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Intorduction to Linux

Ningbo City College of Vocational Technology via XuetangX

Overview

The purpose of this course is to help beginners get started with Linux system administration, be able to deploy and maintain general Linux hosts, and lay a good foundation for learners to further engage in network management, system operation and maintenance, and other work. 

This course will start from the perspective of a Linux administrator, from shallow to deep, and gradually proceed around the task scenarios that will be encountered in junior management work. The course content includes 10 topics: 

(1) Obtaining and deploying systems, (2) Initial bash (3) Managing files (4) Introduction to vim (5) Introduction to pipes and redirection (6) Managing users (7) Managing disks (8) Managing networks (9) Managing software packages (10) Managing processes and system services.

Syllabus

  • Topic 01: Introduction to Linux
    • Things about Linux
    • Choosing the poper distribution
    • Setting up a virtual machine
    • Getting poper installation media
    • Installing Linux (CentOS 6 & CentOS 7)
    • Interacting with Linux
    • Command man
    • Shutting down and restarting system
  • Topic 02: Introduction to vim
    • Introduction to vim
    • A trial of vim
  • Topic 03: Managing files-part1 (listing, manipulating files)
    • Switching, creating and deleting directories
    • Listing files
    • Copying, moving, deleting and creating files
    • Wildcards
  • Topic 04: Managing files-part2 (archiving, compressing files, linking files, viewing text files, finding files)
    • Archiving and compressing files
    • Linking files
    • Viewing text files
    • Finding files
  • Topic 05: Redirection and pipes
    • Redirection
    • Pipes
  • Topic 06: Managing users
    • What are users and user groups
    • Viewing users
    • Switching user
    • Creating, modifying and deleting users
    • Creating, modifying and deleting user groups
    • sudoers
    • passwd and shadow files
  • Topic 07: Managing disks
    • Listing disks
    • Partitioning & formatting
    • Mounting & umounting
  • Topic 08: Managing networks
    • Network Manager
    • Network Interfaces
    • Network Connections
    • Changing host name
  • Topic 09: Managing software packages
    • Red Hat Package Manager
    • Yellow dog Updater Modified
  • Topic 10: Managing processes and services
    • Process status
    • Kill processes
    • Services
  • Final Exam

    Taught by

    Chenyang Yan

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