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.
