LiveFire Labs: Online UNIX Training with Hands-on Internet Lab


"Taking a LiveFire Labs' course is an excellent way to learn Linux/Unix. The lessons are well thought out, the material is explained thoroughly, and you get to perform exercises on a real Linux/Unix box. It was money well spent."

Ray S.
Pembrook Pines, Florida



"LiveFire Labs' UNIX and Linux Operating System Fundamentals course was very enjoyable. Although I regularly used UNIX systems for 16 years, I haven't done so since 2000. This course was a great refresher. The exercises were fun and helped me gain a real feel for working with UNIX/Linux OS. Thanks very much!"

Ming Sabourin
Senior Technical Writer

Nuance Communications, Inc.
Montréal, Canada



"When I couldn't locate a school in my area that offered a Unix course for beginners, I went to the Internet. Performing a Google search on "unix" brought up many hits, but LiveFire Labs had the most reasonable offer.

I finished the course in a week, and got just what I was looking for. The course’s hands-on exercises were inclusive, well written, and the answers were just a link away if needed.

I especially liked it when a company representative contacted me about halfway into the course to inquire whether or not I needed anything. I will definitely look to LiveFire Labs again for any additional courses I may require."

Denise D.
Claymont, Delaware

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UNIX System Administration

Overview

This course will teach you the fundamentals of administering a server running the UNIX operating system. 

LiveFire Labs - Online UNIX Course - Learn UNIX System Administration
The course's hands-on lab exercises are completed by connecting to a dedicated UNIX system in our Internet Lab.

You will be granted root account ("root") and console-level access to your assigned system, which enables you to perform and monitor low-level UNIX system administration tasks such as system reboots remotely from your work or home computer. 

Each student is assigned to an individual lab server so that modifications to system level files and server reboots performed while taking the course do not impact other students.


Course Modules (view detailed course outline)

  1. Getting Started
  2. The root (superuser) Account
  3. Booting and Shutting Down
  4. Disk Structures and Partitions
  5. Hardware Devices and Drivers
  6. The UNIX Filesystem
  7. Process Control
  8. Adding and Removing Users
  9. Adding Hardware
  10. UNIX System Logging
  11. Communicating with Users
  12. Periodic Jobs
  13. Backups and Archiving

Prerequisites

Completion of our UNIX and Linux Operating System Fundamentals and Korn Shell Scripting courses, or an understanding of the concepts covered in both courses is required

Course Length

You will have access to the online course material and our Internet Lab for 2 weeks (24/7).

Support

Experienced UNIX technologists will answer any questions you may have about the course material or hands-on exercises, both during and after the course.


Next Step...

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