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Identify all system hardware required (e.g., CPU, memory, drive space, scalability) and check compatibility with Linux Distribution
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Determine appropriate method of installation based on environment (e.g., boot disk, CD-ROM, network (HTTP, FTP, NFS, SMB))
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Install multimedia options (e.g., video, sound, codecs)
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Identify purpose of Linux machine based on predetermined customer requirements (e.g., appliance, desktop system, database, mail server, Web server, etc.)
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Determine what software and services should be installed (e.g., client applications for workstation, server services for desired task)
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Partition according to pre-installation plan using fdisk
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Configure file systems (e.g., (ext2) or (ext3) or REISER)
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Configure a boot manager (e.g., LILO, ELILO, GRUB, multiple boot options)
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Select appropriate parameters for Linux installation (e.g., language, time zones, keyboard, mouse)
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Configure the X Window System
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Create files and directories and modify files using CLI commands
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Execute content and directory searches using find and grep
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Create linked files using CLI commands
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Modify file and directory permissions and ownership (e.g., chmod, chown, sticky bit, octal permissions, chgrp using CLI commands)
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Identify and modify default permissions for files and directories (e.g., umask) using CLI commands
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Perform text manipulation (e.g., sed, awk, vi)
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Create, modify, and use basic shell scripts
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Redirect output (e.g., piping, redirection)
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Set up environment variables (e.g., $PATH, $DISPLAY, $TERM, $PROMPT, $PS1)
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Assign users, groups, passwords, and permissions based on company’s security policy
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Create, modify, and delete user and group accounts (e.g., useradd, groupadd, /etc/passwd Chgrp, quota, chown, chmod, grpmod) using CLI utilities
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Configure security environment files (e.g., hosts., allow, sudoers, ftpusers, sshd_config)
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Delete accounts while maintaining data stored in that user’s home directory
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Given security requirements, implement appropriate encryption configuration (e.g., blowfish 3DES, MD5)
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Use appropriate access level for login (e.g., root level vs user level activities, su, sudo)
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Given a set of security requirements, set password policies to match (complexity / aging / shadowed passwords) e.g., convert to and from shadow passwords)
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Manage local storage devices and file systems (e.g. fsck, fdisk, mkfs ) using CLI commands
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Mount and unmount varied file systems (e.g., Samba, NFS) using CLI commands
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Perform and verify backups and restores (tar, cpio)
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Access and write data to recordable media (e.g., CDRW, hard drive, NVRAM)
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Configure files that are used to mount drives or partitions (e.g., fstab, mtab, Samba, nfs, syntax)
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Identify and configure mass storage devices and RAID (e.g., SCSI, ATAPI, tape, optical recordable)
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Manage packages after installing the operating systems (e.g., install, uninstall, update) (e.g., RPM, tar, gzip)
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Manage run levels and system initialization from the CLI and configuration files (e.g., /etc/inittab and init command, /etc/rc.d, rc.local)
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Identify, execute, manage and kill processes (e.g., ps, kill, killall, bg, fg, jobs, nice, renice, rc)
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Differentiate core processes from non-critical services (e.g., PID, PPID, init, timer)
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Repair packages and scripts (e.g., resolving dependencies, file repair)
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Schedule jobs to execute in the future using “at” and “cron” daemons
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Configure the system and perform basic makefile changes to support compiling applications and drivers
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Set process and special permissions (e.g., SUID, GUID)
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Select appropriate networking configuration and protocols (e.g., inetd, xinetd, modems, Ethernet)
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Monitor and troubleshoot network activity (e.g., ping, netstat, traceroute)
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Perform remote management (e.g., rmon, ssh)
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Perform NIS-related domain management (e.g., yppasswd, ypinit, etc.)
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Manage mail queues (e.g., sendmail, postfix, mail, mutt) using CLI utilities
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Configure client network services and settings (e.g., settings for TCP/IP)
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Configure basic server network services (e.g., DNS, DHCP, SAMBA, Apache)
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Implement basic routing and subnetting (e.g., /sbin/route, ip forward statement)
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Implement DNS and describe how it works (e.g., edit /etc/hosts, edit/etc/host.conf, edit /etc/resolv.conf, nslookup, dig, host, named)
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Configure a Network Interface Card (NIC) from a command line
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Detect symptoms that indicate a machine’s security has been compromised (e.g., review logfiles for irregularities or intrusion attempts)
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Identify different Linux Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) (e.g., Snort, PortSentry)
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Given security requirements, implement basic IP tables/chains (note: requires knowledge of common ports)
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Implement security auditing for files and authentication
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Identify whether a package or file has been corrupted/altered (e.g., checksum, Tripwire)
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Identify security vulnerabilities within Linux services
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Set up user-level security (i.e., limits on logins, memory usage and processes)
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Configure log files (e.g., syslog, remote log file storage)
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Establish system performance baseline
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Create written procedures for installation, configuration, security and management
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Document installed configuration (e.g., installed packages, package options, TCP/IP assignment list, changes—configuration and maintenance)
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Troubleshoot errors using system logs (e.g., tail, head, grep)
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Troubleshoot application errors using application logs (e.g., tail, head, grep)
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Access system documentation and help files (e.g., man, info, readme, Web)
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Configure peripherals as necessary (e.g., printer, scanner, modem)
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Manage print jobs and print queues (e.g., lpd, lprm, lpq)
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Configure Linux printing (e.g., cups, BSD LPD, SAMBA)
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Apply basic printer permissions
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Describe common hardware components and resources (e.g., connectors, IRQs, DMA, SCSI, memory addresses)
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Diagnose hardware issues using Linux tools (e.g., /proc, disk utilities, ifconfig, /dev, knoppix, BBC, dmesg)
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Identify and configure removable system hardware (e.g., PCMCIA, USB, IEEE1394)
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Configure advanced power management and Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
