Overview

This official Novell Press Study Guide is your key to reviewing the fundamentals of installing, running, and administering SUSE LINUX so that you can pass Novell Practicum: 050-069, Novell's Certified Linux Professional exam, and become a Novell CLP. Expert trainer and curriculum developer Emmett Dulaney brings you the practical knowledge, tested techniques, real-world scenarios, and hands-on lab exercises you need to help you get the CLP certification from Novell.

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Author:   Emmett Dulaney
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Novell Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.792kg
ISBN:  

9780672327193

ISBN 10:   0672327198
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   13 January 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1. The NCLP Certification Process and Planning Your Approach. The Exam Situation Exam-Taking Basics Exam-Handling Strategies Planning Your Approach 2. Understanding SuSE Linux Enterprise Server. Introducing Linux Introducing SLES 9 Installing SLES Drivers and Interfaces The Linux Desktop Working with KDE Working with Other Desktops Working with Processes Summary 3. Preliminary GNU and Unix Commands. Working at the Command Line Command-Line Interaction Connecting Commands Wildcards The Path Statement and Other Variables Common Variables Quoting Command History Command Aliasing Other Features and Notes Processing Text nl, head, and tail cut, paste, and join Paste Join Sort, Count, Format, and Translate Other Useful Utilities Basic File Management Working with cd and pwd Absolute and Relative Addressing Working with ls Applying a touch Copying and Moving cp mv dd Removing Files and Directories Making Directories Standard Output and Input tee for Two xargs Working with Processes What Is a Process Working with ps Working with pstree and top Ending a Process Background and Foreground Changing Priorities nice renice Working with grep and sed The grep Family sed Other Useful Utilities Working with vi Starting vi Navigation Changing Text Saving Files Inserting and Deleting Navigating Screens Searching for Text Copying Text Other Operations Lab Exercise 3-1: Starting and Stopping a Service Summary Metacharacter Summary Command Summary 4. Working with Files. Working with File Permissions and Ownership Standard Permissions Changing Values Access Control Lists Special Permissions Working with Links Hard Links Symbolic Links Finding System Files Working with Quotas Summary Command Summary 5. Basic Linux Administration. Creating and Managing Users Creating User Accounts Managing User Accounts Removing Users Working with Groups Creating a New Group Picking a Group Modifying Groups Working with PAM Configuring System Logs The Log Daemon Files to Know Maintaining Effective Backups Utilities to Know dd Related Utilities Adding a Mirror Working with the Time Working with NTP Lab Exercise 5-1: Manually Creating a New User Summary Command Summary 6. Shells, Scripting, Programming, and Compiling. Sprucing Up a Basic Script Items to Keep in Mind Accepting Input Representing the Variables The shift Command Adding Logic Using [ Using If-Then Mentality Using exit Two If-Then Variations Conditional Execution Looping Around Using while Using until Using for Revisiting Input Working with case A Mild exit Working with Numbers Lab Exercise 6-1: Finding and Killing the Process That Is Your Shell Lab Exercise 6-2: Create a Script to Count the Number of Running Processes Summary Command Summary 7. Boot, Initialization, Shutdown, and Runlevels. Understanding Runlevels Changing Runlevels The inittab File Enter LILO Enter GRUB Related Boot Files and Utilities Booting from Start to Finish Enter the User Summary Command Summary 8. Working with Filesystems. Laying Out the Filesystem The Standard Disk Layout The Hard Disk Layout Working with Hard Disks Creating Partitions Creating Filesystems Maintaining Filesystem Integrity Mounting and Unmounting Hard Disks and YaST Summary Command Summary 9. Managing Printing. Printing a File Moving Up to CUPS Formatting a File Installing a Printer Basic Configuration Files Printing Utilities Summary Command Summary 10. Administrative Tasks Revisited. Installing Software Shared Libraries Package Management with Red Hat Installing and Removing Software Using RPM Verifying an RPM Querying a Package Building RPMs Building a Package Understanding the Linux Kernel Kernel Modules Kernel Construction Obtaining the Kernel Source Code Building the Kernel Working with mail Monitoring the System Performing Administrative Security Tasks Working with iptables Host Security User-Level Security Adding Hardware Lab Exercise 10-1: Evaluating and Correcting a Security Risk Summary Command Summary 11. Networking Fundamentals. TCP/IP Background The Four Layers of TCP/IP Primary Protocols Address Resolution Protocol Protocols and Ports TCP/IP Host Configuration IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Supplying Values Other TCP/IP Configuration Configuring Routes Configuring Networking Services The /etc/services File Network Access Working with LDAP Working with Apache Working with NFS, smb, and nmb NFS NIS SMB NMB Working with DNS Using the hosts Files Moving Up to DNS Utilities to Use with DNS Working with OpenSSH Working with the IP Tool Lab Exercise 11-1: Verifying Your Host Information Lab Exercise 11-2: Create an Entry in the hosts File Lab Exercise 11-3: Identifying Running Network Services Summary Command Summary 12. Working with YaST. Introducing YaST Working with Users Working with Software Working with Hardware Working with Networks Working with YOU Working with Remote Administration Working with Security Settings Summary 13. Other Items to Know. Using Local Documentation The man Utility Using --help Getting Info Other Local Documentation Finding Remote Resources Working with KFind Scheduling Jobs for Later Using at Working with cron Programming 101 Monitoring SLES Summary Command Summary 14. Sample Practicums. Practicum One Practicum Two Summary Index.

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Novell(R) Certified Linux Professional Study GuideAbout the Author Emmett Dulaney is the author of several Linux, Unix, and certification titles. The Certification columnist and reviewer for UnixReview, he teaches the business of technology at Anderson University. He holds, or has held, 17 different vendor certifications and is a former partner in Mercury Technical Solutions. A(c) Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.

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