Novell Certified Linux Professional
Test Objectives
test objectives
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Course 3036: SUSE Linux Fundamentals
Section 1: Understand the Linux story
- The history of Linux
- Identify the components of SLES 9
- Understand the multiuser environment
- Perform a simple installation of SLES 9
Section 2: Use the Linux desktop
- Overview of the Linux desktop
- Use the KDE desktop environment
- Use the GNOME desktop environment
- Access the command line interface from the desktop
Section 3: Locate and use help resources in the Linux system
- Access and use man pages
- Use info pages
- Access release notes and white papers
- Use GUI-based help in the Linux system
- Find help on the web
Section 4: Administer Linux with the YaST management utility
- Get to know YaST
- Manage user accounts with YaST
- Install a printer in the Linux system
- Understand the YaST software management feature
- Obtain hardware configuration information from YaST
Section 5: Manage directories and files in the Linux system
- Understand the file system hierarchy standard (FHS)
- Identify file types in the Linux system
- Change directories and list directory contents
- Create and view files
- Manage files and directories
- Find files on Linux
- Search file content
- Archive, compress and uncompress files
- Manage file permissions and ownership
Section 6: Work with the Linux shell and command line
- Get to know the command shells
- Execute commands at the command line
- Get to know common command line tasks
- Understand command syntax and special characters
- Use piping and redirection
- Manage user accounts
- Execute RPM package-related operations
- Use the basic Linux mail command
Section 7: Use Linux text editors
- Get to know Linux text editors
- Use command line editors to edit files in the Linux system
- Use desktop editors to edit files in the Linux system
Section 8: Understand and view processes in the Linux system
- View processes from the GUI and command line interface
- Understand the runlevel concept
- Multitask in the Linux system
Section 9: Manage the network configuration
- Manage the network configuration information from YaST
- Get to know network-related command line commands
Course 3037: SUSE Linux Administration
Section 1: Introduction to managing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Describe SLES 9
- Access and use YaST
- Monitor your SLES 9 system
Section 2: Manage user access and security
- Describe basic Linux user security features
- Manage Linux users and groups
- Manage and secure the Linux user environment
- Secure files and directories with permissions
- Configure user authentication with PAM
- Implement and monitor enterprise security policies
Section 3: Manage the Linux file system
- Select a Linux file system
- Configure Linux file system partitions
- Configure a file system with Logical Volume Management (LVM)
- Configure and manage a Linux file system
- Set up and configure disk quotas
- Back up and restore the file system
Section 4: Manage software for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Manage RPM software packages
- Verify and update software library access
- Manage software updates with YaST Online Update server (YOU)
Section 5: Manage system initialization
- Describe the Linux load procedure
- Manage runlevels
- Manage the kernel
- Manage the GRUB boot loader
- Modify system settings
Section 6: Manage Linux processes and services
- Manage processes
- Describe startup shell scripts and services
- Schedule jobs
- Use system logging devices
Section 7: Connect the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to the network
- Configure your network connections
- Configure and manage routes
- Test the network interface
Section 8: Enable infrastructure services
- Configure and manage network printing services
- Configure network file systems
- Manage resources on the network
Section 9: Enable Internet services
- Configure SUSE Linux Enterprise Server time
- Enable a web server (Apache)
- Enable the extended Internet daemon (xinetd)
- Enable an FTP server
Section 10: Manage remote access
- Provide secure remote access with OpenSSH
- Enable remote administration with YaST
- Configure a network installation
Course 3038: SUSE Linux Advanced Administration
Section 1: Install SLES 9
- Perform the SLES 9 base installation
- Configure the SLES 9 installation
- Troubleshoot the installation process
Section 2: Configure the network manually
- Understand Linux network terms
- Set up network devices with the ip tool
- Save device settings to a configuration file
- Set up routing with the ip tool
- Save routing settings to a configuration file
- Configure host name and name resolution
- Test the network connection with command line tools
Section 3: Configure network services
- Configure a DNS server using BIND
- Deploy OpenLDAP on a SLES 9 server
- Configure an Apache web server
- Configure a Samba server as a file server
Section 4: Secure a SLES 9 server
- Create a security concept
- Limit physical access to server systems
- Limit the installed software packages
- Understand the Linux user authentication
- Ensure file system security
- Use ACLs for advanced access control
- Configure security settings with YaST
- Stay informed about security issues
- Apply security updates
Section 5: Manage backup and recovery
- Develop a backup strategy
- Create backup files with tar
- Work with magnetic tapes
- Copy data with the dd command
- Mirror directories with the rsync command
- Automate data backups with the cron service
- Troubleshoot the boot process of a SLES 9 system
- Configure and install the GRUB boot loader
Section 6: Create shell scripts
- Use basic script elements
- Use variable substitution operators
- Use control structures
- Use advanced scripting techniques
- Learn about useful commands in shell scripts
Section 7: Compile software from source
- Understand the basics of C programming
- Understand the GNU build tool chain
- Understand the concept of shared libraries
- Perform a standard build process
Section 8: Perform a health check and performance tuning
- Find performance bottlenecks
- Reduce system and memory load
- Optimize the storage system
- Tune the network performance
Section 9: Manage hardware and component changes
- Describe the differences between devices and interfaces
- Describe how device drivers work
- Describe how device drivers are loaded
- Describe the sysfs file system
- Describe how the SLES 9 hotplug system works
- Use the hwup command
- Add new hardware to the SLES 9 system
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