Linux courses

[Grimspoon]

Can anyone recommend some decent Linux courses in JHB?

Been playing around with Linux on and off for years but never really got into the guts of it.

Really would love to advance my skills to a level where I could actually get a job in the field as a admin.

Any advice appreciated.

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[gza]

Just been on a RHCSA (Redhat Certified System Administrator) course from Obsidian (www.obsidian.co.za) ... highly recommended.

There are also LPI courses, but they are a bit dated...

 

[Avenue]

get a couple of books off amazon and teach yourself- you will probably get a much better education at a fraction of the price

 

[Grimspoon]

Just been on a RHCSA (Redhat Certified System Administrator) course from Obsidian (www.obsidian.co.za) ... highly recommended.

There are also LPI courses, but they are a bit dated...

Awesome thanks. Will check it out.

get a couple of books off amazon and teach yourself- you will probably get a much better education at a fraction of the price

I am all for that. However I find Linux to be pretty complex at first. A course with lecturers and hands on examples would be better I think.

 

[Grimspoon]

Sorry guys, I am going to really show my n00bness here. . .

But at what point can you start applying for positions as a Linux Admin. I see those Obsidian courses are broken down nicely.

What would it take to get into a position where a company may consider you for a junior position?

 

[MyWorld]

There was a guy on a previous forum who quickly rose through the ranks and later became head over IT or something. He compiled a questionnaire, if you can answer that then you are fit to be considered for a junior position.

1) What is Qmail & Exim?
2) Where are the Qmail Control files kept?
3) What is Bind (also know as named)?
4) A DNS Zone transfers from a Primary to a Secondary Server happen over which protocol (TCP OR UDP)?
5) DNS Queries happen on which port and what protocol?
6) In networking terms, what is a DOS and DDOS attack?
7) What is SQL Injection?
8) What is 1 of the to commands to view the routing table for linux?
9) What is MRTG used for?
10) Which sysctl settings in linux need to be set to 1 in order to enable ip forwarding?
11) If I want to block all incoming traffic from 192.168.0.50, whats the iptables rule for that?
12) if I want to search for a specific process running on a server, what command do I use?
13) What is a Layer 3 switch?
14) What would you use NATTING for in a DMZ ?
15) What is the most widely used spam filter for linux mail servers?
16) What are rootkits and where is the first place on a server you should look for them?
17) Explain what I'm doing here: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 192.12.112.168 -p tcp -m mport --destination-ports 20,21,80,443,60000:65535 -j DNAT --to-dest 192.168.0.168
18) You have already done the "make menuconfig" for a 2.6.x kernel, what is the rest of the steps to recompile the kernel & install the boot image and to get lilo to pickup the new boot image.
19) If you have a 320GB hard drive, what size should your swap partition be?
20) FTP Connection happens on port 21, what port handles the ftp-data connection and what port(s) do the files actually transfer on in Passive Mode FTP.

http://www.systemshock.co.za/forums/topic/7170-wtf-happened-to-linux-people/

 

[w1z4rd]

What does the size of the hard drive have to do with swap space in question 19? I normally set it twice the size of my memory.

 

[Grimspoon]

There was a guy on a previous forum who quickly rose through the ranks and later became head over IT or something. He compiled a questionnaire, if you can answer that then you are fit to be considered for a junior position.


http://www.systemshock.co.za/forums/topic/7170-wtf-happened-to-linux-people/

Nice, thanks.

Really keen to start learning but not really sure where to start.

There are so many books out there, wouldn't know what to choose.

 

[MyWorld]

What does the size of the hard drive have to do with swap space in question 19? I normally set it twice the size of my memory.

Trick question?

 

[avert]

However I find Linux to be pretty complex at first.

The hardest part of linux is actually realizing how simple it really is.

 

[Grimspoon]

The hardest part of linux is actually realizing how simple it really is.

I like that attitude.


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[Frogzilla]

get a couple of books off amazon and teach yourself- you will probably get a much better education at a fraction of the price

How to true not to mention all the free tuts on youtube and other sites check out

http://linuxcommand.org/

 

[NeonNinja]

There was a guy on a previous forum who quickly rose through the ranks and later became head over IT or something. He compiled a questionnaire, if you can answer that then you are fit to be considered for a junior position.


http://www.systemshock.co.za/forums/topic/7170-wtf-happened-to-linux-people/

These don't look tough.

 

[MyWorld]

These don't look tough.

And you could answer them without reading the link or googling?

 

[ponder]

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/read.html

 

[fbulovic]

There was a guy on a previous forum who quickly rose through the ranks and later became head over IT or something. He compiled a questionnaire, if you can answer that then you are fit to be considered for a junior position.


http://www.systemshock.co.za/forums/topic/7170-wtf-happened-to-linux-people/

Why LILO, what is wrong with GRUB? Question 18

 

[MyWorld]

Why LILO, what is wrong with GRUB? Question 18

Lilo needs more effort to work correctly and it was written in 2006 when Lilo was still used by many a distro.