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Training resources for LFCS certification (Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator)

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LFCS Training Resources

Training resources for LFCS certification (Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator)

Overview of Domains and Competencies

Command-line

  • Editing text files on the command line
  • Manipulating text files from the command line

Filesystem & storage

  • Archiving and compressing files and directories
  • Assembling partitions as LVM devices
  • Configuring swap partitions
  • File attributes
  • Finding files on the filesystem
  • Formatting filesystems
  • Mounting filesystems automatically at boot time
  • Mounting networked filesystems
  • Partitioning storage devices
  • Troubleshooting filesystem issues

Local system administration

  • Creating backups
  • Creating local user groups
  • Managing file permissions
  • Managing fstab entries
  • Managing local users accounts
  • Managing the startup process and related services
  • Managing user accounts
  • Managing user account attributes
  • Managing user processes
  • Restoring backed up data
  • Setting file permissions and ownership

Local security

  • Accessing the root account
  • Using sudo to manage access to the root account

Shell scripting

  • Basic bash shell scripting

Software management

  • Installing software packages