Description: Disk and file management is critical to installing, securing, and maintaining any server, and a Linux administrator must understand the limits and capabilities of these resources to be effective in planning and building out Linux infrastructure. In this course, you will learn how to configure and manage partition tables, manage filesystems, configure disk quotas, use links, and manage file and directory permissions. You will also be introduced to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, or FHS. This course is one of a series in the Skillsoft learning path that covers the objectives for the CompTIA Linux+ exams LX0-101 and LX0-102.
Target Audience: System administrators and security personnel who need to manage disk partitions, filesystems, quotas, and access to files or directories in Linux
Duration: 02:08
Description: Linux consists of many tools to manipulate files, streams, and processes from the command line that an administrator really needs to know in order to get the most from their system. This course will describe and show the basic usage of some of the Linux tools that can be used to manipulate files, stream data, and manage processes. You will also learn how to prioritize processes and how to use basic Regular Expressions to do advanced searches and matches against files and file contents. This course is one of a series in the Skillsoft learning path that covers the objectives for the CompTIA Linux+ exams LX0-103.
Target Audience: Administrators or advanced Linux users who need to manipulate files, file contents, or processes from a command line shell
Duration: 01:43
Description: A Linux distribution is made up of a number of utilities and programs. One key utility is the command line shell. In this course, you will learn how to use a shell to perform file and directory manipulation and edit file contents. In particular, you will learn about the Bourne-again Shell (bash) and the VI text editor. This course is one of a series in the Skillsoft learning path that covers the objectives for the CompTIA Linux+ exams LX0-103.
Target Audience: Administrators or advanced Linux users who will need to manipulate the operating system configuration or data files/directories from the command line
Duration: 01:58
Description: Linux installation and configuration is a multi-step process allowing customization based on requirements at almost every stage. In this course, you will learn about some of that customization and some basic patterns of how to do an initial install. You will learn about hard drive partitioning, boot managers, software repositories and the tools necessary to maintain, update, and install software on different Linux distributions. This course is one of a series in the Skillsoft learning path that covers the objectives for the CompTIA Linux+ exams LX0-103.
Target Audience: Individuals who may have to install Linux on servers or virtual machines and who want to know the basics for configuring the initial system and be able to install software from repositories
Duration: 01:46
Description: To test your knowledge on the skills and competencies being measured by the vendor certification exam. TestPrep can be taken in either Study or Certification mode. Study mode is designed to maximize learning by not only testing your knowledge of the material, but also by providing additional information on the topics presented. Certification mode is designed to test your knowledge of the material within a structured testing environment, providing valuable feedback at the end of the test.
Target Audience: Individuals seeking practice in a structured testing environment, covering the skills and competencies being measured by the vendor certification exam.
Duration: 01:30
Description: Linux finds a home in every device we would think of as a computer, from Smartphones to PCs and data center servers. In this course, you will learn about the system architecture of Linux including how it interacts with peripherals and the boot sequence, and how to change the system RunLevels and Boot Targets. This course is one of a series in the Skillsoft learning path that covers the objectives for the CompTIA Linux+ exams LX0-103.
Target Audience: Established IT professionals who wish to acquire job skills and to be trained specifically to pass the CompTIA Linux+ 2014 certification exam
Duration: 02:02