Lab 3 Configuring the kernel Goal: Develop skills tuning the /proc filesystem. Gain some experience working with device special files and modules. Use the tools available to explore hardware resources. Estimated Duration: 45 minutes Sequence 1: Turni…

Lab 1 Managing Startup Goal: To familiarize yourself with the startup process System Setup: A system installed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Sequence 1: Changing the default run level Deliverable: A system that boots to runlevel 3 by default. Instruc…

Lab 2 Working with packages Goal: To gain working experience with package management System Setup: A working install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 connected to the classroom network Situation: You have been asked to connect a system to your company's…

Sequence 1: Configuring the bash Shell Deliverable: A system with new aliases that clear the screen, and produce a useful timesortedls listing. Instructions: 1. You have decided to create an alias so that when you type c, the system will run the clea…

Lab 5 User and Group Administration Goal: To build skills for user and group administration. Estimated Duration: 45 Minutes Lab Setup: Instructor: Start ypserv. Situation: You need to setup groups and accounts for several users in your company. Each…

Lab 4 System Services Goal: Develop skills using system administration tools and setting up and administering CUPS. Estimated Duration: 30 Sequence 1: Using cron Scenario: You want to know some information about the status of the system every ten min…

Lab 6 Adding New Filesystems to the Filesystem Tree Goal: Develop skills and knowlege related to partitioning and filesystems Estimated Duration: 60 minutes Sequence 1: Creating and Mounting Filesystems Instructions: 1. Use fdisk -l to locate informa…

Lab 9 Installation and System-Initialization Goal: Successfully install Red Hat Enterprise Linux. System Setup: A computer capable of booting from CD. Warning: If your system cannot boot from the provided boot.iso CD, you might need to change the boo…

Lab 8 Manage Network Settings Goal: To build skills needed to manually configure networking Estimated Duration: 45 minutes System Setup: A Red Hat Enterprise Linux System using DHCP networking Lab Setup: Disable the DHCP service on server1. Sequence…

Lab 7 Advanced Filesystem Mangement Goal: Develop skills and knowlege related to Software RAID, LVM, quota and backup. Estimated Duration: 120 minutes Sequence 1: Implementing Quotas Deliverable: A user diskhog that cannot use more than 1024k of spac…