Red Hart Linux

Red Hat Certified engineer
course
Ali Abdo
“Linatrix”

AGENDA
• Course roles
• Participant Introductions
• What is RHCT, RHCE & why ?
• Course sequence and overview
• First level

Course roles
time, participate,mobile,selected,feedback

Participant Introductions
instructor
Please introduce yourself :-
-name.
-job.
-computer background.
-”why you are here” ?
-what you will do with this course?

RH033: Red Hat Linux Essentials
“First level”

Course Description
The first course for both RHCT and RHCE certification tracks,
RH033 is for who have never used Linux or UNIX, and who
have no prior command line experience in any other operating
system. You are taught the basics of a Red Hat Enterprise
Linux environment, and it prepares you for your future role as
a system administrator.

Prerequisites
User-level experience with any computer system, use of menus,
use of any graphical user interface.
Goal
A Red Hat Enterprise Linux power user who can be productive
in using and customizing a Red-Hat system for common
command line processes and desktop productivity roles.
Audience
Users who are new to Linux and have no prior UNIX or
command line skills, who want to develop and practice the basic
skills to use and control their own Red Hat Linux system.

Course Objectives
1. Understand the Linux file system
2. Perform common file maintenance
3. Use and customize the GNOME interface
4. Issue essential Linux commands from the command line
5. Perform common tasks using the GNOME GUI
6. Open, edit, and save text documents using the vi editor
7. File access permissions
8. Customize X Window System
9. Regular expression pattern matching and I/O redirection
10. Install, upgrade, delete and query packages on your system
11. Network utilities for the user
12. Power user utilities

RH133: Red Hat Linux
System Administration
Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT)
“second level”

Course Description
RH133 focuses on skills in systems administration on Red Hat
Linux, to a level where you can attach and configure a
workstation on an existing network. This course provides
intensive hands-on training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and
it prepare for the RHCT Certification .

Prerequisites
RH033 Red Hat Linux Essentials or equivalent experience with Red
Hat Linux.
Goal
Upon successful completion of this course, students will possess
basic Linux system administrator knowledge which can be proved
by passing the RHCT Exam. The exam is a performance based lab
exam that tests actual ability to install, configure, and attach a new
Red Hat Linux system to an existing production network.
Audience
Linux or UNIX users who understand the basics of Red Hat Linux
and desire further technical training to begin the process of
becoming a system administrator.

Course Objectives
1. Install Red Hat Linux interactively and with Kickstart
2. Control common system hardware; administer Linux printing subsystem
3. Create and maintain the Linux file system
4. Perform user and group administration
5. Integrate a workstation with an existing network
6. Configure a workstation as a client to NIS, DNS, and DHCP services
7. Automate tasks with at, cron, and anacron
8. Back up file systems to tape and tar archive
9. Manipulate software packages with RPM
10. Configure the X Window System and the GNOME d.e.
11. Perform performance, memory, and process mgmt.
12. Configure basic host security

RH253 Red Hat Linux
Networking and Security Administration
Red Hat Certified engineer(RHCE)
“third level”

Course Description
RH253 arms students with in-depth knowledge needed to configure
common Red Hat Enterprise Linux network services. Network and
local security tasks are also topics of this course.

Prerequisites
RH133 Red Hat Linux System Administration or equivalent experience
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, LAN/WAN fundamentals or equivalent,
internet working with TCP/IP or equivalent.
Goal
Upon completion of this course, individuals can set up a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux server and configure common network services and
security at a basic level.
Audience
Linux or UNIX system administrators who already have some experience
with Red-Hat Enterprise Linux systems administration, want course in
networking services and security, and want to build skills at configuring
network services and security administration .

Course Objectives
1. Networking services on Red Hat Linux server-side setup,
configuration, and basic administration of common networking
services: DNS, NIS, Apache, SMB, DHCP, Sendmail, FTP, proxy.
2. Introduction to security
3. Developing a security policy
4. Local security
5. Files and file system security
6. Password security
7. Kernel security
8. Basic elements of a firewall
9. Red Hat Linux-based security tools
10. Responding to a break-in attempt
11. Security sources and methods
12. Overview of security tools

Unit 1
Linux Ideas and History
• what is the open source
• history of open source
• what is Linux ? & history of Linux
• Linux Distributions
• Red hate Distributions
• Linux principles

Unit 2
Linux Usage Basics
• Logging in to a Linux System
• Switching between virtual consoles and the
graphical environment
• Elements of the X Window System
• Starting the X server
• Changing Your Password
• The “root” user ... ?
• Changing Identities [su sudo]
• Editing text files [vim , nano, gedit, etc ]

Unit 3
Running Commands and Getting Help
• shell ... ?
• what is Command ?
• Running Commands
• Some essential Commands
• Getting Help [man, info, --help]
• Reading Usage Summaries
• The whatis, which, whereis Commands
• The man Command and man Pages
• The info Command and info Pages
• Extended Documentation

Unit 4
Browsing the File system
• Linux File Hierarchy Concepts
• Some Important Directories
• File and Directory Names
• Absolute and Relative Path names
• Changing Directories [cd]
• Listing Directory Contents [ls]
• Copying Files and Directories [cp]
• Moving and Renaming Files and Directories [mv]
• Creating and Removing Files
• Creating and Removing Directories
• Using Nautilus [Moving , Copying ,Moving and Copying]
• Determining File Content [file]

Unit 5
Users, Groups and Permissions
• Users
• Groups
• Linux File Security
• Permission Precedence
• Permission Types
• Examining Permissions
• Changing File Ownership
• Changing Permissions Symbolic, Numeric and
Nautilus
• Symbolic link and hard link

Unit 6
Using the bash Shell
• Command Line Shortcuts File Gobbling, The Tab Key
• History , History Tricks
• Command Line Expansion,Commands and Braced
Sets
• Command Editing Tricks
• gnome-terminal
• Scripting Basics
• Creating Shell Scripts Samples

Unit 7
Standard I/O and Pipes
• Standard Input and Output [ STDIN , STDOUT,
STDERR]
• Redirecting Output to a File , Examples
• Redirecting STDOUT to a Program (Piping)
• Combining Output and Errors
• Redirecting to Multiple Targets [tee]
• Redirecting STDIN from a File
• Sending Multiple Lines to STDIN
• Scripting: for loops , examples

Unit 8
Text Processing Tools
• Tools for Extracting Text
• Viewing File Contents
• Extracting Text by Keyword, Column
• Tools for Analyzing Text
• Gathering Text Statistics
• Sorting Text
• Eliminating Duplicate Lines
• Comparing Files
• Duplicating File Changes
• Spell Checking with aspell
• Tools for Manipulating Text
• Special Characters for Complex Searches

Unit 9
vim: An Advanced Text Editor
• Introducing vim
• vim: A Modal Editor
• vim Basics [Opening a file, Modifying a File, Saving a
File and Exiting]
• Using Command Mode [Moving Around, Search and
Replace , Manipulating Text, Undoing]
• Visual Mode
• Using multiple "windows"
• Configuring vi and vim

Unit 10
Basic System Configuration Tools
• TCP/IP Network Configuration
• Managing Ethernet Connections
• Graphical Network Configuration [system-config-
network]
• Network Configuration Files [Ethernet Devices, Global
Network Settings, DNS]
• Printing in Linux [system-config-printer, Commands]
• Setting the System's Date and Time [system-config-date,
date ]

Unit 11
Investigating and Managing Processes
• What is a Process?
• Listing Processes, Finding Processes
• Signals ,Sending Signals to Processes
• Scheduling Priority
• Altering Scheduling Priority
• Interactive Process Management Tools [gnome-system-monitor, top]
• Job Control
• Scheduling a Process To Execute Later [at , crontab]
• Grouping Commands , Exit Status
• Conditional Execution Operators
• The test Command
• Scripting: if Statements

Unit 12
Configuring the Bash Shell
• Bash Variables
• Environment Variables
• Some Common Variables
• Aliases
• How bash Expands a Command Line , Preventing
Expansion
• Login vs non-login shells
• Bash start up tasks: profile
• Bash start up tasks: bashrc
• Bash exit tasks
• Scripting: Taking input with positional Parameters
• Scripting: Taking input with the read command

Unit 13
Finding and Processing Files
• locate
• find
• The Gnome Search Tool

Unit 14
• Network Clients
• Web Clients
• Non-GUI Web Browsers
• wget
• Evolution
• Non-GUI Mail Clients
• Open Ssh: Secure Remote Shell , scp
• rsync: Efficient File Sync
• FTP Clients,smbclient
• File Transfer with Nautilus
• Network Diagnostic Tools [ping , tracrout, host dig netstat, gnome-nettool]

