Networking Services in Linux


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
identify the networking 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 (hours)
3.1

Lesson Objectives

Networking Services in Linux

  • recognize 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.
  • recognize how to use commands to run smbd, nmbd, and smbclient.
  • manage Samba.
  • Course Number:
    259946_eng