This course shows learners how to configure and manage many aspects of the user environment and the kernel. It explains how to manage disk quotas, scheduled jobs, services, and special users; it also explains how to use the linux rescue environment to repair a system that cannot be booted.
Objectives:
Set up a shell configuration file
Configure and manage disk quotas
Identify and describe key kernel modules and modify kernel variables
Describe the characteristics of services and special users
Schedule jobs
Explain the Red Hat user private group scheme
Restore a system using the linux rescue environment
Topics:
Shell configuration files
Disk quotas
Quota management
Kernel basics
Kernel modules
New kernels
Scheduled jobs
Services and special users
Anachron and tmpwatch
The Linux rescue environment
Troubleshooting the boot process
Technical Requirements:
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Adobe Flash Player 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.