Unit 15
Advanced Topics in Users, Groups and
Permissions
• User and Group ID Numbers
• User management tools
• System Users and Groups
• Monitoring Logins
• Default Permissions
• Special Permissions for Executables
• Special Permissions for Directories

Unit 16
The Linux Filesystem In-Depth
• Partitions and Filesystems
• Inodes and Directories
• cp and inodes
• mv and inodes
• rm and inodes
• Hard Links ,Symbolic
• The Fundamental File types
• Checking Free Space
• Removable Media , Mounting
• Archiving Files and Compressing

Unit 17
Essential System Administration Tools
• Planning an Installation
• Performing an Installation
• Managing Services
• Managing Software
• The Yum Package Management Tool
• Graphical Package Management
• Securing the System
• SELinux
• Packet Filtering iptables
• Firewall and SELinux Configuration [system-config-securitylevel

Unit 1
Linux Ideas and History
• what is the open source
• history of open source
• what is Linux ?
• history of Linux
• Linux Distributions
• Red hate Distributions
• Linux principles

Objectives
Upon completion of this unit, you should be able to:
• Explain the nature of open source software
• Discuss the origins of Linux
• List the Linux operating system Distributions
• List the Red Hat operating system distributions
• Explain basic Linux principles

What is Open Source?
Open source: software and source code available to all
• The freedom to distribute software and source code
• The ability to modify and create derived works

history of open source
1983 -1985 Stallman's FSF , GNU and GPL
GNU stands for “GNU's Not Unix”
Creates open source version of UNIX utilities
Creates the General Public License (GPL)
Software license enforcing open source principles

what is GNU/Linux ?
Linux is is a Unix-like [Unix clone]operating system that was designed
to provide personal computer users a free or very low-cost
operating system.
Linux's kernel (the central part of the operating system) was
developed by Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki in Finland.
To complete the operating system, Torvalds and other team members
made use of system components developed by members of the
Free Software Foundation for the GNU Project.

why is GNU/Linux ?
-Speed and Stability
-Open Source tends to be high quality and economical.
-Security: very little security holes & quick fixes.
-True multiuser system (secure file permission )
-Modularity (User isn't locked to one shell or GUI).
-Strong communities for development and support.

GNU/Linux Historical Time line
1969: Unix is developed at AT&T
1983: The GNU Project launched
1991: Linux 0.01 ( 10k line of code, 1 user)
1994: Linux 1.0 ( 170k line of code, 100 thousand user)
1996: Linux 2.0 ( 400k line of code, 1.5 million user)
1998: Linux 2.1. ( 1.5M line of code, 7.5 million user)
1999: Linux 2.2. 12 million users
2008: A Promising Future

Linux Distributions
•Debian:
(>1200 developers), community developed, strong, 15k packages.
•Ubuntu:
for desktop users, based on Debian.
•Red Hat:
Early star, now for enterprise works .
•Fedora:
Sponsored by red hat, community supported.
•Centos:
The Free (from charge) rebuild from RHEL.
•Suse:
made by Novell, for enterprise. Lately there's a joint dev with Microsoft.
•OpenSuse:
Open source alternative of Suse, community supported
•Slackware:
Very Unix-like, Old but popular

Linux Principles
-Everything is a file . Including hardware
– Configuration data stored in text
– Small, single-purpose programs
– Avoid Captive User Interfaces
– Ability to chain programs together to perform
complex tasks.

End of Unit 1
Questions ... ?
Summary :
• Open source and the right to modify
• The GNU Project and the Free Software
Foundation
• Linus Torvalds and the Linux kernel
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the Fedora
Project
• Basic Linux Principles

Unit 2
Linux Usage Basics
• Logging in to a Linux System
• Switching between virtual consoles and the graphical
environment
• Elements of the X Window System
• Starting the X server
• Changing Your Password
• The “root” user ... ?
• Changing Identities [su sudo]
• Editing text files [vim , nano, gedit, etc ]

Objectives
• Log into a Red Hat Linux system
• Start X from a console
• Access the command line from X
• Change your password
• Understand the nature of root privileges
• Elevate your privileges
• Edit plain text files

Logging in to a Linux System
• Two types of log-in screens:
1- virtual consoles (text-based)
2- graphical log-in (called display managers)
• log-in using log-in name and password
• Each user has a home directory for personal
file storage /home

Switching between virtual consoles and the
graphical environment
A typical Linux system will run six virtual
consoles and one graphical console
-Server systems often have only virtual
consoles
-Desktops and workstations typically have both

Switch among virtual consoles by typing:
Ctrl-Alt-F[1-> 6]
Access the graphical console by typing
Ctrl-Alt-F7

Elements of the X Window System
-The X Window System is Linux's graphical
subsystem
-Xorg is the particular version of the X Window
System used by Red Hat Open source
implementation of X Look and behavior
largely controlled by the desktop environment

Two desktop environments provided by
Red-Hat:
Is a Collections of applications that provide a
graphical working environment with a
consistent look and feel.
• GNOME:[GNU Network Object Model
Environment] default desktop environment
• KDE: [K desktop environment ]an alternate
desktop environment

Starting the X server
-On some systems, the X server starts automatically at
boot time
-Otherwise, if systems come up in virtual consoles,
users must start the X server manually
-The X server must be pre-configured by the system
administrator
-Log into a virtual console and run startx The X
server appears on Ctrl-Alt-F7

Changing Your Password
• Passwords control access to the system
-Change the password the first time you log in
-Change it regularly thereafter
-Select a password that is hard to guess
• change your password using GNOME,navigate to
System->Preferences->About Me click Password.
• To change your password from a terminal:
passwdpasswd

The root user
The rootroot user: a special administrative account
Also called the superuser
• root has near complete control over the system and
a nearly unlimited capacity to damage it....!
• Do not login as root unless necessary
• Normal users potential to do damage is more
limited

Changing Identities
• susu - creates new shell as root
• sudosudo command runs command as root
Requires prior configuration by a system-
administrator
idid shows information on the current user

Editing text files
The nanonano editor Easy to learn, easy to use
• Other editors:
• geditgedit, a simple graphical editor
• vimvim, an advanced, full feature editor
• gvimgvim, a graphical version of the vim editor

End of Unit 2
Questions ...?
Summary
• Login name and password
• startx
• gnome-terminal
• Passwd
• su
• nano

Objectives
• Execute commands at the prompt
• Explain the purpose and usage of some
simple commands
• Use the built-in help resources in Linux

Shell ... ?
Shell is a Unix term for the interactive user
interface with an operating system. The shell
is the layer of programming that understands
and executes the commands a user enters on
operating system.
Shell types
• Bourne shell (sh)
• C shell (csh)
• TC shell (tcsh)
• Korn shell (ksh)
• Bourne Again SHell (bash)

what is shell command ?
They are part of a shell, each shell (C Shell, Bourne
Shell and Korn Shell) has a set of commands built
into its program, the commands within each shell stay
the same across Linux / Unix distributions .
The user types shell commands at the shell prompt, the
default of which is % for the C Shell, and $ for the
Bourne Shell , Korn Shell . bash

Running Commands
Commands have the following syntax:
[commandcommand Options arguments]arguments]
Each item is separated by a space
-Options modify a command's behavior
Single-letter options usually preceded by “-” Can be passed
as -a -b -c or -abc
Full-word options usually preceded by “--” [ --help]
-ArgumentsArguments are file names or other data needed by the
command
Multiple Commands can be separated by “;”

Some Simple Commands
• datedate - display date and time
• calcal - display calendar
• LsLs list files
• CdCd change directory

Getting Help
• Don't try to memorize everything!
Many levels of help
– whatiswhatis -- with makewhatis
• command –help
• man and info
• /usr/share/doc/
• Red Hat documentation
• Google
• IRC channels

The whatis Command
Displays short descriptions of commands
Uses a database that is updated nightly
Often not available immediately after install
$ whatiswhatis calcal
cal (1) - displays a calendar

The --help Option
Displays usage summary and argument list
Used by most, but not all, commands
$ date --help
Usage: date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT] or:
date [-u|--utc|--universal] [MMDDhhmm]
Display the current time in the given FORMAT, or set
the system date.

