Red Hat Linux System Administration for Microsoft Administrators

User Administration

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  User Policy Considerations
  
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  The User Account Database
  
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  Adding a New User Account
  
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  Modifying/Deleting Accounts
  
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  Password Aging Policies
  
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  Authentication Configuration
  
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  NIS Configuration
  
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  Group Administration
  
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  Switching Accounts
  
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  SUID / SGID Executables
  
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  The Sticky Bit and Setgid Access Mode
  
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  Default File Permissions
  
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  User Private Groups
  
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  User and Group Administration
  
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  Adding users accounts, groups and shared group directories, switching
  

between accounts, managing password aging, setting file permissions and

special permission bits

Network Configuration

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  Network Device Recognition
  
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  Network Interfaces
  
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  Address Resolution Protocol
  
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  Bringing Network Interfaces Up and Down
  
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  Network Config Files and Configuration Utilities
  
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  Multiple NICs and IP Addresses, DHCP/BOOTP
  
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  Allowing User Control of Network Interfaces
  
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  Basic IP Routes, System Default Route
  
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  IP Forwarding, Global Network Parameters
  
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  Name Resolution and DNS Client Configuration
  
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  DNS and Network Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
  
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  Static Network Settings
  
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  Perform a custom installation with specific partitions and packages, fixed
  
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  IP with DNS and gateway settings, change to DHCP service, start and stop
  

the network interfaces manually

System Administration Tools

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  Configuring Service Alternatives
  
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  The Print System User Interface
  
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  LPRng/CUPS Configuration
  
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  LPRng/CUPS Queue Management
  
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  Task Automation With at and cron
  
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  Controlling Access to Task Automation
  
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  crontab format, System crontab Files
  
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  Configuring, Maintaining and Montoring System Logs
  
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  Using anacron, tmpwatch, logwatch
  
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  Managing the whatis Database
  
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  System Monitoring and Process Control
  
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  Backups and Archiving with tar, dump/restore, and cpio
  
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  Remote Backups
  
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  System Administration Tools
  
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  Configuring a local and remote printer queue, updating cron jobs, cron schedules, tmpwatch configuration, perform file backups
  

RPM, Boot Loaders, and Kickstart

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  Installing and Removing Software with RPM
  
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  RPM Queries and Verification, Utilities and Features
  
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  Red Hat Network, Registration, up2date utility
  
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  Remote Administration, Boot Loader Components
  
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  LILO and lilo.conf, GRUB and grub.conf
  
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  Starting the Boot Process, Multiboot Systems
  
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  Configuring a Linux Network Installation Server
  
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  Using Kickstart to Automate Installation
  
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  Understanding The Kickstart Configuration File
  
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  RPM and Kickstart
  
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  Install and remove RPM packages and source packages, modify the boot loader
  

configurations, add an alternate boot partition, use kickstart to automate installation

Troubleshooting

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  X, Services, Networking, Boot Problems, Corruption and Recovery
  
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  Rescue Environment Utilities and Details
  
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  System Rescue
  
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  Troubleshoot boot errors, fstab errors, X, bad password, file system
  

corruption, missing boot block