RHCE Notes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
0ES
RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 4.0 ES
Introduction:
Unix is the first Operating system in the world, developed by Kem Thompson
and Dennis Ritchie in 1969 at Bell Lab by AT&T Company
IBM : AIX
SGI : IRIX
HP : HP
Sun : Solaris
FSF:
Free software foundation organization, they start a project by name
GNU. The mail aim of this project is to develop such a O.S that can run on
any platform.
In 1991, a student Linus Torvalds developed a kernel named Linus’s Kernel
plus GNU application called Linux O.S
Linux is a open source technology.
Different companies that provide Linux in Market are Redhat, SuSe,
Mandrake, Turbo, Knoppix etc.
Features and Advantage:
Features:
a. Linux is the fastest Operating system in the world. It runs 2 to 3 times
fast than windows O.S
b. Linux is the very secured O.S because there is no any problem of
virus.
c. Linux file format is text format and windows file format is binary
format.
d. Linux is very reliable O.S because kernel of linux is very stable as
compare to windows kernel not crashed easily.
e. Kernel of linux is very small, it can be stored in floppy
f. Linux uses the x-Window system which is advanced network
windowing system. Using this system we can display output of any
workstation monitor attached in the network
Advantages of Linux:
a. Virus Proof
b. Crash Proof
c. Economical
d. Multiuser, multi desktop and multi tasking
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0ES
Mode of Login
There are two mode of login

1. Text Mode (Alt+ctrl+F1)
2. Graphical Mode (Alt+Ctrl+F7)
In case of Text Mode
Station2 Login : root
Password : redhat
[root@station2~]#
to switch from one text mode to another
Alt+Ctrl+F1 to Alt+Ctrl+F6
In case of Graphical Mode
Ctrl+Alt+F7
Common Command
Some of the Common system command are as follow:
1. Date : to display date and time
2. Cal : to display the calendar
3. Cal 11 2006 : display the calendar of Month 11 and year 2006
4. Clear : To clear the screen
5. ls : to list directory contents
color identification
blue : Directories
White : Files
Green : Executable files
Red ; Zip files, rpm, tar file
Different switches used with “ls” command
ls –l or ll : used for long listing including file and directory permission

(-) : file
(d) : Directory
(l) : Symbolic link
ls –a : shows all hidden files and directory. Any file followed by (.) is hidden
file
ls –al : show all hidden files and directory with long listing or whole
description
ls –d : shows all the directory
6. pwd: Print working directory
7. who am I : display the information of current terminal
8. who : display all the terminal in a network
9. history : it shows all the command your have used.
By default history stores last 1000 command which u have run. If u want to
change
# vi /etc/profile
HIST SIZE =10
Save and exit
# history –c ( to clear all the previous command reside in history)
Creating file and Directory:
a. Creating file:
The ‘cat’ command is used to create a file
Syntax:
# cat > filename
example:
# cat > abc.txt
(Ctrl +D) is used to save the file.
b. View the content of file

Syntax:
# cat filename
Example:
#cat abc.txt
#cat –b abc.txt
c. Creating Directory
The ‘mkdir’ command is used to create directory
Syntax:
Mkdir [directory_name]
Example:
# mkdir raj
Option used:
cd : To change directory
cd .. : To come out from directory
cd : to jump to root directory
cd - : to jump to previous directory
Deleting Files and directory:

Syntax:
For file:
rm <filename>
example:
rm abc.txt
for directory
syntax:
rmdir <directory_name>
Note: Only empty directory will be deleted)
If we want to delete the tree structure of directory then we need to use the
following command
Syntax:
rm –rf <directory_name>
where
r = recursively
f= force
in order to remove non empty directory

Syntax:
rm –r <directory>
example;
rm –r raj
this will remove directory step by step ,first remove sub directory and then
finally main directory.
Another method of creating file :

Touch : this command is used to create a blank file with size zero.
# touch <filename>
Example:
#touch abc
Copying File and Directory:

a. Copy file:
Syntax:
# cp [source]filename [destination]
b. Copy directory
#cp –r [source]directory [destination]
to copy a directory into another directory recursively
c. cp –rf [source]directory [destination]

to copy a directory forcefully
syntax used for copy file or directory:

cp [option] file destination
option:
-I : interactive : ask before overwriting file
-r : Recursive
-p : Preserve
-f : forcefully
More than one file can be copied at a time if the destination is directory
Syntax:
cp [option] file1 file2 file 3 Destination
Moving and Renaming File and Directory
Syntax:
# mv : move /rename files and directory
Example:
# mv [option] file destination
example:
# mv t.txt /home/raj/
more than one file can be moved at a time if the destination is a directory
# mv [option] file1 file2 file3 destination
Getting Help:
The command that are used to get the help are discussed as :
a. Whatis
Display a short description of command , it uses a database that is updated
nightly. Often not available immediately after installation.
Syntax:
# Whatis cal
b. Help
Display usage summary and argument list
Syntax:
<command> --help
Example:
#Date –help
c. Man and Info:

Both provide documentation for command. Almost every command has a
“man” page. Collection of pages are called linux manual.
# man date
# info date
Viewing Text Page

Syntax:
#less [option] [filename]
Example:
# less abc.txt
scroll with arrows/PgUp /PgDown
/text : search for text

n : Next Match
Option:
-c : Clear before displaying
-s : Squeeze multiple blank lines into a single blank line
Simply we can also use “less” along with pipe | as