Reading Usage Summaries
Printed by --helphelp, man and others
Used to describe the syntax of a command
Arguments in [ ] are optional
Arguments in CAPS or <> are variables
Text followed by ... represents a list
x|y|z means "x or y or z"
-abc means "any mix of -a, -b or -c"

The man Command
– The collection of all man pages on a system is called
the Linux Manual. The Linux is divided into sections,
each of which covers a particular topic, and every man
page is associated with exactly one of these sections.
The sections are:
Manual Sections.
– 1. General Commands
– 2. System Calls
– 3. Subroutines
– 4. Special Files
– 5. File Formats
– 6. Games
– 7. Macros and Conventions
– 8. Maintenence Commands
man and man –k commands
The file:///usr/share/doc/usr/share/doc directory

Navigating man Pages
• While viewing a man page
-Navigate with arrows, PgUp, PgDn
-/text searches for text
-n/N goes to next/previous match
-q quits
• Searching the Manual
man -k keyword lists all matching pages
Uses whatis database

The info Command
–info pages are structured like a website.
• Each page is divided into “nodes”.
• Links to nodes are preceded by “*”.
–info [<command>]
–If you run info with no arguments you will
be presented with a list links to the top
nodes of every available info page.

While viewing an info page
Navigate with arrows, pgUp, pgDown
• Tab Move to next link
• Enter Follow link the cursor is on
• n/p/u View next/previous/up-one node
• s[<text>] Search for text (default: last search)
• q Quit Viewing page

Extended Documentation
The file:///usr/share/doc/usr/share/doc directory
Sub directories for most installed packages
Location of docs that do not fit elsewhere
Example configuration files
HTML/PDF/PS documentation
–http://www.redhat.com/docs

Red Hat Documentation
Available on docs CD or Red Hat website
• Installation Guide
• Deployment Guide
• Virtualization Guide

End of Unit 3
• Questions and Answers
• Summary
• Running Commands
• Getting Help

Unit 4
Browsing the Filesystem
• Linux File Hierarchy Concepts
• Some Important Directories
• File and Directory Names
• Absolute and Relative Pathnames
• Changing Directories [cd]
• Listing Directory Contents [ls]
• Copying Files and Directories [cp]
• Moving and Renaming Files and Directories [mv]
• Creating and Removing Files
• Creating and Removing Directories
• Using Nautilus [Moving , Copying ,Moving and Copying]
• Determining File Content [file]

Objectives
Describe important elements of the filesystem hierarchy
• Copy, move, and remove files
• Create and view files
• Manage files with Nautilus

Linux File Hierarchy Concepts
Files and directories are organized into single-rooted inverted
tree structure File system begins at the root directory,
represented by alone “ // ” (forward slash) character.
• Names are case-sensitive
• Paths are delimited by /

Basic File system Hierarchy Standard Directories
• // The root directory, the top-level directory in the FHS. All other directories
are sub directories of root, which is always mounted on some partition.
• /bin/bin Essential command line utilities. Should not be mounted separately;
otherwise, it could be difficult to get to these utilities when using a rescue
disk.
• /boot/boot Includes Linux start up files, including the Linux kernel. The default,
100MB, is usually sufficient for a typical modular kernel and additional
kernels that you might install.
• /dev/dev Hardware and software device drivers for everything from floppy
drives to terminals. Do not mount this directory on a separate partition.
• /etc/etc Most basic configuration files.
• /home/home Home directories for almost every user.

• /lib/lib Program libraries for the kernel and various command line
utilities. Do not mount this directory on a separate partition.
• /media/media The mount point for removable media, including floppy, DVDs.
• /mnt/mnt A legacy mount point; formerly used for removable media.
• /opt/opt Common location for third-party application files.
• /proc/proc Currently running kernel-related processes, including device
assignments such as IRQ ports, I/O addresses, and DMA channels, as
well as kernel configuration settings such as IP forwarding.
• /root/root The home directory of the root user.
• /sbin/sbin System administration commands. Don't mount this directory
separately.

•/selinux/selinux configured settings associated with Security Enhanced Linux.
/tmp/tmp Temporary files. By default, Red Hat Enterprise Linux deletes all files
in this directory periodically.
./usr/usr Small programs accessible to all users. Includes many system
administration commands and utilities.
./var/var Variable data, including log files and printer spools.

File and Directory Names
• Names may be up to 255 characters
• All characters are valid, except the forward-slash
- It may be unwise to use certain special characters in file or
directory names
-Some characters should be protected with quotes when
referencing them
• Names are case-sensitive
Example: MAIL, Mail, mail, and mAiL
•

Absolute and Relative Path names
• Absolute path names
Begin with a forward slash Complete "road map"
to file location
Can be used anytime you wish to specify a file
name
• Relative path names
Do not begin with a slash Specify location relative
to your current working directory Can be used as a
shorter way to specify a file name

current Working Directory
Each shell and system process has a current working
directory
pwdpwd Displays the absolute path to the shell's cwd

Changing Directories
cdcd changes directories To an absolute or relative
path: cd /home/joshua/workcd /home/joshua/work , cd project/docscd project/docs
To a directory one level up: cd ..cd ..
To your home directory: cdcd
To your previous working directory: cd -cd -

Listing Directory Contents
Lists contents of the current directory or a specified directory
UsageUsage:
lsls [options] [files_or_dirs]
Example:
ls -a (include hidden files)
ls -l (display extra information)
ls -R (recurse through directories)
ls -ld (directory and symlink information)

Copying Files and Directories
cpcp - copy files and directories
Usage:
cp [options] file destination
More than one file may be copied at a time if the destination is
a directory:
cp [options] file1 file2 destination

Copying Files and Directories:The Destination
• If the destination is a directory, the copy is placed there
• If the destination is a file, the copy overwrites the destination
• If the destination does not exist, the copy is renamed

Moving and Renaming Files and Directories
mvmv - move and/or rename files and directories
Usage:
• mv [options] file destination
• More than one file may be moved at a time if the destination
is a directory:
mv [options] file1 file2 destination

Creating and Removing Files
touchtouch - create empty files or update file timestamps
rmrm - remove files
Usage:
rm [options] <file>...
Example:
rm -i file (interactive)
rm -r directory (recursive)
rm -f file (force)

Creating and Removing Directories
• mkdirmkdir creates directories
• rmdirrmdir removes empty directories
• rm -rrm -r recursively removes directory trees

Using Nautilus (GUI)
Gnome graphical file system browser
• Can run in spatial or browser mode
Accessed via...
• Desktop icons
Home: Your home directory
Computer: Root file system, network resources and
removable media
Applications->System Tools->File Browser

Moving and Copying in Nautilus
• Drag-and-Drop
Drag: Move on same filesystem, copy on different filesystem
Drag + Ctrl: Always copy
Drag + Alt: Ask whether to copy, move or create symbolic
link (alias)
• Context menu
Right-click to rename, cut, copy or paste

Determining File Content
Files can contain many types of data Check file type with file
before opening to determine appropriate command or
application
to use
filefile [options] <filename>...

End of Unit 4
Questions ...?
Summary
• The Linux filesystem hierarchy
• Command-line file management tools
• The Nautilus file manager

Objectives
Upon completion of this unit, you should be
able to:
• Explain the Linux security model
• Explain the purpose of user and group accounts
• Read and set file permissions

Users
• Every user is assigned a unique User ID number (UID)
UID 0 identifies root
• Users' names and UIDs are stored in /etc/passwd
• Users are assigned a home directory and a program that is
run when they log in (usually a shell)
• Users cannot read, write or execute each others' files
without permission

Groups
• Users are assigned to groups Each group is assigned a
unique Group ID number (gid)
• GIDs are stored in /etc/group
• Each user is given their own private group Can be added to
other groups for additional access
• All users in a group can share files that belong to the group

Linux File Security
• Every file is owned by a UID and a GID
• Every process runs as a UID and one or more GIDs
Usually determined by who runs the process
• Three access categories:
-Processes running with the same UID as the file (user)
-Processes running with the same GID as the file (group)
-All other processes (other)

Permission Precedence
• If UID matches, user permissions apply Otherwise,
• If GID matches, group permissions apply
• If neither match, other permissions apply

Permission Types
Four symbols are used when displaying
permissions:
rr: permission to read a file or list a directory's contents
ww: permission to write to a file or create and remove files from
a directory
x:x: permission to execute a program or change into a directory
and do a long listing of the directory
--: no permission (in place of the r, w, or x)

Examining Permissions
File permissions may be viewed using ls -l
$ ls -lls -l /bin/login
-rwxr-xr-x-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19080 Apr 1 18:26 /bin/login
File type and permissions represented by a 10 character string

Interpreting Permissions
-rwxr-x----rwxr-x--- 1 andersen trusted 2948 Oct 11 14:07 myscript
• Read, Write and Execute for the owner, andersen
• Read and Execute for members of the trusted group
• No access for all others

