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Using and Administering Linux: From Zero to Linux Sysadmin Self-Study — Book 1

Become a Linux sysadmin and expert user of Linux, even with no previous Linux experience and learn to manage complex systems with ease. This book provides you with the tools necessary for mastering user management; installing, updating, and deleting software; creating and managing simple firewalls; and using command line tools to do performance tuning and basic problem determination.

You’ll begin by installing a Linux instance on a VirtualBox VM on an existing Windows or Linux computer that can be used for all your projects. You will then move on to the basics of using the Xfce GUI desktop and the many options Linux provides for working on the command line including virtual consoles, various terminal emulators, BASH, and other shells. Some of the more advanced user level tasks include creating, deleting and managing files and directories, managing the users own processes, writing short command line programs, and creating shell scripts to begin learning how to «Automate Everything.»

Improving efficiency using command line recall and editing, command line history, and by creating command line aliases is addressed as well. You’ll configure your own BASH environment by directly editing the user level BASH configuration files, and learning the Vi editor in the process. Using and Administering Linux, the first book in the From Zero to SysAdmin series will help in using and managing Linux client services, such as DHCP network configuration, Chrony, SSH, DNS name services, and more.

Install Fedora Linux and some basic configuration of the Xfce desktop

Access the root user ID, and the care that must be taken when working as root

Explore administrative tools available to root that enable the student to manage users, filesystems, processes, and basic network communications

Configure the boot and startup sequences, start, stop, and obtain the status of running services

Review methods of performing and testing backups.
Who This Book Is For

Anyone who wants to learn Linux as an advanced user and system administrator at both the command line and the GUI desktop.

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Using and Administering Linux: Volume 1

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Table of contents (19 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Introduction to Operating Systems

The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins

Preparation

Installing Linux

Using the Xfce Desktop

Using the Linux Command Line

Core Utilities

Data Streams

Text Editors

Working As Root

Installing and Updating Software

Tools for Problem Solving

Terminal Emulator Mania

Advanced Shell Topics

Linux Boot and Startup

Shell Configuration

Files, Directories, and Links

Filesystems

About this book

Become a Linux sysadmin and expert user of Linux, even with no previous Linux experience and learn to manage complex systems with ease. Volume 1 of this three volume training course introduces operating systems in general and Linux in particular. It briefly explores the The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins in preparation for the rest of the course. This book provides you with the tools necessary for mastering user management; installing, updating, and deleting software; and using command line tools to do performance tuning and basic problem determination.

You’ll begin by creating a virtual network and installing an instance of Fedora – a popular and powerful Linux distribution – on a VirtualBox VM that can be used for all of the experiments on an existing Windows or Linux computer. You’ll then move on to the basics of using the Xfce GUI desktop and the many tools Linux provides for working on the command line including virtual consoles, various terminal emulators, BASH, and other shells.

Explore data streams and the Linux tools used to manipulate them, and learn about the Vim text editor, which is indispensable to advanced Linux users and system administrators, and be introduced to some other text editors. You’ll also see how to install software updates and new software, learn additional terminal emulators, and some advanced shell skills. Examine the sequence of events that take place as the computer boots and Linux starts up, configure your shell to personalize it in ways that can seriously enhance your command line efficiency, and delve into all things file and filesystems.

• Install Fedora Linux and basic configuration of the Xfce desktop
• Access the root user ID, and the care that must be taken when working as root
• Use Bash and other shells in the Linux virtual consoles and terminal emulators
• Create and modify system configuration files with Use the Vim text editor
• Explore administrative tools available to root that enable you to manage users, filesystems, processes, and basic network communications
• Configure the boot and startup sequences

Anyone who wants to learn Linux as an advanced user and system administrator at the command line while using the GUI desktop to leverage productivity.

Keywords

• Linux
• sysadmin
• system administration
• system administrator
• open source systems
• linux philosophy
• fedora
• bash
• shell scripting
• command line

Authors and Affiliations

Raleigh, USA

About the author

David Both is an Open Source Software and GNU/Linux advocate, trainer, writer, and speaker. He has been working with Linux and Open Source Software for more than 20 years and has been working with computers for over 45 years. He is a strong proponent of and evangelist for the «Linux Philosophy for System Administrators.» David has been in the IT industry for over forty years.

He worked for IBM for 21 years and, while working as a Course Development Representative in Boca Raton, FL, in 1981, wrote the training course for the first IBM PC. He has taught RHCE classes for Red Hat and has worked at MCI Worldcom, Cisco, and the State of North Carolina. In most of the places he has worked since leaving IBM in 1995, he has taught classes on Linux ranging from Lunch’n’Learns to full five day courses. Helping others learn about Linux and open source software is one of his great pleasures.

David had some amazing teachers and mentors in his 40 years in IT and more than 20 years working with Linux. At their core, Linux and open source in general are about sharing and helping others and about contributing to the community. These books, along with “The Linux philosophy for SysAdmins,” are a continuation of his desire to pass on his knowledge and to provide mentoring to anyone interested in learning about Linux.

David is the author of The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins (Apress, 2018) and can be found on Twitter @linuxgeek46.

Bibliographic Information

• Book Title : Using and Administering Linux: Volume 1
• Book Subtitle : Zero to SysAdmin: Getting Started
• Authors : David Both
• DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5049-5
• Publisher : Apress Berkeley, CA
• eBook Packages : Professional and Applied Computing , Professional and Applied Computing (R0) , Apress Access Books
• Copyright Information : David Both 2020
• Softcover ISBN : 978-1-4842-5048-8 Published: 11 December 2019
• eBook ISBN : 978-1-4842-5049-5 Published: 10 December 2019
• Edition Number : 1
• Number of Pages : XXXV, 629
• Number of Illustrations : 131 b/w illustrations
• Topics : Open Source

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