Module 1: Hardware, Device Configuration, and Installation

• Hardware Compatibility and Resources
• CPU and Memory Support
• Filesystem Device Nodes
• System and Hotswappable Bus Support
• Laptops
• Block Devices and Filesystem Schemes
• Red Hat Installer Features
• Red Hat Linux Installation
• Partitioning Hard Drives
• Configuring Software RAID at Installation
• Configuring Flexible Filesystems with LVM
• Network Configuration and Firewall Setup
• Package Selection
• Validating the Installation
• Serial Console Installation
• Noprobe Mode
• Driver Disks
• Post-Install Configuration

Module 2: Filesystem Management

• Creating and Managing Partitions
• Filesystem Basics and Attributes
• Filesystem Creation
• Ext3: Journaling for Ext2 Filesystems
• The Filesystem Hierarchy
• Mount options and configuration
• Connecting to Network Resources with NFS and SMB/CIFS
• Unmounting Filesystems
• The Auto-Mounter
• Swap partitions
• Filesystem Maintenance
• Determining Filesystem Usage
• Adding a Drive

Module 3: System Initialization and Services

• The Boot Sequence
• BIOS Initialization
• The Boot Loader
• Kernel Initialization
• init Initialization
• Run levels
• Daemon Processes
• The rc.sysinit Script
• System V run levels
• The rc.local Script
• Virtual Consoles
• System Shutdown and Reboot
• Controlling Services

Module 4: User Administration

• User Policy Considerations
• The User Account Database
• Adding a New User Account
• Modifying/Deleting Accounts
• Password Aging Policies
• Authentication Configuration
• NIS Configuration
• Group Administration
• Switching Accounts
• File Ownership
• Linux File Permission
• SUID / SGID Executables
• The Sticky Bit and Setgid Access Mode
• Default File Permissions
• User Private Groups
• Filesystem Quota Setup and Administration

Module 5: Network Configuration

• Network Device Recognition
• Network Interfaces
• Address Resolution Protocol
• Bringing Network Interfaces Up and Down
• Interface Configuration Files
• Configuration Utilities
• Multiple NICs
• Binding Multiple IP Addresses
• DHCP/BOOTP
• Allowing User Control of Network Interfaces
• Basic IP Routes
• System Default Route
• IP Forwarding
• Global Network Parameters
• Name Resolution
• DNS Client Configuration
• DNS and Network Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

Module 6: System Administration Tools

• Using the Alternatives System
• The Print System User Interface
• CUPS Printing System Configuration
• CUPS Queue Management
• Task Automation With at and cron
• Controlling Access to Task Automation
• crontab format
• System crontab Files
• Using tmpwatch
• Configuring, Maintaining and Monitoring System Logs
• Managing the whatis Database
• System Monitoring and Process Control
• Tape Backups
• Archiving with tar, dump/restore, and cpio
• Remote Backups

Module 7: RPM, Boot Loaders, and Kickstart

• Introduction to the RPM Package Manager
• Installing and Removing Software with RPM
• Installing Kernel Errata
• RPM Queries and Verification
• RPM Utilities and Features
• Red Hat Network in the Enterprise
• Red Hat Network Registration
• The up2date utility
• Remote Administration
• Boot Loader Components
• GRUB and grub.conf
• Starting the Boot Process
• Multiboot Systems
• Configuring a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Network Installation Server
• Using Kickstart to Automate Installation
• The Kickstart Configuration File

Module 8: Kernel Services and Configuration

• Kernel Modules and Their Configuration
• The /proc filesystem
• /proc/sys configuration with sysctl
• Software RAID Configuration and Recovery
• Flexible Filesystems with LVM
• Using LVM to Create Snapshot Logical Volumes

Module 9: The X Window System

• The X Protocol
• X Security
• xauth with ssh
• X Modularity
• X Extensibility
• Window Managers
• Display Managers
• XFree86 Startup
• X Server Configuration
• The X Font Server
• Module 10: Troubleshooting
• Basic Troubleshooting Guidelines
• Troubleshooting X
• Troubleshooting Services
• Troubleshooting Networking
• Troubleshooting Boot Problems
• Filesystem Corruption and Recovery
• Recovery Run-levels
• Boot Floppies
• Rescue Environment Utilities
• Rescue Environment Details