Changing File Ownership
• Only root can change a file's owner
Only root or the owner can change a file'group
• Ownership is changed with chownchown:
chown [-R] user_name file|directory
Group-Ownership is changed with chgrpchgrp:
chgrp [-R] group_name file|directory

Changing Permissions – Symbolic Method
To change access modes:
chmodchmod [-R] mode file
Where mode is:
• u,g or o for user, group and other
• + or - for grant or deny
• r, w or x for read, write and execute
Examples:
• ugo+r: Grant read access to all
• o-wx: Deny write and execute to others

Changing Permissions – Numeric Method
• Uses a three-digit mode number
-first digit specifies owner's permissions
-second digit specifies group permissions
-third digit represents others' permissions
Permissions are calculated by adding:
• 4 (for read)
• 2 (for write)
• 1 (for execute)
Example:
chmod 640 myfile

Changing Permissions – Nautilus
Nautilus can be used to set the permissions and group
membership of files and directories. In a Nautilus window,
right-click on a file Select Properties from the context menu
Select the Permissions tab

End of Unit 5
Questions ...?
Summary
• All files are owned by one user and one group
• The mode of a file is made up of three permissions:
user, the group and all others
• three permissions may be granted or denied: read,
write and execute

Objectives
• Use command-line shortcuts
• Use command-line expansion
• Use history and editing tricks
• Use the gnome-terminal

Command Line Shortcuts File Globbing
• Globbing is wildcard expansion:
- * - matches zero or more characters
- ? - matches any single character
- [0-9] - matches a range of numbers
-[abc] - matches any of the character in the list
- [^abc] - matches all except the characters in the list

Command Line Shortcuts The Tab Key
Type TabTab to complete command lines:
For the command name, it will complete a command name
For an argument, it will complete a file name
Examples:
$ xte<Tab>
$ xterm
$ ls myf<Tab>
$ ls myfile.txt

Command Line Shortcuts History
bash stores a history of commands you've entered, which can
be used to repeat commands
Use history command to see list of remembered commands
$ history
14 cd /tmp
15 ls -l
16 cd
17 cp /etc/passwd .
18 vi passwd

More History Tricks
• Use the up and down keys to scroll through previous
commands
Type Ctrl-rCtrl-r to search for a command in command history.
(reverse-i-search)`':
• To recall last argument from previous command:
Esc,. (the escape key followed by a period)
Alt-. (hold down the alt key while pressing the period)

Command Line Expansion The tilde
• Tilde ( ~ )
May refer to your home directory
$ cat ~/.bash_profile
• May refer to another user's home directory
$ ls ~julie/public_html

Command Line Expansion Commands and Braced Sets
• Command Expansion:“()” Prints output of one command as an
argument to another
$ echo "This system's name is $(hostname)"
This system's name is server1.example.com
• Brace Expansion: { }
Shorthand for printing repetitive strings
$ echo file{1,3,5}
file1 file3 file5
$ rm -f file{1,3,5}

Command Editing Tricks
• Ctrl-a moves to beginning of line
• Ctrl-e moves to end of line
• Ctrl-u deletes to beginning of line
• Ctrl-k deletes to end of line
• Ctrl-arrow moves left or right by word

Gnome-terminal
Applications->Accessories->Terminal
Graphical terminal emulator that supports multiple "tabbed"
shells
• Ctrl-Shift-t creates a new tab
• Ctrl-PgUp/PgDn switches to next/prev tab
• Ctrl-Shift-c copies selected text
• Ctrl-Shift-v pastes text to the prompt

Scripting Basics
• Shell scripts are text files that contain a series of commands
or statements to be executed.
• Shell scripts are useful for:
-Automating commonly used commands
-Performing system administration and
-troubleshooting
-Creating simple applications
-Manipulation of text or files

Creating Shell Scripts
Step 1: Use such as vi to create a text file containing
commands
-First line contains
#!/bin/bash
Comment your scripts! Comments start with a #

Step 2: Make the script executable:
$ chmod u+x myscript.sh$ chmod u+x myscript.sh
To execute the new script:
Place the script file in a directory in the executable
path -OR-Specify the absolute or relative path to the script
on the command line

Sample Shell Script
#!/bin/bash
# This script displays some information about your
environment
echo "Greetings. The date and time are $(date)"
echo "Your working directory is: $(pwd)"

End of Unit 6
Questions ...?
Summary
• Command expansion: $()
• History recall: !string, !num
• Scripting Basics

Objectives
• Redirect I/O channels to files
• Connect commands using pipes
• Use the for loops to iterate over sets of values

Standard Input and Output
Linux provides three I/O channels to Programs
• Standard input (STDIN) - keyboard by default
• Standard output (STDOUT) - terminal window by default
• Standard error (STDERR) - terminal window by default

Redirecting Output to a File
STDOUT and STDERR can be redirected to files:
commandcommand operator filename
Supported operators include:
> Redirect STDOUT to file
2> Redirect STDERR to file
&> Redirect all output to file
File contents are overwritten by default. >> appends.

Redirecting Output to a File Examples
This command generates output and errors
when run as non-root:
$ find /etc -name passwd
Operators can be used to store output and
errors:
$ find /etc -name passwd > find.out
$ find /etc -name passwd 2> /dev/null
$ find /etc -name passwd > find.out 2> find.err

Redirecting STDOUT to a Program (Piping)
Pipes (the || character) can connect commands:
command1 || command2
• Sends STDOUT of command1 to STDIN of command2
instead of the screen.
• STDERR is not forwarded across pipes
Used to combine the functionality of multiple tools
command1 | command2 | command3... etc

Redirecting STDOUT to a Program Examples
lessless: View input one page at a time:
$ ls -l /etc | less
Input can be searched with /
mailmail: Send input via email:
$ echo "test email" | mail -s "test" user@example.com
lprlpr : Send input to a printer
$ echo "test print" | lpr
$ echo "test print" | lpr -P printer_name

Combining Output and Errors
Some operators affect both STDOUT and STDERR
• &>&>: Redirects all output:
$ find /etc -name passwd &> find.all
• 2>&12>&1: Redirects STDERR to STDOUT
Useful for sending all output through a pipe
$ find /etc -name passwd 2>&1 | less
()(): Combines STDOUTs of multiple programs
$ ( cal 2007 ; cal 2008 ) | less

Redirecting to Multiple Targets (tee)
$ command1 | tee filename | command2
Stores STDOUT of command1 in filename, then pipes to
command2
Uses:
• Troubleshooting complex pipelines
• Simultaneous viewing and logging of output

Redirecting STDIN from a File
Redirect standard input with <
Some commands can accept data redirected to STDIN from a
file:
$ tr 'a-z' 'A-Z' < .bash_profile
This command will translate the uppercase
characters in .bash_profile to lowercase
Equivalent to:
$ cat .bash_profile | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z'

Sending Multiple Lines to STDIN
Redirect multiple lines from keyboard to STDIN with <<WORD
-All text until WORDWORD is sent to STDIN
Sometimes called a heretext
$ mail -s "Please Call" jane@example.com <<END
> Hi Jane,
> Please give me a call when you get in. We may need
> to do some maintenance on server1.
> Details when you're on-site,
> Boris
> END

Scripting: for loops
Performs actions on each member of a set of values
Example:
for NAME in joe jane julie
do
ADDRESS="$NAME@example.com"
MESSAGE='Projects are due today!'
echo $MESSAGE | mail -s Reminder $ADDRESS
done

Can also use command-output and file lists:
• for num in $(seq 1 10)
Assigns 1-10 to $num
seq X Y prints the numbers X through Y
• for file in *.ttxt
Assigns names of text files to $file

End of Unit 7
Questions ...?
Summary
• Standard I/O channels
• File redirection
-Standard input (<)
-Standard Output (>)
-Standard Error (2>)
• Pipes redirect standard output to standard input
• for loops can perform commands on items from a
• program's standard output or an explicit list

Objectives
• Use tools for extracting, analyzing and
• manipulating text data

Tools for Extracting Text
• File Contents: less and cat
• File Excerpts: head and tail
• Extract by Column: cut
• Extract by Keyword: grep

Viewing File Contents less and cat
• catcat: dump one or more files to STDOUT
Multiple files are concatenated together
lessless: view file or STDIN one page at a timeUseful commands
while viewing
/text searches for text
n/N jumps to the next/previous match
v opens the file in a text editor
less is the pager used by man

Viewing File Excerpts head and tail
headhead: Display the first 10 lines of a file Use -n to change
number of lines displayed
tailtail: Display the last 10 lines of a file Use -n to change
number of lines displayed Use -f-f to "follow" subsequent
additions to the file
*Very useful for monitoring log files!

