NOS 120 Linux/Unix Single User Outline

Catalog Description:

This course introduces students to a broad range of operating system concepts, including installation and maintenance. Emphasis is place on operating system concepts, management, maintenance, and resources required. Upon completion of this course, students will have an understanding of OS concepts, installation, management, maintenance, using a variety of operating systems.

Textbook:

Required Text:
Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification
Eckert, Jason
Cengage Learning (Course Technology)
ISBN-10: 1-4188-3721-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-4188-3721-1

Objectives:

After completing the course, students should be able to

• Compare Linux distributions
• Download and burn Fedora installation media
• Plan hard disk partitions
• Use the Logical Volume Manager
• Install Linux
• Customize the X Window System
• Configure and use Panel Menus, the Panel, Window Operations, Desktop, and Terminal
• Use the KDE and GNOME desktops
• Use the bash shell and its numerous command line utilites
• Use the vim editor
• Use man pages and Internet resources to get help with Linux
• Understand, navigate, and use the Linux filesystem
• Write basic shell scripts
• Assign permissions to shared resources
• Administer users and groups
• Recover from a lost root password
• Use Web-based administration tools
• Establish and enforce disk quotas
• Share resources with other UNIX computers using NFS
• Share resources with Windows computers using Samba
• Analyze, configure, and monitor Linux security
• Use Linux to share an Internet connection
• Automate administrative tasks with cron
• Configure logging
• Locate, view, and analyze syslog files
• Troubleshoot Linux systems

Original: January 2007
Revised: August 2011; Update Textbook & Objectives