Welcome to Microcomputer Specialists, Inc.
-Training and Educational Services
What we offer:

Linux Administration (1 day)

 Topics:

 Overview 

  • Terminology
  • What is Linux
  • Direction Tree

 Basic Linux Operation

  • Booting the system
  • Shutdown command (halt, shutdown, poweroff, reboot)
  • Init and rc.* scripts
  • /etc/rc.config
  • Automating startup scripts
  • LILO
  • Log Files

 Basic Commands

  • File management: cp, mv, rm, cd, whereis, locate, chown, chgrp, chmod, ls
  • Text operations: vi, more, less, cat, grep
  • Pipes, and redirection: |, >, >>, 2>, 2>>, /dev/null
  • System: free, du, df, ps
  • Cron: crond, crontab

TCP/IP 

  • TCP/IP Addresses
  • Default gateway
  • DNS servers

Remote File Access Protocols 

  • http-hypertest transfer protocol
  • ftp-file transfer protocol
  • smb-server message block (protocol)
  • rsync
  • uucp-unix to unix copy program
  • nfs-network file system

 User admin 

  • Webmin
  • YAST
  • Adding users
  • /etc/skel
  • /etc/default/useradd
  • Adding groups
  • Changing passwords

 Backup 

  • Tar
  • Lonetar
  • Backup schedule
  • Restoring
  • Cron

 Diagnostics

  • MRTG-shows graphs of network traffic
  • Webalizer-analyzes web server traffic
  • Snort-Intrusion detection
  • Pint-tests TCP/IP connectivity
  • Traceroute-traces route of TCP/IP packets
  • Ps-shows running processes
  • Vmstat-shows virtual memory/memory/processor statistics
  • Free-shows memory usage breakdown
  • Top-shows realtime info on CPU/memory etc.

Remote access

  • Telnet
  • SSH
  • x-windows

 Samba 

  • SWAT
  • Adding shares
  • Adding printers

 Email services

  • Virus scanning
  • aliases
  • Using webmin

 Mounting/Unmounting 

  • /cdrom
  • /floppy

Print Services 

  • /etc/printcap
  • Local printing
  • Remote printing

 FTP connections

  • Using FTP

 Apache webserver 

  • Basic webserver file locations
  • Cgi-bin
  • Connecting to FrontPage

 Please Contact for more information or to schedule a class.

sales@msiunix.com

(219-477-3651

Microcomputer Specialists Inc.
(219)477-3651
209 E. Morthland Drive
Valparaiso, Indiana 46383