Extracting Text by Keyword grep
Prints lines of files or STDIN where a pattern is matched
$ grepgrep 'john' /etc/passwd
$ date --help | grep year
Use -i-i to search case-insensitively
Use -n-n to print line numbers of matches
Use -v-v to print lines not containing pattern
Use -AX-AX to include the X lines after each match
Use -BX-BX to include the X lines before each match

Extracting Text by Column cut
Display specific columns of file or STDIN data
$ cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd
$ grep root /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f7
Use -d to specify the column delimiter
(default is TAB)
Use -f to specify the column to print
Use -c to cut by characters
$ cut -c2-5 /usr/share/dict/words

Tools for Analyzing Text
• Text Stats: wcwc
• Sorting Text: sortsort
• Comparing Files: diffdiff and patchpatch
• Spell Check: aspellaspell

Gathering Text Statistics wc (word count)
Counts words, lines, bytes and characters Can act upon a file
or STDIN
$ wc story.txt
39 237 1901 story.txt
Use -l for only line count
Use -w for only word count
Use -c for only byte count Use -m for character count
(not displayed)

Sorting Text sort
sortsort text to STDOUT - original file unchanged
$ sort [options] file(s)
Common options
-r performs a reverse (descending) sort
-n performs a numeric sort
-f ignores (folds) case of characters in strings
-u (unique) removes duplicate lines in output
-t c uses c as a field separator
-k X sorts by c-delimited field X Can be used multiple times

Eliminating Duplicate Lines sort and uniq
sort -usort -u: removes duplicate lines from input
uniquniq: removes duplicate adjacent lines from input
• Use -c to count number of occurrences
• Use with sort for best effect:
$ sort userlist.txt | uniq

Duplicating File Changes patch
diffdiff output stored in a file is called a "patchfile"
Use -u for "unified" diff, best in patchfiles patch duplicates
changes in other files (use with care!)
Use -b to automatically back up changed files
$ diff -u foo.conf-broken foo.conf-works > foo.patch
$ patchpatch -b foo.conf-broken foo.patch

Spell Checking with aspell
Interactively spell-check files:
$ aspellaspell check letter.txt
Non-interactively list mis-spelled words in
STDIN
$ aspell list < letter.txt
$ aspell list < letter.txt | wc -l

Tools for Manipulating Text tr and sed
Alter (trtranslate) Characters: trtr Converts characters in one set
to corresponding characters in another set Only reads data
from STDIN
$ tr 'a-z' 'A-Z' < lowercase.txt
Alter Strings: sedsed stream editor
Performs search/replace operations on a stream of text
Normally does not alter source file Use -i.bak to back-up and
alter source file

Sed Examples
Quote search and replace instructions!
sed addresses
sed 's/dog/cat/g' pets
sed '1,50s/dog/cat/g' pets
sed '/digby/,/duncan/s/dog/cat/g' pets
Multiple sed instructions
sed -e 's/dog/cat/' -e 's/hi/lo/' pets
sed -f myedits pets

Special Characters for Complex Searches Regular Expressions
• ^^ represents beginning of line
• $$ represents end of line
Character classes as in bash:
[abc], [^abc]
[[:upper:]], [^[:upper:]]
Used by:
grep, sed, less, others

End of Unit 8
Questions Summary
Extracting Text
cat, less, head, tail, grep, cut
Analyzing Text
wc, sort, uniq, diff, patch
Manipulating Text tr, sed
• Special Search Characters
^, $, [abc], [^abc], [[:alpha:]], [^[:alpha:]],

Objectives
• Use the three primary modes of vi and vim
• Navigate text and enter Insert mode
• Change, delete, yank, and put text
• Undo changes
• Search a document
• Save and exit

Introducing vim
Newer version of vi, the standard Unix text editor Executing vi runs
vim by default gvim: Graphical version of vim
Applications + Programming -> Vi iMproved
Provided by vim-X11 package
Advantages:
Speed: Do more with fewer keystrokes
Simplicity: No dependence on mouse/GUI
Availability: Included with most Unix-like OSes
Disadvantages
Difficulty: Steeper learning curve than simpler editors
Key bindings emphasize speed over intuitiveness

vim: A Modal Editor
Keystroke behavior is dependent upon vim's "mode"
Three main modes:
Command ModeCommand Mode (default): Move cursor, cut/paste
text, change mode
Insert ModeInsert Mode: Modify text
Ex ModeEx Mode: Save, quit, etc
Esc exits current mode
EscEsc always returns to command mode

vim Basics
To use vim, you must at least be able to
• Open a file
• Modify a file (insert mode)
• Save a file (ex mode)

Opening a file in vim
To start vi:
vim filename
• If the file exists, the file is opened and the contents are
displayed
• If the file does not exist, vi creates it when the edits
are saved for the first time

Modifying a File Insert Mode
• i begins insert mode at the cursor
• Many other options exist
• A append to end of line
• I insert at beginning of line
• o insert new a line (below)
• O insert new line (above)

Saving a File and Exiting vim Ex Mode
Enter Ex Mode with :
Creates a command prompt at bottom-left of screen
Common write/quit commands:
:w writes (saves) the file to disk
:wq writes and quits
:q! quits, even if changes are lost

Using Command Mode
• Default mode of vim
• Keys describe movement and text manipulation commands
Commands repeat when preceded by a number
Example
• Right Arrow moves right one character
• 5, Right Arrow moves right five characters

Moving Around Command Mode
Move by character: Arrow Keys, h, j, k, l
Non-arrow keys useful for remote connections to older
systems
• Move by word: w, b
• Move by sentence: ), (
• Move by paragraph: }, {
• Jump to line x: xG
• Jump to end: G

Search and Replace Command Mode
Search as in less /, n, N
Search/Replace as in sed Affects current line by default
Use x,y ranges
EX :1,5s/cat/dog/
or % for whole file
EX :%s/cat/dog/gi

Manipulating Text Command Mode
Change (replace) Delete (cut) Yank (copy)
Line cc dd yy
Letter cl dl yl
Word cw dw yw
Sentence ahead c) d) y)
Sentence behind c( d( y(
Paragraph above c{ d{ y{
Paragraph below c} d} y}

Undoing Changes Command Mode
• u undo most recent change
• U undo all changes to the current line since
the cursor landed on the line
• Ctrl-r redo last "undone" change

Visual Mode
Allows selection of blocks of text
• v starts character-oriented highlighting
• V starts line-oriented highlighting
• Activated with mouse in gvim
Visual keys can be used in conjunction with movement keys:
w, ), }, arrows, etc
• Highlighted text can be deleted, yanked,
• changed, filtered, search/replaced, etc.

Using multiple "windows"
Multiple documents can be viewed in a single vim screen.
• Ctrl-w, s splits the screen horizontally
• Ctrl-w, v splits the screen vertically
Ctrl-w, Arrow moves between windows
Ex-mode instructions always affect the current window
• :help windows displays more window commands

Configuring vi and vim
Configuring on the fly
:set or :set all
Configuring permanently
~/.vimrc or ~/.exrc
A few common configuration items
:set number
:set autoindent
:set textwidth=65 (vim only)
:set wrapmargin=15
:set ignorcase
Run :help option-list for a complete list

Learning more
vi/vim built-in help
:help
:help topic
Use :q to exit help
vimtutorvimtutor command

End of Unit 9
Questions ...?
Summary
• Use the three primary modes of vi and vim
• Move the cursor and enter Insert mode
• Change, delete, yank, and put text
• Undo changes
• Search a document
• Save and exit

Objectives
• Configure date, network and printer settings
• Send text to the printer
• Set the system's date and time

TCP/IP Network Configuration
Important network settings:
• IP Configuration
• Device Activation
• DNS Configuration
• Default Gateway

Managing Ethernet Connections
• Network interfaces are named sequentially: eth0, eth1, etc
• Multiple addresses can be assigned to a device with aliases
Aliases are labeled eth0:1, eth0:2, etc, Aliases are treated like
separate interfaces
• View interface configuration with ifconfig [ethX]
• Enable interface with ifup ethX
• Disable interface with ifdown ethX

Graphical Network Configuration system-config-network
System->Administration->Network
• Activate/Deactivate interfaces
• Assign IP Addresses/DHCP
• Modify DNS settings
• Modify gateway address

Network Configuration Files Ethernet Devices
• Device configuration is stored in text files
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX
• Complete list of options in /usr/share/doc/
initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
Dynamic Configuration Static Configuration
DEVICE=ethX DEVICE=ethX
HWADDR=0:02:8A:A6:30:45 HWADDR=0:02:8A:A6:30:45
BOOTPROTO=dhcp IPADDR=192.168.0.254
ONBOOT=yes NETMASK=255.255.255.0
Type=Ethernet GATEWAY=192.168.2.254
ONBOOT=yes
Type=Ethernet

