CompTIA Linux+ Training Boot Camp

Exploring Linux command-line tools

• Work on the command line
• Process test streams using filters
• Use steams pipes and redirects
• Search text files using regular expressions

Managing software

• Manage shared libraries
• Use Debian package management
• Use RPM and yum package management
• Create, monitor and kill processes
• Modify process execution priorities

Configuring hardware

• Determine and configure hardware settings
• Design hard disk layout
• Create partitions and filesystems
• Maintain the integrity of filesystems
• Control mounting and unmounting of filesystems

Managing files

• Perform basic file management
• Manage disk quotas
• Manage file permissions and ownership
• Create and change hard and symbolic links
• Find system files and place files in the correct location

Booting Linux and editing files

• Boot the system
• Change runlevels/boot targets and shutdown or reboot system
• Install a boot manager
• Perform basic file editing operations using vi

X Window, localization, printing

• Install and configure X11
• Set up a display manager
• Accessibility
• Localization and internationalization
• Manage printers and printing

Administering the system

• Manage user and group accounts and related system files
• Automate system administration tasks by scheduling jobs
• Maintain system time
• System logging

Configuring basic networking

• Fundamentals of internet protocols
• Basic network configuration
• Basic network troubleshooting
• Configure client-side DNS

Script, email, databases

• Customize and use the shell environment
• Customize or write simple scripts
• SQL data management
• Main transfer agent (MTA) basics

Securing your system

• Perform security administration tasks
• Set up host security
• Securing data with encryption