Red Hat Certified Technician

Introduction to RHCT
Welcome
System Requirements

Red Hat Certified Prerequisite Skills
Using Standard Command Line Tools
Processing Text Streams and Files
Running a Terminal-based Text Editor
Managing Input/Output Redirection
Working with Basic TCP/IP Addressing
Red Hat - Running su & passwd
Working with tar, gzip, & bzip2v
RHCT - Configuring Email & Web Clients
Working with lftp

Installing Linux
Tutorials on Preparing to Install
Red Hat First Steps
Partition Options
Configuring File Systems
Configuring Software RAID
Red Hat - GRUB Configuration
RHCT Network Configuration
Package Groups
Configure & Troubleshoot While You Wait

System & Service Initialization
Understanding the Boot Process
Troubleshooting GRUB
Loading Kernels & Modules Tutorials
Running the First Process & inittab
More on /etc/inittab
Controlling how Services Start
Red Hat - Shutdown & Reboot

Configuring Kernel Services & Modules
Managing Modules
Configuring with /proc & sysctl.conf
Finding Detected Hardware
RHCT Controlling & Monitoring Processes

Managing Filesystems
Red Hat Partition Management
Creating Filesystems with Journals & More
Filesystem Attributes
Mounting in /etc/fstab
Automounting
Filesystem Management Commands

Configuring Network Devices
Detecting Network Devices
Working with Network Status Commands
Running Network Configuration Commands
RHCT - Deciphering Network Configuration Files Tutorials 1
Deciphering Network Configuration Files 2
Network Client Tools (DHCP/route/DNS)

Package Management & Kickstart
Understanding The Red Hat Package Manager
Understanding yum & Dependency Resolution
Correctly Upgrading Kernels
Using RPM Command Features
Setting up Kickstart

Red Hat User Administration
Red Hat - Creating New Users
Managing Password Aging
Using Login Shells Tutorials
Managing Groups
Configuring a Special Group
Red Hat - Running sudo & su
Understanding Network User Databases
Tutorials on Managing File Permissions
Red Hat - Managing File Ownership
Understanding Access Control Lists
Troubleshooting Security Enhanced Linux

Printing & RHCT Administration Tools
Understanding CUPS
Controlling cron & crontab
Making syslog he,p your Logs
Backing Up Locally & Remotely Tutorials 1
Backing Up Locally & Remotely 2

The X Window System
Understanding X Server/X Client Relationship
Red Hat - Using X Clients & Remote X Sessions
Configuring the X Window Graphically
Configuring X With Text Commands
Understanding the X Configuration File

Advanced RHCT Filesystem Management
Configuring Software RAID
Recovering a Software RAID Volume
Creating Logical Volumes
Converting LVM1 to LVM2 & Resizing
Limiting Users by Quota

Red Hat Troubleshooting
Reviewing the Scientific Method
RHCT Troubleshooting the X Window
Troubleshooting Networking
Booting Differently
Red Hat - Using the Rescue Environment

Troubleshooting & System Maintenance
Boot Systems Into Different Runlevels
Solve Network Configuration Problems
Work Through Hostname Resolution Problems
Set up the X Window
Configure a Desktop Environment
Add New Partitions/Filesystems & Swap
Troubleshooting at the Command Line

Red Hat Installation & Configuration
Red Hat - Install over a Network
Set up your own Partitions
Install & Configure Printers
Schedule Tasks Using cron & at
Connect to a Network Directory Service
Work with the Automounter
Users/Groups/Quotas & File Access Control Lists
Tutorials on Configuring Permissions for Collaboration
Install & Update RPMs
Properly Update the Kernel Package
Remote Repositories Using yum or pup
Modify the System Bootloader
Implement Software RAID
Red Hat - Managing Kernel Run-time Parameters
Scripting to Automate System Maintenance

Wrap Up
Wrap Up

RHCT Credits
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