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Zero To Mastery

Linux for Beginners

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Overview

Learn Linux fundamentals from scratch and gain hands-on experience with the essential commands, file management, permissions, processes, and system administration skills you need to confidently work with Linux.
  • Understand Linux commands, consoles, and shell basics
  • Master file systems, permissions, and directory management
  • Learn to manage user accounts and groups effectively
  • Understand real-world scenarios faced by Linux Sysadmins

Syllabus

  •   Introduction
    • Introduction
    • Exercise: Meet Your Classmates and Instructor
  •   Setting Up the Environment
    • Installing Ubuntu in a VM
    • Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu
    • Ubuntu and Linux Mint Download Links (OVA Files)
  •   The Linux Terminal in Depth
    • Terminals, Consoles, Shells and Commands
    • Linux Command Structure
    • Getting Help, Man Pages (man, type, help, apropos)
    • Mastering the Terminal: The TAB Key
    • Mastering the Terminal: Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Mastering the Terminal: the Bash History
    • root vs. non-Privileged Users. Getting root Access (sudo, su, passwd)
  •   The Linux File System
    • Intro to The Linux Files System
    • The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard ( FHS)
    • Absolute vs. Relative Paths. Walking through the File System (pwd, cd, tree)
    • The LS Command In Depth (ls)
    • Understanding File Timestamps: atime, mtime, ctime (stat, touch, date)
    • Sorting Files by Timestamp
    • File Types in Linux (ls -F, file)
    • Viewing Files - Part 1 (cat)
    • Viewing Files - Part 2 (less, more)
    • Viewing Files - Part 3 (tail, head, watch)
    • Creating Files and Directories (touch, mkdir)
    • Copying Files and Directories (cp)
    • Moving and Renaming Files and Directories (mv)
    • Removing Files and Directories (rm, shred)
    • Working With Pipes in Linux (|, wc)
    • Command Redirection (>, >>, 2> &>, cut, tee)
    • Find and Exec
    • Finding Files and Directories - Part 2 (find)
    • Comparing Files (cmp, diff, sha256)
    • The Basics of VIM Text Editor
    • The VIM Editor In Depth - Part 1
    • The VIM Editor In Depth - Part 2
    • Compressing and Archiving Files and Directories (tar, gzip)
    • Hard Links and the Inode Structure
    • Working With Symlinks. Symlinks vs. Hard Links
    • Quiz for The Linux File System
    • Quiz for LS, File Types and Timestamps
    • Quiz for Viewing Files
    • Quiz for mkdir, cp, mv, rm, shred
    • Quiz for Piping and Command Redirection
    • Quiz for locate, find and grep
    • Quiz for VIM Editor
    • Course Check-In
    • Searching for String Patterns in Text Files (grep)
    • Finding Files and Directories - Part 1 (which, plocate)
  •   User Accounts Management
    • Understanding /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files
    • Understanding Linux Groups (groups, id)
    • Creating User Accounts (useradd)
    • Changing and Removing User Accounts (usermod, userdel)
    • Creating Admin Users
    • Group Management (groupadd, groupdel, groupmod)
    • User Account Monitoring (whoami, who am i, who, id, w, uptime, last)
    • Quiz for Accounts Management
  •   Linux File Permissions
    • Understanding File Permissions
    • Octal (Numeric) Notation of File Permissions
    • Changing File Permissions (chmod)
    • The Effect of Permissions on Directories
    • Combining Find and Chmod Commands Together
    • Changing File Ownership (chown, chgrp)
    • Understanding SUID (Set User ID)
    • Understanding SGID (Set Group ID)
    • Understanding the Sticky Bit
  •   Linux Process Management
    • Processes and The Linux Security Model
    • Listing Processes (ps, pstree)
    • Getting a Dynamic Real-Time View of the Running System (top, htop)
    • Signals and Killing Processes (kill, pkill, killall, pidof)
    • Foreground and Background Processes
    • Job Control (jobs, fg, bg)
    • Quiz for Process Management
  •   Where To Go From Here?
    • Review This Byte!

Taught by

Andrei Dumitrescu

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