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This series provides both theoretical and practical information about the topics covered on the Red Hat Certified Technician exam. Learners will learn how to install and configure Linux Red Hat, as well as how to perform routine administrative and maintenance tasks.

RHCT Prerequisites
Time: 3.0 hour(s)
Summary:
This course provides an overview of Linux fundamentals, including the use of text editors and file management commands, the basics of networking and security, and an introduction to hardware and hardware compatibility.
Objectives:
* Identify the various Linux filesystems and explain the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.
* Execute basic Linux commands at the command line.
* Identify and describe security mechanisms in Linux.
* Identify important networking tools and network services.
* Describe the Linux hardware compatibility list and determine whether a device is compatible with Linux.
* Install and mount an external device.
Topics:
* The Visual editor
* Linux filesystem hierarchy and structure
* Basic commands
* Printing
* Shells
* Basic security
* System administration
* Basic TCP/IP
* Standard network services
* Basic hardware knowledge
* Hardware compatibility
* Configuring external devices

Installation
Time: 3.0 hour(s)
Summary:
This course provides an overview of disk partitions, installation classes, and boot loaders.
Objectives:
* Partition a disk.
* Download Red Hat Linux.
* Configure and customize a local installation and a network installation.
* Configure Linux file systems on different disk partitions.
* Explain a partitioning and installation strategy.
Topics:
* Disk partitions and block devices
* Downloading the Red Hat installation
* Configuring a network installation
* Customizing your installation
* Disk space and filesystems
* The installation process
* Beginning the installation
* Completing the installation

Advanced Installation
Time: 2.0 hour(s)
Summary:
This course shows learners how to troubleshoot the Linux installation process, how to perform advanced disk configuration tasks, and how to perform automated installations.
Objectives:
* Troubleshoot and validate a Linux installation.
* Describe the purpose and capabilities of the GRUB boot loader.
* Partition a disk.
* Configure RAID.
* Manage logical volumes.
* Perform an automated installation.
Topics:
* Installation troubleshooting and validation
* The boot loader
* Partitioning utilities
* Basic partitioning
* RAID partitioning
* RAID configuration and data recovery Formatting the RAID array
* LVM management
* Automated installation

Basic Configuration and Administration
Time: 3.0 hour(s)
Summary:
This course explains the basic configuration and administration of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system. It explains how to create a user account, how to populate a user''s home directory, and how to configure a window manager. It also describes the different types of Linux filesystems and explains how they are mounted.
Objectives:
* Add, delete, and modify a user account.
* Create a user's home directory and specify user environment variables.
* Explain how filesystems are mounted and describe the role of the automounter.
* Add and remove upgrades using the Red Hat Package Manager.
* Identify the steps of the boot process.
Topics:
* Adding user accounts
* Modifying user accounts
* The user environment
* Filesystem basics
* Filesystem management
* The Red Hat package manager command
* Network configuration
* The boot process
* Virtual consoles and configuration tools

Kernel, User, and Recovery Administration
Time: 3.0 hour(s)
Summary:
This course shows learners how to configure and manage many aspects of the user environment and the kernel. It explains how to manage disk quotas, scheduled jobs, services, and special users; it also explains how to use the linux rescue environment to repair a system that cannot be booted.
Objectives:
* Set up a shell configuration file.
* Configure and manage disk quotas.
* Identify and describe key kernel modules and modify kernel variables.
* Describe the characteristics of services and special users.
* Schedule jobs.
* Explain the Red Hat user private group scheme.
* Restore a system using the linux rescue environment.
Topics:
* Shell configuration files
* Disk quotas
* Quota management
* Kernel basics
* Kernel modules
* New kernels
* Scheduled jobs
* Services and special users
* Anachron and tmpwatch
* The Linux rescue environment
* Troubleshooting the boot process

The X Window System
Time: 3.0 hour(s)
Summary:
This course shows learners how to configure the X Window system on network clients. It explains the X Server and X Clients and explains how X Window security is managed on a network.
Objectives:
* Configure an X Server and an X Font Server.
* Connect an X Window Client application to an X Server.
* Use the X Window system to run a graphic application remotely.
* Configure a desktop and a window manager.
* Configure the start process for the X Window system.
* Use basic graphical applications on the Linux platform.
Topics:
* X Server
* X configuration files
* X Font Server
* X Clients
* Remote display of X applications
* Desktops and window managers
* The X Start process
* Graphical applications

Linux Network Clients
Time: 2.0 hour(s)
Summary:
This course shows learners how to configure network clients and their connections to network services using Linux Red Hat.
Objectives:
* Use an FTP client.
* Configure Samba services.
* Configure a DNS server.
* Configure a DHCP server.
* Create and configure an NFS client.
* Set up print services.
* Set up system logging.
Topics:
* FTP clients
* Samba networking
* DNS/BIND
* DHCP
* NFS
* Configuring NIS and LDAP clients
* Print services
* System logging configuration

Exam Practice
Time: 5.0 hour(s)
Summary:
This course provides exercises that will help the learner prepare for the Red Hat Certified Technician exam (RH202).
Topics:
* Prerequisite skills
* Installation
* Basic configuration and administration
* Kernel, user, and recovery administration
* The X window system
* Linux network clients