Linux Admin Training Syllabus
Time	Chapters	Assignments
First week	* Distributions * Devices and Drives in Linux * Filesystem Hierarchy * Components: Kernel, Distribution, XFree86, Sawfish, Gnome.	Assignment 1:
	The command-line * The command-line (shells, tab completion, cd, ls) * file management: cd, df, find, locate * nano, the text editor that replaces pico. * man pages - the help system * ssh - secure text-based connectivity to other machines. Demonstrate X-Forwarding. * Handling compressed archives with zip and tar. * GNU screen - The ability to resume command-line sessions from anywhere.
Second week	Basic Administration * Adding users, groups * su - the obsoleted way to become the root user. * sudo - the modern way to run processes as another user. * Changing users passwords with the passwd command. * Printing with CUPS. * Installing new software with yum (if Fedora) or YaST (if SUSE) * Installing new software with rpm * Installing webmin for easy web based systems administration	Assignment 2:
	System Administration * logfiles. Using tail -f to watch /var/log/messages * Configuring Kerberos authentication * Explaining file permissions, including setuid. * How to enable and disable services * ntp - Setting up time synchronization * Setting DNS settings by editing /etc/resolv.conf * Changing XFree86 settings in /etc/XFree86/XFree86.conf
Third week	Apache and MySQL administration * About the Apache webserver. * About the MySQL database engine. * About the PHP scripting language. * Enabling the Apache with PHP and MySQL services * Using MySQL Administrator * PHPMyAdmin - web based administration and query console for MySQL. * Adding a MySQL user in phpmyadmin * Installing WordPress - a popular blogging software that uses MySQL.	Assignment 3:
Fourth Week	Tomcat Installation * Understand the difference between rpm and source file installation * Install Tomcat using source package. Make sure to install all the dependencies before installation. * Configure Tomcat.Document the important files to look at when something goes wrong.	Assignment 4:
Fifth Week	Integrating Tomcat with Apache * Understand how to configure Tomcat with apache. * Use ModJK as the connector. * Search for any new connectors which can improve performance. * Integration using both rpm and source.	Assignment 5: