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Intermediate Level User Linux Course

Linux Online's Linux Course for Intermediate Level Users

Getting the most out of Linux

Michael J. Jordan

Copyright © 2003 by Linux Online Inc.

Linux Online Inc.

Ogdensburg NY USA

Table of Contents
Author's guide to the Intermediate Course
Why did we do this?
How this course was created
Questions, comments and criticism
Frequently Asked Questions
System Administration - An Overview
Your life as a system's administrator
All the hoopla
The role of root
Delegating authority
Taking care when working as root
Installation Tasks
Installation of Program
Installing programs and upgrading versions
What's your flavor?
Backing up systems
Back-up early, back-up often
Tarred and feathered
Other methods
Some caveats
Plan B
Selecting which data to backup
Incremental Backups
Backing up to CDs
Users on a System
How to administer the system's users
Administration of Users
Automation of Tasks
How to automate tasks on a Linux system
You don't have to do that yourself!
Other Routine Tasks
Other administration tasks
The administrator's other duties
Changing configuration files
Security Issues
Administering Secure Systems
Batten down the hatches!
The Linux Kernel
Adminstration Tools and Their Uses
Text Editors
Using the Vi editor
All about Vi
Vi basics
Vi for budding power users
Vi configuration settings
More Vi
Using Emacs
Editor of Macros
Introduction to Emacs keystrokes
Basic editing with Emacs
More keystrokes = more power
Emacs Commands - Unleashed Power Turbo Edition
Emacs tweaking
Other text editors
Alternative text editors
Text processing and manipulation
Other text manipulation tools at your disposal
Reading and changing a data source: An example
I can grep that!
Feeling a little awk(ward)
Tengo 'sed'!
Using Uniq
Sort this out
Cut to the chase
Perl
Using Perl
What is Perl
System Services
Webservers
Apache webserver
httpd.conf
The .htaccess file
robots.txt
Virtual hosting of websites
A head start
Mail servers
Postfix MTA
File and print sharing
Samba
Databases with Linux
MySQL
Web development
PHP
Web development with Perl
The Linux Kernel
What is the Linux kernel
Where to get the kernel source
Kernel configuration
Conclusion
Keeping everything running smoothly
Keeping your systems secure
Keeping a system up-to-date
Information is always available
What's left?
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