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This course is for anyone who is interested in learning the fundamentals of the Linux operating system and for anyone preparing for Exam 101 offered by the Linux Professional Institute.

Partitions and the Boot Process introduces users to the process of preparing a hard drive for use with the Linux operating system and explains the Linux boot process
File Management introduces users to the commands necessary to create, view, copy, move, and delete files on a Linux system.
GNU and Linux Commands introduces users to shells and shows users how to configure user and environment variables and how to manage processes on a Linux system.
File System Maintenance shows users how to mount and unmount file systems, verify file system integrity, perform disk maintenance tasks, manage disk quotas, create links to files, and locate files.
Users and Groups shows users how to create and manage user accounts and how to manage groups.
Text Streams shows users basic Linux commands for editing, filtering, and manipulating text.
Permissions shows users how to manage user and group permissions for files and directories.
Administration and Documentation shows users how to schedule jobs, manage system logging, and document their own Linux systems.
Backup and Restore introduces users to the process of planning a backup strategy and shows them how to create and restore a backup.

During the courses, you will learn how to:

Understanding Partitions
Understanding fdisk
Creating a Primary Partition
Creating a Swap Partition
Creating an Extended Partition
Formatting Partitions
Understanding File System Organization
Booting Linux
Understanding Runlevels
Understanding the init Daemon
Understanding LILO
Shutting Down Linux
Using Manual Pages
Changing Directories
Listing Directory Contents
Identifying File Types
Creating, Viewing, and Appending Files
Paging Through Files
Modifying Access and Modification Data
Copying Files and Directories
Moving Files and Directories
Creating Directories
Deleting Files and Directories
Understanding Regular Expressions
Searching File Content with grep
Archiving Files with tar
Compressing and Uncompressing Files with gzip
Using gzip with tar
Understanding Shells
Typing at the Command Line
Editing and the Command Line
Understanding Variables
Customizing Environment Variables
Working with the PATH Variable
Working with the PROMPT Variable
Working with the HOME Variable
Understanding the History File
Viewing the History File with fc
Understanding Processes
Listing Processes with ps and top
Editing Process Priority with nice
Managing Jobs
Sending Signals to Processes
Mounting Filesystems
Unmounting Filesystems
Filesystem Configuration Files
Checking Filesystems
Checking Disk Usage
Disk Maintenance
Understanding Disk Quotas
Enabling Disk Quotas
Setting Disk Quotas
Verifying Disk Quotas
Understanding Links
Creating Hard Links
Creating Symbolic Links
Understanding the System File Hierarchy
Finding Files
Locating Files
Identifying Commands
Using root
Understanding the /etc/passwd File
Managing User Passwords
Creating Users by Editing /etc/passwd
Creating Users with useradd
Modifying Users with usermod
Deleting Users
Special User Accounts
Understanding Groups
Creating Groups
Identifying Default Groups
Modifying and Deleting Groups
Understanding Systems Groups
Working with Shadow Passwords
Understanding User Startup Files
Redirecting Output
Using Pipes
Filtering Text with sed
Sorting and Joining
Cutting and Pasting
Viewing Files
Modifying Text Format
Dividing Files
Editing File Contents
Changing the Owner of a File
Changing the Group for a File
Understanding File and Directory Access
Understanding File Access
Understanding Directory Access
Changing Permissions with Symbols
Changing Permissions with Numbers
Special Permissions
Setting Default Permissions
Scheduling Jobs with at
Managing Jobs scheduled with at
Scheduling Jobs with batch
Scheduling Recurring Jobs
Managing Recurring Jobs
Managing System Jogging
Configuring the System Logging Daemon
Logging User Activity
Rotating Logs
Archiving Logs
Using Logs for Troubleshooting
Using Documentation
Creating Documentation
User Support
Identifying Backup Requirements
Choosing a Backup Strategy
Planning a Backup
Choosing a Backup Type
Backup Storage and Retention
Implementing Your Strategy
Creating Backups with tar
Restoring Files with tar
Creating and Restoring Backups with cpio

Our courses have special design features listed below:

Certificates of Completion
Instructional steps -- walk through a procedure
Exercises -- try it out
Notes - See additional information related to the topic in the text
Tips - See a different, faster, or easier way of doing something
Quick References - See a quick reference guide to the features introduced in a chapter
Details - Display more detailed information related to the current topic
Hotwords - See related information
Navigation Bar - Maneuver easily through the courses
Microsoft Approved Courseware Logo - to prepare you for a Microsoft certification
Course Topics and Index -- with searching feature and hyper-links
Printable Exercises - PDF downloadable files
Sample Application Files - PDF downloadable files
Course Glossary
Skill Assessment - can be used for pre and post-testing -- tracking first try, best try and course grade - if passed, green check mark will appear as 'mastered' - hyperlinks to units within the course to go back and re-take a certain unit again. Use as pre-test to determine which course topics you want to focus on and to go directly into that unit.