Linux Intermediate

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This is a continuation of the jimbodude.net Linux tutorial. This tutorial focuses on administrative tasks and configuration of some common software packages. It is assumed that you understand most of the topics presented in the first tutorial. Once you've finished this document, you'll have a pretty good understanding of many tasks associated with administrating a Linux installation.

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Shell Tricks

Recall

Tab Complete

Multiple sessions

Pipes

<<
<
>>
>
|

Sub Commands

``

Using wildcards

Cutting down the output

more/less

grep

System Administration

RPM Package Management

yum

yum Repositories

apt

User and File Permissions Management

How users and file permissions work

User Management

Adding Users
Adding Groups
Modifying Users
Modifying Groups
Resetting Passwords

File Permission Management

File permissions and ownership can be displayed with "ls -l"

Managing Ownership
Managing Permissions

Linux Configuration Topics

Network Configuration

Service Configuration

Configuring the X Server

xorg.conf

Multi-Display Setup

nVidia Drivers

Mounting devices on boot with fstab

Changing your boot options with grub.conf

Reading and Writing to NTFS

Conclusion