Raod Map

Class Week	Course Material and Weekly Learning Objectives
Week 1	Course Overview, Introduction to Linux, Shell Basics History of UNIX and Linux The Open Source movement The Linux kernel and the GNU utilities Linux distributions Basic shell commands Finding help
Week 2	The Filesystem The root hierarchy Navigation Permissions More shell commands Text editors
Week 3	System Startup and the Kernel LILO and GRUB System initialization Runlevels Kernel responsibilities Kernel modules (LKM) and compiling options
Week 4	Networking Network configuration Commands and diagnostics Network File System Samba
Week 5	Security Account security Ipchains and Iptables firewalls Common exploits and defenses
Week 6	Installation Preparation Hardware requirements Networking requirements Disk partitioning Upgrade strategies
Week 7	Installation Installing Linux
Week 8	Shell Programming Control Structures Variables Task automation
Week 9	The Role of the Administrator Responsibilities Ethics Backups Contingency planning
Week 10	Administration Tasks User management Permissions Resource management Processes
Week 11	Administrative Maintenance Log monitoring Log rotation Managing upgrades and patches
Week 12	Services Daemons The Apache web server Database and application services
Week 13	The X Window System GUIs, X servers, and window managers XFree86, KDE, GNOME Installing and customizing X
Week 14	Printing Queues and drivers Configuring printing Managing printing Term Review