particular focus is given to SOLARIS and HP-UX in the GL-615 text. Students not comfortable with UNIX operating systems should consider other Guru Labs courses such as the GL120 "Linux Fundamentals", GL250 "Enterprise Linux Systems Administration", and GL275 "Enterprise Linux Network Services" :

 

Linux workstation installation
Linux server installation
Post-install system configuration
Scripting installation of custom setups using kickstart
Linux boot process
SysV init concepts and configuration
Managing startup of system daemons
Controlling startup of services in xinetd / inetd

 

Creation, modification, and deletion of users and groups
Password aging under Linux
The Linux login process and login authentication
Regulating access to the root account via su and sudo
Creation, modification, and deletion of partitions and filesystems
Configuring NFS clients
Client DS configuration - NIS, LDAP
Management of RAID and LVM devices under Linux
Using FACLs
Disk space regulation using quotas
Backing up and restoring Linux filesystems

 

Scheduling jobs using cron, anacron, and at
Management of processes running on the system
Usage of process accounting and implementation of process limits
Configuration and analysis of system logs
System performance analysis
Configuring network interfaces
Setup of DNS and DHCP clients
Diagnosing network setup issues

 

Configuration of X server
Installation and maintenance of fonts
Usage and configuration of XDMCP
Implementations of X security
Securing freshly installed Linux systems
Keeping Linux systems up-to-date
Configuration of Linux firewalls
Usage of TCP wrappers to secure Linux systems

 

Configuration of optimized Linux kernels
Compiling and installing custom Linux kernels
Using third-party patches with Linux kernels
Updating userland to support new kernels
Concepts for troubleshooting Linux
Analysis of system logs to identify problems
Use of systems-level debugging aids in troubleshooting
Usage of the Linux rescue environment

DNS history and theory
The domain name space
Delegation and Zones
Resolving names and reverse lookups
Configuring BIND named.conf
Configuring BIND zones
DNS heirarchies: subdomain delegation
Securing BIND DNS
BIND 9 Views
Restricting queries
Restricting zone transfers
DDNS and nsupdate

 

LDAP Directory services
LDAP Schema
Referenceing LDAP entries
LDAP security
Implementing OpenLDAP server
Defining global parameters
Restricting access
Database configuration and indexing
Querying LDAP databases
HTTP theory
Apache history and status
Apache architecture
Apache configuration files
Using Apache modules

 

Apache logs and analysis
Apache virtual hosting
Virtual host security issues
Apache authentication
Intro to cryptography
Using HTTPS with Apache
Dynamic content
Extending Apache with PHP and Tomcat
Dynamic content and security
Implementing FTP services

 

Configuring a squid proxy
Squid ACLs, and hierarchies
Bandwidth metering and monitoring
Samba 3 foundation
SMB protocol theory
NetBIOS and NetBEUI
NetBIOS naming
SMB shares with Samba
Mounting SMB shares on Linux
Password encryption issues

 

SMTP theory
Implementing SMTP with Sendmail
Sendmail configuration
Sendmail ESMTP AUTH and encryption
Implementing SMTP with Postfix
Postfix configuration
Postfix ESMTP AUTH and encryption
Email services: POP3 and IMAP4
Encrypting client access
Spam and virus filtering
Web mail client access

This courses is currently supported on the latest releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora Core Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, or SUSE Linux Professional.