Re: [plug] PLUG Training

[Cito Maramba]

It might be also helpful to hold a "boot camp" for those who are really
new to Linux/UN*X.
Here's an outline for a "boot camp" type of training:

1.Basic hardware knowledge 
                        1.Intel and Intel clone architectures 
                        2.IRQs and IRQ settings for standard serial ports 
                                3.Disk subsystems (IDE, EIDE, SCSI) 
                                4.Disk partitioning 

                           2.Basic UNIX/Linux knowledge 
                                1.Basic text editor usage 
                                     1.Opening, closing, writing, and
abandoning files 
                                     2.Basic text editing 

                           3.UNIX Filesystem Hierarchy and Structure 
                                1.UNIX/Linux filesystems 
                                2.SCSI, floppy, CD-ROM, and IDE devices 
                                3.Referencing /dev devices 
                                4.ISA and PCI hardware issues 
                                5.Filesystem formating and checking,
fdisk, mkfs, fsck 
                                6.Span multiple partitions with root
filesystem 
                                7.Mount misc partitions with mount 

                           4.Basic file operations and manipulation 
                                1.Basics: cp, mv, ls, more, less, cd, pwd,
tar, find, etc. 
                                2.Filters: cat, grep, egrep, wc, cat,
tail, head, sort, etc. 
                                3.File Name wildcards: *, ?, [ ], etc. 

                           5.Printing 
                                1.lpq, lprm, lpr 
                                2.adding local and remote printers 

                           6.UNIX/Linux Shell 
                                1.Basic Shell Programming 
                                2.Piping, I/O and error redirection 
                                3.Script execution and permissions 
                                4.Variables and parameters 
                                5.The inherited environment 

                           7.Basic security 
                                1.Shadow passwords 
                                2.File permissions 
                                3.Understanding users, groups and umask 
                                4.Suid 

                           8.UNIX System Administration 
                                1./etc/skel/... and home directories 
                                2.Daemons 
                                3.Cron 
                                4.Superuser 
                                5.Syslogd and logging 
                                6.Backup and Restore Tasks 
                                7.Control of Network Services and Daemons 
                                8.System crontab 
                                9.Using and managing the system log files 
                               10.Basic system backup and restore
operations 

                           9.Basic TCP/IP Networking 
                                1.IP numbers and classes 
                                2.The network address, broadcast address
and subnet mask 
                                3.Tools and commands 
                                     1.ping 
                                     2.ifconfig 
                                     3.netstat 
                                4.Name resolution configuration 
                                     1./etc/hosts 
                                     2./etc/resolv.conf 
                                     3./etc/host.conf 
                                     4./etc/nsswitch.conf 

                          10.Familiarity with Standard Networking Services 
                                1.NFS and remote filesystems 
                                2.Sendmail 
                                3.POP, IMAP 
                                4.FTP 
                                5.DNS 
                                6.DHCP 
                                7.SMB 
                                8.httpd 
                                9.YP, Nis 
                               10.Inetd 

                          11.Basic Network Security 


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


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