Networking Services in a Linux Environment

Overview/Description
To identify the neworking services available in a Linux environment

Target Audience
Students wishing to acquire the basic skills required as a Linux system administrator

Prerequisites
General knowledge of computers and computer operating systems ideally encompassing Unix knowledge because of the similarity to Linux

Expected Duration
180 Minutes

Objectives:

Networking Services in a Linux Environment

  • describe network services in Linux.
  • identify the roles played by the inetd and xinetd configuration files.
  • control access to networking services using TCP wrappers.
  • use commands to configure xinetd.
  • identify the options available for setting up and configuring DNS services.
  • identify how to conduct basic operations securely.
  • identify the options for exporting and mounting NFS file systems in Linux.
  • recognize the options available in the Samba configuration files.
  • use commands to run smbd, nmbd, and smbclient.
  • manage Samba.


    • Course Number: 206959_eng