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AD-506 RGPV B.Tech

Linux Lab (LL)

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Syllabus, notes and important questions for AD-506

Syllabus units

Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 Overview of Unix/Linux 8 topics
  • Concepts of Unix/Linux
  • Unix/Linux Installation Process
  • Hardware requirements for Unix/Linux
  • Advantages of Unix/Linux
  • Reasons for Popularity and Success of Linux/Unix Operating System
  • Features of Linux/Unix Operating System
  • Kernel
  • Kernel Functions
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 Shell Programming 8 topics
  • The Shell Basic Commands
  • Shell Variables
  • Branching Control Structures
  • Loop-Control Structure
  • Continue and break Statements
  • Sleep Command
  • Debugging Script
  • Use of Linux as web server, file server, directory server, application server, DNS server, SMTP server, Firewall, Proxy server
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 File System 13 topics
  • Definition of File System
  • Defining Geometry
  • Disk Controller
  • Solaris File System
  • Disk-Based File Systems
  • Network-Based File Systems
  • Virtual File Systems
  • UFS File System
  • The Boot Block
  • The Super Block
  • The Inode
  • Tuning File System
  • Repairing File System
Unit 3 notes
Unit 4 Process Control 13 topics
  • Viewing a Process
  • Command to display Process
  • Process Attributes
  • Process States
  • Process Fields
  • PS Commands options
  • PGREP
  • PRSTAT
  • CDE Process Manager
  • Scheduling Process
  • Scheduling Priorities
  • Changing the Priority of a time-sharing process
  • Killing Process
Unit 4 notes
Unit 5 System Security 14 topics
  • Physical Security
  • Controlling System Access
  • Restricted Shells
  • Controlling File Access
  • File Access Commands
  • Access Control List (ACLs)
  • Setting ACL Entries
  • Modifying ACL entries on a file
  • Deleting ACL entries on a file
  • Restricting FTP
  • Securing Super User Access
  • Restricting Root Access
  • Monitoring super user Access
  • TCP Wrappers
Unit 5 notes
Unit 6 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) 9 topics
  • Introduction to DHCP
  • DHCP Leased Time
  • DHCP Scopes
  • DHCP IP Address Allocation Types
  • Planning DHCP Deployment
  • DHCP Configuration files
  • Automatic Startup of DHCP Server
  • Configuration of DHCP Clients
  • Manually Configuring the DHCP
Unit 7 Case Study 11 topics
  • Installation of Linux
  • Customization of Linux
  • Installation of SAMBA
  • Installation of APACHE
  • Installation of TOMCAT
  • Send MAIL
  • Postfix
  • Implementation of DNS
  • LDAP services
  • Firewall
  • Proxy server
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