Network Configuration Files Other Global Network Settings
• Global Settings in /etc/sysconfig/network
Many may be provided by DHCP
• GATEWAY can be overridden in ifcfg file
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=server1.example.com
GATEWAY=192.168.2.254

Network Configuration Files
DNS Configuration
Domain Name Service translates hostnames to network addresses
Server address is specified by dhcp or in /etc/resolv.conf
search example.com cracker.org
nameserver 192.168.0.254
nameserver 192.168.1.254

Printing in Linux
• Printers may be local or networked
• Print requests are sent to queues
• Queued jobs are sent to the printer on a first come first served
basis
• Jobs may be canceled before or during printing

System-config-printer
• System->Administration->Printing
• Supported printer connections:
Local (parallel or usb)
Unix/Linux print server
Windows print server
Netware print server
HP JetDirect
• Configuration stored in /etc/cups/printers.conf

Printing Commands
• lprlpr sends a job to the queue to be printed
Accepts ASCII, PostScript, PDF, others
• lpqlpq views the contents of the queue
• lprmlprm removes a job from the queue
• System V printing commands such as lp, lpstat and cancel are
also supported

Printing Utilities
• evince views PDF documents
• lpstat -a lists configured printers
• enscript and a2ps convert text to PostScript
• ps2pdf converts PostScript to PDF
• mpage prints multiple pages per sheet

Setting the System's Date and Time
• GUI: system-config-date
System->Administration->Date & Time
Can set date/time manually or use NTP
Additional NTP servers can be added
Can use local time or UTC
• CLI: date [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]
# date 01011330
# date 010113302007.05

End of Unit 10
Questions ...?
Summary
• system-config-network
• /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/*
• ifup, ifdown
• lpr sends text to the printer
• date configures date/time from CLI
• system-config-date configures date/time from GUI

Objectives
• Explain what a process is
• Describe how to manage processes
• Use job control tools

What is a Process?
A process is a set of instructions loaded into memory
• Numeric Process ID (PID) used for identification
• UID, GID and SELinux context determines filesystem access
• Normally inherited from the executing user

Listing Processes
View Process information with psps Shows processes from the current
terminal by default
• -a includes processes on all terminals
• -x includes processes not attached to terminals
• -u prints process owner information
• -f prints process parentage
• -o PROPERTY,... prints custom information:
pid, comm, %cpu, %mem, state, tty, euser, ruser

Finding Processes
Most flexible: ps options | othercommands
ps axo comm,tty | grep ttyS0
By predefined patterns: pgrep
$ pgrep -U root
$ pgrep -G student
By exact program name: pidof
$ pidof bash

Signals
Most fundamental inter-process communication Sent directly to
processes, no user-interface required Programs associate actions
with each signal
-Signals are specified by name or number when sent:
• Signal 1515, TERM (default) - Terminate cleanly
• Signal 99, KILL - Terminate immediately
• Signal 11, HUP - Re-read configuration files
man 7 signal shows complete list

Sending Signals to Processes
By PID: kill [signal] pid ...
By Name: killall [signal] comm ...
By pattern: pkill [-signal] pattern

Scheduling Priority
• Scheduling priority determines access to the CPU
• Priority is affected by a process' nice value
• Values range from -20 to 19 but default to 0
Lower nice value means higher CPU priority
Viewed with ps -o comm,niceps -o comm,nice

Altering Scheduling Priority
Nice values may be altered...
• When starting a process:
$ nicenice -n 5 command
• After starting:
$ renicerenice 5 PID
Only root may decrease nice values

Interactive Process Management Tools
• CLI: top
• GUI: gnome-system-monitor
Capabilities
Display real-time process information
Allow sorting, killing and re-nicing

Job Control
Run a process in the background Append an ampersand to the
command line: firefox &&
Temporarily halt a running program Use Ctrl-zCtrl-z or send signal 17
(STOP)
Manage background or suspended jobs
List job numbers and names: jobsjobs
Resume in the background: bgbg [%jobnum]
Resume in the foreground: fgfg [%jobnum]
Send a signal: killkill [-SIGNAL] [%jobnum]

Scheduling a Process To Execute Later
One-time jobs use atat, recurring jobs use
crontabcrontab
Create at time crontab -e
List at -l crontab -l
Details at -c jobnum N/A
Remove at -d jobnum crontab -r
Edit N/A crontab -e
• Non-redirected output is mailed to the user
• root can modify jobs for other users

Crontab File Format
Entry consists of five space-delimited fields followed by
a command line One entry per line, no limit to line length
Fields are:-
minute, hour, day of month, month, and day of week
Comment lines begin with #
for details See man 5 crontab

Grouping Commands
Two ways to group commands:
Compound: date; who | wc -l
Commands run back-to-back
Subshell: (date; who | wc -l) >> /tmp/trace
All output is sent to a single STDOUT and STDERR

Exit Status
Processes report success or failure with an exit status
0 for success, 1-255 for failure
$? stores the exit status of the most recent command
exit [num] terminates and sets status to num
Example:
$ ping -c1 -W1 station999 &> /dev/null
$ echo $?
2

Conditional Execution Operators
Commands can be run conditionally based on exit status
&& represents conditional AND THEN
|| represents conditional OR ELSE
Examples:
$ grep -q no_such_user /etc/passwd || echo 'No such user'
$ ping -c1 -W2 station1 &> /dev/null && echo "station1 is up" || $
(echo 'station1 is unreachable'; exit 1)
station1 is up

The test Command
Evaluates boolean statements for use in conditional execution
Returns 0 for true
Returns 1 for false
Examples in long form:
$ test "$A" = "$B" && echo "Strings are equal"
$ test "$A" -eq "$B" && echo "Integers are equal"
Examples in shorthand notation:
$ [ "$A" = "$B" ] && echo "Strings are equal"
$ [ "$A" -eq "$B" ] && echo "Integers are equal"

File Tests
File tests:
-f tests to see if a file exists and is a regular file
-d tests to see if a file exists and is a directory
-x tests to see if a file exists and is executable
[ -f ~/lib/functions ] && source ~/lib/functions

Scripting: if Statements
Execute instructions based on the exit status of a
command
if ping -c1 -w2 localhost &> /dev/null; then
echo 'localhost is UP'
elif grep "localhost" ~/maintenance.txt &> /dev/null; then
echo 'localhost is undergoing maintenance'
else
echo 'localhost is unexpectedly DOWN!'
exit 1
fi

End of Unit 11
Questions ...?
Summary
• A process is any set of instructions in memory
• Processes are managed with: ps, kill, top, gnome-
• system-monitor
• Suspend jobs with Ctrl-z, manage with fg, bg

Objectives
• Know how to use local and environment variables
• Know how to inhibit variable expansion
• Know how to create aliases
• Understand how the shell parses a command line
• Know how to configure start up files
• Know how to handle input with the read command and positional
parameters

Bash Variables
Variables are named values Useful for storing data or command
output
Set with VARIABLE=VALUE
Referenced with $VARIABLE
$ HI="Hello, and welcome to $(hostname)."
$ echo $HI
Hello, and welcome to stationX.

Environment Variables
Variables are local to a single shell by default
Environment variables are inherited by child shells
Set with export VARIABLE=VALUE
Accessed by some programs for configuration

Aliases
Aliases let you create shortcuts to commands
$ alias dir='ls -laF'
Use alias by itself to see all set aliases
Use alias followed by an alias name to see
alias value
$ alias dir
alias dir='ls -laF'

How bash Expands a Command Line
1. Split the line into words
2. Expand aliases
3. Expand curly-brace statements ({})
4. Expand tilde statements (~)
5. Expand variables ($)
6. Command-substituation ($() and ``)
7. Split the line into words again
8. Expand file globs (*, ?, [abc], etc)
9. Prepare I/O redirections (<, >)
10. Run the command!

