Re: [plug] PLUG Training

[Cito Maramba]

On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Rachael C. Cruz wrote:

> From: Emmanuel Amador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Friday, July 14, 2000 1:46 PM
> Subject: [plug] PLUG Training
> 
> 
> >I'm all for it. We just have to get some guys to volunteer to do some
> >organizing and others to put together a "curriculum". Then there's the
                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^

If you're looking for a curriculum, you can refer to the Red Hat website
that Marvin Pascual Originally posted. The five day course (actually, 4
days, and a one exam day) has the following curriculum:

Unit 1: Hardware and Installation (x86 Architecture) 
                              Hardware Compatibility
                              CPU and SMP Support
                              New Hardware Detection
                              Plug and Play
                              Serial and Parallel Ports
                              Block and Other Devices
                              Disk Addressing and Partitioning
                              Peripheral Devices and their Configuration
                              The Boot Process
                              The Red Hat Installer
                              Performing and Validating the Installation

                         Unit 2: Configuration and Administration 
                              Reconfiguring Installed Options                  
      Networking, Sound and User Authorization  configuration
                              File Systems and /etc/fstab
                              RPM Package Manager
                              Printing
                              Virtual Consoles
                              Administering User Accounts and Groups
                              cron and anacron
                              locate and tmpwatch
                              System Logging
                              GUI Administration Tools
                              The Update Agent
                              Documentation and Help Sources
                          
                         Unit 3: Alternate Installation Methods 
                              Laptops and Multiboot Systems
                              Serial Console Installation
                              The LILO Boot Prompt
                  Configuring a Red Hat Linux Network Installation Server
                              Using kickstart to Automate Installation
                          
                         Unit 4: Kernel Services and Configuration 
                              The /proc filesystem
                              /proc/sys configuration with sysctl
                              The Linux Quota System
                              Understanding /etc/inittab
                              Managing System V Initialization Scripts
                              Software RAID Configuration 
Configuring, Compiling and Installing the Linux Kernel
                              The LILO Map Installer

                          
                         Unit 5: Standard Networking Services 
                              TCP/IP Fundamentals
                              BIND
                              Email Delivery and Protocols
                              FTP
                              HTTP/Apache
                              NFS Server
                              Samba
                              DHCP
                              Squid Proxy Server
                              Other Red Hat Linux Network Services

                         Unit 6: X Window System 
                              The X Server
                              X Clients/Window Managers
                              The X Font Server
                              Display Managers
                              XFree86 Startup
                              The Gnome and KDE Environments
                              Remote Display of X Applications
                              X Security

                         Unit 7: User and Host Security 
                              Security Concepts
                              Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
                              Network Information Service
                              Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
                              The inetd Super-Server and tcp_wrappers
                              ssh: secure shell, telnet and remote copy

              Unit 8: Routers, Firewalls, Clusters and Troubleshooting 
                              Static and Dynamic Routes
                              Linux as a Router and Firewall
                              ipchains and Firewall Rules
                              IP Masquerading
                              Cluster Configuration and Daemons
              High Availability Clustering with Load Balancing
                              Simple Failover Service
                              High Performance Clustering
                              Troubleshooting
                              Rescue Environment Utilities


Doesn't have to be exact, but it's a starting point

Cito Maramba, M.D.
Asst. Professor 
Medical Informatics Unit
UP College of Medicine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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