Exercises & Discussions
This covers basic skills that are common to major distributions of Linux.
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Linux Installation and Package Management
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GNU and Unix Commands
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Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Install at least 1 Linux distribution (preferably Ubuntu)
Description:
Candidates should be able to install a working linux distribution of choice.
GNU and Unix Commands
Work on the command line
Description:
Candidates should be able to interact with shells and commands using the command line. The objective assumes the bash shell.
Key Knowledge Areas
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Use single shell commands and one line command sequences to perform basic tasks on the command line.
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Use and modify the shell environment including defining, referencing and exporting environment variables.
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Use and edit command history.
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Invoke commands inside and outside the defined path.
Terms and Utilities
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bash
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echo
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env
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exec
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export
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pwd
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set
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unset
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man
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uname
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history
Perform basic file management
Description: Candidates should be able to use the basic Linux commands to manage files and directories.
Key Knowledge Areas
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Copy, move and remove files and directories individually.
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Copy multiple files and directories recursively.
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Remove files and directories recursively.
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Use simple and advanced wildcard specifications in commands.
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Using find to locate and act on files based on type, size, or time.
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Usage of tar, cpio and dd.
Terms and Utilities
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cp
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find
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mkdir
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mv
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ls
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rm
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rmdir
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touch
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tar
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cpio
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dd
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file
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gzip
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gunzip
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bzip2
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file
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globbing
Description:
Candidates should be able to edit text files using nano. This objective includes nano navigation, basic, inserting, editing, deleting, copying and finding text.
Key Knowledge Areas
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Navigate a document using nano.
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Insert, edit, delete, copy and find text.
Description:
Candidates should be able to control file access through the proper use of permissions and ownerships.
Key Knowledge Areas
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Manage access permissions on regular and special files as well as directories.
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Use access modes such as suid, sgid and the sticky bit to maintain security.
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Know how to change the file creation mask.
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Use the group field to grant file access to group members.
Terms and Utilities
chmod umask chown chgrp
add a user temba to the system with useradd,
create a home directory with -m
set user password with passwd
adduser to group with usermod
run id temba to see if user is member of the group
add a group called finance with groupadd
make temba a group administrator with gpasswd -A
su to temba and see if you can add yourself as a member of a group with gpasswd -a
run id and see that temba is not a member of the group finance
less /etc/group and see that temba is an administrator of the group, by looking at the ::
exit the su context
create a directory /finance and copy some file to it.
change the group on /finance with chgrp -r /finance - this will make all files owned by the finance group
change the permissions on the directory and files so they are only accessible by the owner and group.
i.e chmod -R 660 /finance/* and change the directory to chmod 770 /finance
su to temba and observe that you cannot list the /finance directory or any file in it.
use the gpwasswd -a temba command to make temba a member of the group finance
observer that temba can enter the /finance directory and read files and create new ones
exit su
run groupdel finance. and do a ls -l /. Notice that the group id is displayed and not the group name.
this is because deleting a group does not change ownership of files owned by that group.
remove the /finance directory
ls /home to see temba's home director
delete temba with userdel -r, observe that the user home directory is also deleted.
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