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AD-506 - Linux Lab

AIDS · Semester 5

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Concepts of Unix/Linux Unix/Linux installation process Hardware requirements for Unix/Linux Advantages of Unix/Linux Reasons for popularity and success of Linux/Unix Features of Linux/Unix operating system Kernel and kernel functions

The shell and basic commands Shell variables Branching control structures Loop-control structures Continue and break statements Sleep command Debugging scripts Use of Linux as web server, file server, directory server, and application server DNS server, SMTP server, firewall, and proxy server

Definition of file system Defining geometry Disk controller Solaris file system Disk-based file systems Network-based file systems Virtual file systems UFS file system The boot block The super block The inode Tuning the file system Repairing the file system

Viewing a process Commands to display processes Process attributes, states, and fields PS command options PGREP and PRSTAT CDE Process Manager Scheduling processes Scheduling priorities Changing the priority of a time-sharing process Killing a process

Physical security Controlling system access and restricted shells Controlling file access and file access commands Access Control Lists (ACLs): setting, modifying, and deleting ACL entries Restricting FTP Securing superuser access and restricting root access Monitoring superuser access TCP Wrappers DHCP: leased time, scopes, IP address allocation types, and deployment planning DHCP configuration files and automatic startup of the DHCP server Configuration of DHCP clients and manual DHCP configuration Case study: installation and customization of Linux Installation of SAMBA, Apache, Tomcat, Sendmail, and Postfix Implementation of DNS, LDAP services, firewall, and proxy server