| ·Disk partitioning, Red Hat's install-time partitioning tools
·Red Hat installation, including network installations
·Install-time configuration elements
·Post-installation configuration of install-time options
·Red Hat Linux filesystem layout
·The role of the scripts and configuration files under /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
·Multiple-boot installations along with related tools
·Kickstart installation basics
·The rpm command and its switches
·The basic elements of source (*.src.rpm) rpm packages
·Creating different kinds of user accounts
·Configuring the user environment
·System and user bash configuration files
·Quotas, quota concepts
·The Cron system
·Essential kernel concepts, such as monolithic vs. modular kernels, initial ramdisks, etc.
·Installing kernel sources and development tools needed in order to rebuild the Linux kernel
·Configuring, building, and installing the Linux kernel and modules from source, and ·Understand LILO and GRUB elements, boot sequence, and configuration
·These network services: Apache, Samba, NFS, basic sendmail, POP3/IMAP4 email, DNS, and ftp
·Other network services supported under Red Hat Linux: squid, innd NNTP server, xntpd, etc.
·X and the Free86 X server in particular, including its configuration file and the primary tools used for editing that file
·The window manager and desktop environment choices available under Red Hat Linux
·The remote capabilities of X, including remote logins and remote clients
·xinetd and tcp_wrappers security measures
·Basic NIS concepts and the components associated with NIS
·PAM subsystem, and basic PAM configuration changes
·Configuration issues -- routing options, IP forwarding, and kernel configuration -- associated with using Red Hat Linux as a router
·Using iptables to implement basic firewalling policies
·The User Private Group scheme in Red Hat Linux
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