Rough Syllabus

Linux System Administration, Services and Security:

1. Linux Introduction (Linux Basic). 30 hrs
2. Linux System Administration 20 hrs
3. Linux Network Services and Security 20 hrs.

Class Room Scenario:

Need each individual a workable machine which can be formatted to install the Linux. Maximum students enrollment: 20

Section 1: Linux Introduction (Linux Basic): 30hrs

This section focuses on basic Linux Introduction, command line and Desktop uses.

1. FOSS philosophy
2. Linux Introduction and History
3. Linux Installation (ubuntu, Redhat, Fedora, Debian)
4. Linux Command line basic (cp, mv, mkdir etc)
5. Linux File system
6. GUI and common FOSS applications
7. Text based editor in Linux (vim)
8. Browsing the file system
9. Text processing tools
10. User, group and permission
11. Standard Input and pipes
12. Finding and processing files
13. Bash Shell Scripting

Section2: Linux System Administration: 20 hrs.

1. System initialization and boot sequence
2. Package management (yum and apt-get, synaptic ,dpkg, rpm etc)
3. Kernel and System Services.
4. User and Group administration
5. File-system management
6. Quota, Raid and LVM
7. Virtualisation
8. Advance Network configuration
9. Troubleshooting

Section3: Linux Network Services and Security 20 hrs.

1. System performance and security
2. Domain Name System (DNS)
3. Network File sharing (NFS)
4. Web Services (Apache)
5. Electronic mail Services (Sendmail, Postfix and qmail)
6. FTP
7. SAMBA
8. Firewall (TCP wrapper and Iptables)
9. SELinux