Level: Intermediate Ian Shields , Senior Programmer, IBM
28 Dec 2005 Welcome to the next step in studying for the Linux® certification exams. This tutorial series serves as a comprehensive study guide so you can take the exams with confidence. And even if you're not preparing for Linux certification at this time, this series helps you build fundamental skills on Linux systems administration. In this tutorial (the fourth in a series of five tutorials), Ian Shields introduces you to Linux devices, filesystems, and the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, and in doing so, continues preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute Junior Level Administration (LPIC-1) Exam 101.
Proceed through the tutorials in sequence, or choose your topic of interest, from the entire set of Linux certification tutorials on developerWorks.
In this tutorial
- Create partitions and filesystems
- Maintain the integrity of filesystems
- Mount and unmount filesystems
- Manage disk quota
- Use file permissions to control access to files
- Manage file ownership
- Create and change hard and symbolic links
- Find system files and place files in the correct location
Objectives
By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to create and format partitions with different Linux filesystems and how to manage and maintain those systems. The tutorial is organized according to the specific objectives of the LPI exam for this topic. If you're studying for certification -- or simply building a solid foundation in Linux systems administration -- you will be ready to proceed to the next tutorial in this series.
Prerequisites
Beyond a basic knowledge of Linux, there are no formal prerequisites for this tutorial.
System requirements
You should have a working Linux system so you can try out the commands and examples that are described in this tutorial. This tutorial builds on content covered in the previous three tutorials in this series, so you may want to first review the tutorials for topics 101, 102, and 103.
Duration
More than two hours
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