SAIR Linux and GNU Certification

Tobin Maginnis is Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of Mississippi. He has used free-to-use open source software to teach many systems courses, including three levels of operating systems and computer networking courses over the last 20 years. Since 1992, he has been President of Sair Linux and GNU, Inc.

Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. KNOWLEDGE MATRIX. Theory of Operation. Base Systems. Shells and Commands. System Utilities. Applications. Troubleshooting. Advanced Topics. LABS AND EXERCISES. Creating a User Account. mount and umount. Confirguration of the lilo.conf File. Loading and Unloading the Device Driver. Installing Software. Editing a Text File. PPP Configuration. Configuring a File Share Using Samba. ifconfig and route. Using man, find, and locate. Starting and Stopping Processes. Group Permissions. Environment Variables. Controlling Processes Using ps, kill, nice, renice, and top. Setting Up a Dual-Boot System. Shortcuts in Bash. Exporting an X Display. Creating a Simple Shell Script. Using chmod, umask, and chown. Using Redirect Symbols. Run Levels. Lost Root Password. Passing Arguments to the Kernel. Recompiling the Kernel. PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Practice Questions. Answers. Appendix: Installations. Glossary. Index.