This book is based on Red Hat(r) Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5) and is
intended for individuals who plan to take the new Red Hat(r)
Certified Technician (RH202) and/or Red Hat(r) Certified Engineer
(RH302) exams and pass them, want to use it as a quick on-the-job
resource or like to learn RHEL from the beginning in an
easy-to-understand way. The book has 31 chapters and facilitates
readers to grasp concepts, understand implementation procedures,
learn command syntax, configuration files and daemons involved, and
comprehend troubleshooting. The chapters are divided into four
areas: Linux Essentials, RHEL System Administration, RHEL Network
and Security Administration, and RHEL Troubleshooting. 01. Linux
Essentials (Chapters 1 to 7) covers the basics of Linux.
Information provided includes general Linux concepts, basic
commands, file manipulation and file security techniques, text file
editors, shell features, basic shell and awk programming and other
essential topics. These chapters are good for gaining an overall
understanding of Linux and cover common skills useful for both
exams. 02. RHEL System Administration (Chapters 8 to 19) covers
system administration concepts and topics including hardware
management, local installation, X Window and desktop managers,
software and user/group account administration, disk partitioning
using standard, RAID and LVM, file system and swap management,
system shutdown and boot procedures, kernel management, backup,
restore and compression functions, print services administration,
and automation and system logging. These chapters cover objectives
outlined for the RH202 exam. 03. RHEL Network and Security
Administration (Chapters 20 to 30) covers network and security
administration concepts and topics such as OSI and TCP/IP reference
models, subnetting and IP aliasing, network interface
administration, routing, basic network testing and troubleshooting
tools, naming services (DNS, NIS, LDAP) and DHCP; Internet services
and electronic mail management, time synchronization with NTP,
resource sharing with NFS, AutoFS and Samba, network-based and
hands-free automated installation, Apache web server and Squid
caching/proxy server, secure shell, PAM, TCP Wrappers, IPTables,
NATting, SELinux and recommendations for system hardening. These
chapters cover objectives set for the RH302 exam. 04. RHEL
Troubleshooting (Chapter 31) covers a number of sample system,
network and security troubleshooting scenarios. This chapter covers
objectives related to diagnoses and troubleshooting for both exams.
The book covers ALL official exam objectives and includes several
exercises for exam practice. This book is not a replacement for
RHCT(r)/RHCE(r) training courses offered by Red Hat, Inc., but may
be used to prepare for both the exams. The information contained in
this book is not endorsed by Red Hat, Inc. Good Luck on the exams
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