Preventing Expansion
Backslash ( ) makes the next character literal
$ echo Your cost: $5.00
Your cost: $5.00
Quoting prevents expansion
Single quotes (') inhibit all expansion
Double quotes (") inhibit all expansion, except:
$ (dollar sign) - variable expansion
` (backquotes) - command substitution
(backslash) - single character inhibition
! (exclamation point) - history substitution

Login vs non-login shells
Startup is configured differently for login and non-login shells
• Login shells are:
Any shell created at login (includes X login)
su -
• Non-login shells are:
su
graphical terminals
executed scripts
any other bash instances

Bash start up tasks: profile
Stored in /etc/profile (global) and ~/.
bash_profile (user)
Run for login shells only
Used for
Setting environment variables
Running commands (eg mail-checker script)

Bash start up tasks: bashrc
Stored in /etc/bashrc (global) and ~/.bashrc
(user)
Run for all shells
Used for
• Setting local variables
• Defining aliases

Bash exit tasks
Stored in ~/.bash_logout (user)
Run when a login shell exits
Used for
• Creating automatic backups
• Cleaning out temporary files

Scripting: Taking input with positional Parameters
Positional parameters are special variables that hold the
command-line arguments to the script.
The positional parameters available are $1,$2, $3, etc. . These
are normally assigned to
more meaningful variable names to improve clarity.
$* holds all command-line arguments
$# holds the number of command-line arguments

Scripting: Taking input with the read command
Use read to assign input values to one or more shell variables:
-p designates prompt to display
read reads from standard input and assigns one
word to each variable
Any leftover words are assigned to the last variable
read -p "Enter a filename: " FILE

End of Unit 12
Questions ...?
Summary
• local and environment variables
• command line parsing
• configuring the shell environment
• positional parameters and the read command

Objectives
• Use locate
• Use find
• Use the Gnome Search tool

Locate
• Queries a pre-built database of paths to files on the system
Database must be updated by administrator
Full path is searched, not just filename
• May only search directories where the user has read and
execute permission

locate Examples
locate foo
Search for files with "foo" in the name or path
locate -r '.foo$'
Regex search for files ending in ".foo"
Useful options
-i performs a case-insensitive search
-n X lists only the first X matches

Find
find [directory...] [criteria...]
• Searches directory trees in real-time
Slower but more accurate than locate
CWD is used if no starting directory given
All files are matched if no criteria given
• Can execute commands on found files
• May only search directories where the user has read and
execute permission

Basic find Examples
find -name snow.png
Search for files named snow.png
find -iname snow.png
Case-insensitive search for files named snow.png, Snow.png,
SNOW.PNG, etc
find -user joe -group joe
Search for files owned by the user joe and the group joe

find and Logical Operators
Criteria are ANDed together by default.
Can be OR'd or negated with -o and -not
Parentheses can be used to determine logic
order, but must be escaped in bash.
find -user joe -not -group joe
find -user joe -o -user jane
find -not ( -user joe -o -user jane )

find and Permissions
Can match ownership by name or id
find / -user joe -o -uid 500
Can match octal or symbolic permissions
find -perm 755 matches if mode is exactly 755
find -perm +222 matches if anyone can write
find -perm -222 matches if everyone can write
find -perm -002 matches if other can write

find and Numeric Criteria
Many find criteria take numeric values
find -size 1024k
Files with a size of exactly 1megabyte
find -size +1024k
Files with a size over 1 megabyte
find -size -1024k
Files with a size less than 1 megabyte

find and Access Times
find can match by inode timestamps
-atime when file was last read
-mtime when file data last changed
-ctime when file data or metadata last changed Value given
is in days
find -ctime -10
Files modified less than 10 days ago

Executing Commands with find
Commands can be executed on found files
Command must be preceded with -exec or -ok
-ok prompts before acting on each file
Command must end with Space;
Can use {} as a filename placeholder
find -size +102400k -ok gzip {} ;

find Execution Examples
find -name "*.cconf" -exec cp {} {}.orig;
Back up configuration files, adding a .orig extension
find /tmp -ctime +3 -user joe -ok rm {};
Prompt to remove Joe's tmp files that are over 3 days old
find ~ -perm +o+w -exec chmod o-w {} ;
Fix other-writable files in your home directory

The Gnome Search Tool
Places->Search for Files...
Graphical tool for searching by
name
content
owner/group
size
modification time

End of Unit 13
Questions ...?
Summary
• Use locate to quickly find files that are not new
• Use find to search based on very specific criteria
• and optionally run commands on matching files
• Use the Gnome Search Tool for an intuitive, but
• powerful GUI search tool.

Objectives
• Browse the web
• Exchange email and instant messages
• Access a Linux system remotely
• Transfer files between systems
• Use network diagnostic tools

Web Clients
Firefox
Other web browsers
Non-GUI web browsers
wget

Firefox
Fast, lightweight, feature-rich web browser
Tabbed browsing
Popup blocking
Cookie management
Multi-engine search bar
Support for many popular plug-ins
Themes and Extensions

Non-GUI Web Browsers
links
Provided by the elinks rpm
Full support for frames and ssl
Examples
links http://www.redhat.com
links -dump http://www.redhat.com
links -source http://www.redhat.com

Wget
Retrieves files via HTTP and FTP
Non-interactive - useful in shell scripts
Can follow links and traverse directory trees
on the remote server - useful for mirroring web and FTP sites

Email and Messaging
Evolution
Other email clients
Non-GUI email clients
Gaim

Evolution
• Default email and groupware tool
• Provides email, calendar, tasks and contacts
• Can maintain multiple accounts at once
• Supports GnuPG encryption and signatures
• "Trainable" bayesian spam filters
• Task/Calendar notifications in Gnome clock
• Can sync with many PDAs

Configuring Evolution
Defining accounts
Tools->Settings->Mail Accounts
Supports IMAP, pop, Novell Groupware, Usenet and local
email accounts
MS Exchange support via plug-in
Provided by evolution-connector rpm
Install before configuring other
accounts

Configuring Evolution
Defining accounts
Tools->Settings->Mail Accounts
Supports IMAP, pop, Novell Groupware, Usenet and
local email accounts
MS Exchange support via plug-in
Provided by evolution-connector rpm
Install before configuring other accounts

Other GUI Mail Clients
Thunderbird
Standalone Mozilla email client
Kmail
KDE email client

Non-GUI Mail Clients
muttmutt
Supports pop, imap and local mailboxes
Highly configurable
Mappable hotkeys
Message threading and colorizing
GnuPG integration
Context-sensitive help with '?'

Gaim
Multi-protocol Instant messaging client Available in Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supports AIM, MSN, ICQ,
Yahoo, Jabber,
Gadu-Gadu, SILC, GroupWise Messenger, IRC and
Zephyr networks.
Plugins can be used to add functionality.

Open Ssh: Secure Remote Shell
Secure replacement for older remote-access tools
Allows authenticated, encrypted access to
remote systems
ssh [user@]hostname
ssh [user@]hostname command

scp: Secure File Transfer
Secure replacement for rcp
Layered on top of ssh
scp source destination
Remote files can be specified using:
[user@]host:/path/to/file
Use -r to enable recursion
Use -p to preserve times and permissions
Use -C to compress datastream

rsync: Efficient File Sync
Efficiently copies files to or from remote systems
Uses secure ssh connections for transport
rsync *.conf barney:/home/joe/configs/
Faster than scp - copies differences in like files

Open Ssh Key-based Authentication
Optional, password-less, but still secure, authentication
Uses two keys generated by ssh-keygen:
private key stays on your system
Usually passphrase-protected (recommended )
public key is copied to destination with ssh-copy-id
ssh-copy-id [user@]host

Open Ssh Key-based Authentication
continued
An authentication agent stores decrypted private keys
Thus, passphrase only needs to be entered once
An agent is provided automatically in GNOME
Otherwise, run ssh-agent bash
Keys are added to the agent with ssh-add

FTP Clients
CLI: lftp
$ lftp ftp.example.com
$ lftp -u joe ftp.example.com
Automated transfers with lftpget
GUI: gFTP
Applications->Internet->gFTP
Allows Drag-and-Drop transfers
Anonymous or authenticated access
Optional secure transfer via ssh (sftp)

Smbclient
FTP-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources
Examples:
smbclient -L server1 lists shares on server1
smbclient -U student //server1/homes
accesses a share

File Transfer with Nautilus
File/Connect to Server
Graphically browse with multiple protocols
Allows drag-and-drop file transfers
Supported connection types: FTP, SFTP, SMB, WebDAV,
Secure WebDAV
Can also connect via url: File/Open Location

Xorg Clients
All graphical applications are X clients Can connect to remote
X severs via tcp/ip
Data is not encrypted but can be tunneled securely over an
ssh connection
ssh -X user@hostB xterm &
xterm will display on hostA's X server
Transmitted data will be encrypted through the ssh connection

Network Diagnostic Tools
ping
traceroute
host
dig
netstat
gnome-nettool (GUI)

End of Unit 14
Questions ...?
Summary
• Firefox, Evolution and Mutt
• Basic network diagnostic tools
• The importance of secure network clients

Objectives
• Describe where Linux stores user, group and
• password information
• Change identities
• Set default permissions
• Use special permissions

