CompTIA Linux+ 2014 Powered By LPI: LX0-104 Essential System Services Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
A Linux system administrator needs to know how to configure the time, e-mail, printing, and logging features of a Linux system. In this course, you will learn about four of the essential services almost all Linux servers and clients will have configured: NTP time synchronization for accurate time, Mail Transfer Agents for e-mail, CUPS for printing, and the system logger to manage log messages. This course also covers configuring GUI interfaces using X server. This course is one of a series in the Skillsoft learning path that covers the objectives for the CompTIA Linux+ exams LX0-104.
Target Audience
System administrators who manage Linux systems services
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
1.9
Lesson Objectives CompTIA Linux+ 2014 Powered By LPI: LX0-104 Essential System Services
start the course
configure the system date and time
set the hardware clock to the correct time in UTC
configure the timezone for a system
configure the basic settings for the NTP daemon
use the pool.ntp.org resource to maintain the time on a system
describe the basic use of the ntpq command
describe the basic function of syslog and its configuration files
describe the purpose for Facility, Priority, and Actions for parsing log messages
configure logrotate to manage log file rotating
describe the purpose and usage of journalctl
distinguish between the different Syslog alternatives Rsyslog and Syslog-ng
describe a Mail Transfer Agent and create e-mail aliases
use the basic mail reader tool and configure e-mail forwarding
distinguish between different MTA alternatives postfix, sendmail, qmail, and exim
describe how to do basic CUPS configuration for local and remote printers
use CUPS tools and utilities to manage user print queues
describe how to troubleshoot general printing problems
use CUPS tool and utilities to add and remove jobs from configured printer queues
describe how to determine if a video card and monitor are supported by an X server
describe the purpose of the X Font server
perform DISPLAY redirection and use X tools to display information about windows
identify and distinguish the sections of the X configuration file
describe how to configure the Light Display Manager (LightDM)
perform the actions required to turn the display manager on or off
configure the greeting properties for the display manager
identify the differences between the X, KDE, and Gnome Display Managers (GDM)
configure system time, e-mail, printing, and logging in Linux
Course Number: cs_lxpt_a02_it_enus
Expertise Level
Intermediate