SUMMARY:   SuSE Enterprise Linux 10 Essentials is designed for delegates with little or no experience of Linux or Unix, and discusses using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10. Delegates will learn the concepts of Linux and the fundamental knowledge necessary to administer SLES 10. AUDIENCE:   The course is designed for delegates who are seeking a fundamental understanding of the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 operating system. PREREQUISITES:   This course is ideal for those who have little or no experience with Linux. DURATION:   5 Days APPROACH:   This course is presented as a series of short tutorials with extensive practical experiences. OBJECTIVES:   Install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Know where to find help Describe the Linux file system Use Linux processes Understanding the basic concepts of the bash shell Managing users and permissions COURSE CONTENT:   OVERVIEW Unix history Unix Principles GNU Project/FSF GPL Linux Origins Why Linux? SLES 10 Hardware Requirements Installing SLES10 DESKTOP FUNDAMENTALS Desktop concepts Using GNOME Navigating the desktop Useful applications Nautilus explained USING THE COMMAND LINE Running commands Some simple commands Benefiting from the shell – basic facilities Getting help BROWSING THE FILESYSTEM Linux file hierarchy concepts (FHS) Important directories explained Current working directory File and directory names Pathnames – absolute and relative Listing directories Creating files and directories Copying and moving files and directories Removing files and directories Using Nautilus Further basic file commands BASH SHELL Bash introduction Heritage and features History Command line features STANDARD I/O and PIPES Standard I/O Model Redirecting input and output Overwriting vs Appending Using pipes to connect processes tee USERS, GROUPS and PERMISSIONS The Linux security model Users Groups Linux file security Permissions Changing permissions – symbolic and numeric Using Nautilus to work with file security vi BASICS Objectives of vi vi modes A simple vi session Cursor movement Inserting text Change, delete, put and yank Searching for text LINUX FILESYSTEM Partitions and file systems Inodes Directories Working with inodes Soft (symbolic) and hard links File systems and file types Checking free space Mounting filesystems Working with removable media Archiving files File compression CONFIGURING the BASH SHELL Shell variables Local variables PS1 Aliases Functions Environment variables TERM, PATH Command Line Expansion Login shells Shell startup scripts FURTHUR USERS, GROUPS and PERMISSIONS User and group ID numbers etc/passwd, /etc/group, …… System Users and Groups Default permissions Special permissions REGULAR EXPRESSIONS Pattern matching with regular expressions Wildcard characters Character classes Modifiers Anchors Regex combinations grep STRING PROCESSING head/tail cut/paste wc sort/uniq diff FINDING and PROCESSING FILES slocate find executing commands with find TEXT SUPERTOOLS sed awk MANAGING PROCESSES Linux Process Model fork/exec Viewing processes Foreground, background, detached processes Sending signals to processes Terminating processes Process priority manipulation Managing background processes as jobs Scheduling jobs to run later cron and the crontab file bash SHELL SCRIPTING Scripting basics Creating shell scripts Generating output Handling input Exit status Conditional operation For/while loops Command-line parameters Debugging shell scripts GJH/07