User and Group ID Numbers
• User names map to user ID numbers
• Group names map to group ID numbers
• Data stored on the hard disk is stored numerically

/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group files
Authentication information is stored in plain text files:
/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow
/etc/group
/etc/gshadow

User management tools
Graphical tools
system-config-users
Command-line
useradd
usermod
userdel [-r]

System Users and Groups
Server programs such as web or print
servers typically run as unprivileged users, not as root
Examples: daemon, mail, lp, nobody
Running programs in this way limits the
amount of damage any single program can do to the system

Monitoring Logins
Connected users: w
Recent Logins: last, lastb

Default Permissions
Default permission for directories is 777 minus umask
Default permission for files is the directory
default without execute permission.
umask is set with the umask command.
Non-privileged users' umask is 002
Files will have permissions of 664
Directories will have permissions of 775 root's umask is 022

Special Permissions for Executables
Special permissions for executables:
suidsuid: command run with permissions of the owner of the
command, not executor of the command
sgidsgid: command runs with group affiliation of the group of the
command

Special Permissions for Directories
Special permissions for directories:
sticky bit: files in directories with the sticky bit set can only be
removed by the owner and root, regardless of the write
permissions of the directory
sgid: files created in directories with the sgid bit set
have group affiliations of the group of the directory

Special Permissions for Directories
Special permissions for directories:
sticky bit: files in directories with the sticky bit set
can only be removed by the owner and root,
regardless of the write permissions of the directory
sgid: files created in directories with the sgid bit set
have group affiliations of the group of the directory

End of Unit 15
Questions ...?
Summary
• User information is stored in /etc/passwd
• Group information is stored in /etc/group
• Special Permissions: Sticky Bit, SetUID, SetGID

Objectives
• Upon completion of this unit, you should be able to:
• Describe how filesystem information is organized
• Describe the function of dentries and inodes
• Describe how cp, mv, and rm work at the inode level
• Create symbolic links and hard links
• Access removable media
• Create archives using tar and gzip

Partitions and Filesystems
Disk drives are divided into partitions
Partitions are formatted with filesystems
allowing users to store data
Default filesystem: ext3, the Third Extended Linux Filesystem
Other common filesystems:
ext2 and msdos (typically used for floppies)
iso9660 (typically used for CDs)
GFS and GFS2 (typically for SANs)

Inodes
An inode table contains a list of all files in an ext2 or ext3
filesystem An inode (index node) is an entry in the table,
containing information about a file (the metadata),
including:
file type, permissions, UID, GID
the link count (count of path names pointing to this file)
the file's size and various time stamps
pointers to the file's data blocks on disk other data about
the file

Directories
The computer's reference for a file is the inode number
The human way to reference a file is by
file name A directory is a mapping between the human name
for the file and the computer's inode number

cp and inodes
The cp command:
1. Allocates a free inode number, placing a new entry in the
inode table
2. Creates a dentry in the directory, associating a name with
the inode number
3. Copies data into the new file

mv and inodes
• If the destination of the mv command is onthe same file
system as the source, the mv
command:
1. Creates a new directory entry with the new file name
2. Deletes the old directory entry with the old file name Has no
impact on the inode table (except for a time stamp) or the
location of data on the disk: no data is moved!
• If the destination is a different filesystem, mv acts as a copy
and remove

rm and inodes
The rm command:
1. Decrements the link count, thus freeing the inode number to
be reused
2. Places data blocks on the free list
3. Removes the directory entry
Data is not actually removed, but will be overwritten when
the data blocks are used by another file

Hard Links
hard link adds an additional pathname to reference a single file
One physical file on the filesystem Each directory references
the same inode number
Increments the link count
The rm command decrements the link count
File exists as long as at least one link remains
When the link count is zero, the file is removed
Cannot span drives or partitions
Syntax:
ln filename [linkname]

Symbolic (or Soft) Links
A symbolic link points to another file
ls -lls -l displays the link name and the referenced file
lrwxrwxrwx 1 joe joe 11 Sep 25 18:02 pf -> /etc/passwd
File type: l for symbolic link
The content of a symbolic link is the name of the file that it
references
Syntax:
ln -s filename linkname

The Seven Fundamental Filetypes
ls -l symbol File Type
- regular file
d directory
l symbolic link
b block special file
c character special file
p named pipe
s socket

Checking Free Space
dfdf - Reports disk space usage Reports total kilobytes,
kilobytes used, kilobytes free per file system
-h and -H display sizes in easier to read units
dudu - Reports disk space usage Reports kilobytes used per
directory Includes subtotals for each subdirectory
-s option only reports single directorysummary
Also takes -h and -H options
Applications->System Tools->Disk Usage
Analyzer or baobab - Reports disk space usage graphically

Removable Media
Mounting means making a foreign filesystem look like part of
the main tree.
Before accessing, media must be mounted
Before removing, media must be unmounted
By default, non-root users may only mount
certain devices (cd, dvd, floppy, usb, etc)
Mountpoints are usually under /media

Mounting CDs and DVDs
Automatically mounted in Gnome/KDE
Otherwise, must be manually mounted
CD/DVD Reader
mount /media/cdrom
CD/DVD Writer
mount /media/cdrecorder
eject command unmounts and ejects the disk

Mounting USB Media
Detected by the kernel as SCSI devices
/dev/sdaX or /dev/sdbX or similar
Automatically mounted in Gnome/KDE
Icon created in Computer window
Mounted under /media/Device ID
Device ID is built into device by vendor

Archiving Files and Compressing Archives
Archiving places many files into one target file Easier to back
up, store, and transfer
tartar - standard Linux archiving command Archives are
commonly compressed Algorithm applied that compresses
file
Uncompressing restores the original file
tar natively supports compression using gzip and
gunzip, or bzip2 and bunzip2

Creating, Listing, and Extracting File Archives
Action arguments (one is required):
-c create an archive
-t list an archive
-x extract files from an archive
Typically required:
-f archivename name of file archive
Optional arguments:
-z use gzip compression
-j use bzip2 compression
-v be verbose

Creating File Archives: Other Tools
zip and unzip
Supports pkzip-compatible archives
Example:
zip etc.zip /etc
unzip etc.zip
file-roller
Graphical, multi-format archiving tool

End of Unit 16
Questions ...?
Summary
Linux filesystem structure
Using removable media
Using unformatted floppies
Archiving and compression

Objectives
• Explain the process of installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Identify services, their status and be able to manage the
runlevels which start and stop them
• Install software using multiple installation methods
• Understand the basic principles of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
security, firewalls, and SELinux

Planning an Installation
What hardware does the system use?
Check hardware compatibility
Read the RELEASE-NOTES file on the first
CD or at http://www.redhat.com
Provides valuable summary of features and gotchas

Performing an Installation
Installer can be started from:
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
USB Device
Network (PXE)
Supported installation sources:
Network Server (ftp, http or nfs)
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
Hard Disk

Managing Services
What is a service?
Graphical Interface to Service Management
system-config-services
Command Line Interface to Service
Management
service
chkconfig

Managing Software
Software is provided as RPM packages
Easy installation and removal
Software information stored in a local database
Packages are provided by Red Hat Network
Centralized management of multiple systems
Easy retrieval of errata packages
Systems must be registered first
Custom package repositories may also be used

The Yum Package Management Tool
Front-end to rpm, replacing up2date
Configuration in /etc/yum.conf and /
etc/yum.repos.d/
Used to install, remove and list software
yum install packagename
yum remove packagename
yum update packagename
yum list available
yum list installed

Graphical Package Management
pup
Applications->System Tools->Software Updater
List and install software updates
pirut
Applications->Add/Remove Software
View, install and un-install other packages

Securing the System
Basic security principles
Avoid running services that you do not need
Limit access to services that are running
Avoid using services that send data unencrypted
over the network such as instant messaging, pop,
imap, and telnet

SELinux
Kernel-level security system
All processes and files have a context
SELinux Policydictates how processes and files may interact
based on context
Policy rules cannot be overridden
Default policy does not apply to all services

Managing SELinux
SELinux errors are logged in the System Log
SELinux can be disabled in an emergency
Disabling SELinux is discouraged!
System->Administration->Security Level and Firewall,
SELinux tab

Packet Filtering
Network traffic is divided into packets
Each packet has source/destination data
Firewalls selectively block packets

Firewall and SELinux Configuration
system-config-securitylevel
System-> Administration->Security Level
and Firewall
Selectively allow incoming connections by port
Specify interfaces to trust all traffic from
Responses to outbound queries always accepted
More advanced configuration possible with
other tools

End of Unit 17
Questions ...?
Summary
• System Installation Process
• Managing Services
• Software Installation Tools
• System Security

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