Linux Lab Manual 1

Table of contents:

• Copyright Information
• Foreword and Acknowledgment
• Typographic Conventions
• Background
• Assumptions
• Trademarks
• Support and Errata
• Lab 1 - Installing Fedora Linux
• Table of Contents
  • Installing the Operating System
• Lab 2 - Exploring the System
• Table of Contents
  • Starting Up and changing runlevels
  • Using the man utility
  • Using built-in help switches for commands
  • Using Auto completion
• Lab 3 - Common System Utilities
• Table of Contents
  • Preamble
  • Using cd
  • Using pwd
  • Using mkdir
  • Using Touch
  • Using ls
  • Using mv
  • Using cp
  • Using file
  • Using cat
  • Using ftp
  • Using Redirection
  • Using rm
  • Using vi
  • Searching for files: (find and locate)
• Lab 4 - The X Window System
• Table of Contents
  • Preamble
  • Virtual terminals
  • Setting up a basic display
  • X clients
  • Window Managers
  • Display Manager
  • xinit and startx
  • system-config-display
• Lab 5 - The Shell and Shell Scripting
• Table of Contents
  • Preamble
  • Switching between the different shells
  • A Simple Script
  • Using Variables in scripts
  • llm1-lab5-exercise4
  • Understanding Quotations
  • Using Control Structures
• Lab 6 - User Accounts
• Table of Contents
  • Preamble
  • Manually creating a new user
  • Automatically creating a new user
  • Set user
• Lab 7 - Managing and Installing Software
• Table of Contents
  • Installing, Querying and Uninstalling Packages
  • Third party tools
  • Building Software from Source
• Lab 8 - Understanding Devices
• Table of Contents
  • Determining device type
  • Creating devices
  • Using and mounting devices
  • mtools
  • Formatting a floppy diskette
• Lab 9 - Backup and Restore
• Table of Contents
  • Using tar
  • Using cpio
• Appendices
• Table of Contents
  • Automated Installations
  • Kickstart
  • Password Recovery
  • The boot loader
  • Password recovery procedure

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