# ll |less
File and Directory:

‘ll’ is used to display the information about the files and directory including
date, time, users,group, size, name and permission.
Four symbols are used when displaying permission.
R : Read
W : Write
X : Execute
- : no permission
-rwxrwxrwx : files
drwxrwxrwx : directory
files and directory permission are symbolized by ten character.
If we want to change permission, then there are two methods:

1. symbolic
2. Numeric
1. Symbolic Method:
Syntax:
Chmod mode directory/filename
Mode Option:
1. u,g,o
2. w,r,x
3. +,-
4. =
1. # chmod u+rwx file or directory : in case of user only

2. # chmod ug+rwx file or directoty : in case of user and group
3. # chmod u+w,g+r,o+x directory/file
4. # chmod u+rw,g+rw directory/file
5. # chmod u-r, g-w,o-rw directory/file
6. # chmod ugo+rwx file/directory
7. # chmod ugo-rwx file/directory
• + is used to add permission

• - is used remove permission
chmod ugo=rw directory/file
this command will assign read/write permission to u,g,o
suppose we have one file as
test.txt
permission : -r- - r- -r- -
chmod u=w,g=wx,o=w test.txt
this command will assign write to user, write/execute to group and write
to other while remove the previous permission.
The main difference between +,= are + operator simply add the new
permission with previous one and = assign the new permission while
removing old (new permission overwrite an old)
2. Numeric Method:
In this method, calculation are based on following numbers
r=4 w=2 x=1 0= no permission
Example:
#chmod 777 file/directory
in this case user get 7 means that user has permission of read/write/execute,
group get 7 means read/write/execute and ame for other
# chmod 531 file/directory

in this case user get 5 means that user has permission of read/execute,
group get 3 means write/execute and other get 1 means that other has
permission to execute.
#chmod 742 file/directory

7 : User : rwx
4 :Group : r
2 : Other : w
Linux file system:
Figure
Root : it is an home directory of super user (root) administrator

Etc : it is the location of all configuration file and directory used for
server
configuration or system configuration
dev : it is a location of the device file
home : it is a location of home directory or regular users
proc : it is a virtual file system or directory not actually store on the
disk and
contain system information
# cat /proc/meminfo
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
boot : contain kernel and boot related files
sys : it is also a virtual directory and contain system information
media : it is a mount point of removable disk like cdrom floppy usb drive
etc.
tmp : it contain all temporary file

usr : it is used for software installation
lib : it contain all library files
bin : it is the location of all executable files or command or user
command
/usr/bin also contain user command
sbin : it contain all system command or super user command /usr/sbin
mnt : it is a mount point for physical hard-disk or partition
opt : optional directory and used for temporary working
var : it is a variable file system or directory and contain all log and
error
message
file system type:

Dos : Fat 16
95/Xp/2000 : FAT32
Xp/NT/2000 : NTFS
Linux : EXT2,EXT3
UNIX : VXFS
Representation Of Media Devices:

All the device file are stored in /dev/
Hard disk ; /dev/hdx
Where x is
a : /dev/hda : Primary master
b : /dev/hdb : Primary slave
c : /dev/hdc : Secondary master
d : /dev/hdd : Secondary slave
In case of SCSI, Sata or USB we will use : /dev/sda
CD-rom:
/dev/cdrom
/dev/cdrom1
/dev/cdrecorder
Floppy:
/dev/fd0
/dev/fd1
to access partition of windows in linux

#mount –t vfat /dev/hdax /mnt
in order to check the label of any partition
#e2label /dev/hdax
where x is number
Mounting CD Rom
# mount –t auto /dev/hdc /media/cdrom
-t : file type
auto : file type
in order to check where cdrom is attached we can open the file fstab
#vi /etc/fstab
now in case of RHEl 3.0 we have to use command in order to unmount.
# umount /media/cdrom
and then eject the cdrom
in case of RHEL 4.0 we simply type
# eject
Mounting Floppy
#mount –t auto /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
in case of floppy we have to umount first then only we remove floppy
otherwise all content of floppy may be lost or floppy may be physically
damaged.
# umount /media/floppy
Mounting USB media :- directed by the kernel as SCSI device
/dev/sdax
Vi Editor:
Using vi , we can create or modify any file
Vi, vim Editor
Vi is the standard file editor for Unix and Vim is the standard file editor for
Linux
For Red hat Linux vi and Vim both are same
There are three mode of vi editor
1. command mode
2. insert mode
3. save and Exit Mode
1. Command mode is again divided into 3 mode
a. Cursor movement
b. Copy, paste, delete, undo
c. Text search
a. Cursor Movement
J : Down
K : UP
L : RIGHT
H : LEFT
b. Copy, paste delete, undo
dd : delete particular line

yy : copy particular line
u : Undo
p : paste
ndd : n is the number of line to be deleted
nyy : n is the number of line to be copied
c. Text Search
/text
example
/then
2. Insert Mode
Option I, insert, a ,o, O
i : insert mode start at the point where cursor is. Same is
used with
insert option
a : insert mode start after one character
o : insert mode start after one line
O : insert mode start before one line
3. Save and Exit

:q : Quiet
:q! : forcely quiet
:wq! : save and forcely quiet
:wq : save and exit
User and Group Administrator
There are three type of user account in Red hat Linux

1. Super user or Administrative account
2. Regular user account
3. service account
1. Super User created automatically at the time of installation
2. Regular user Account;
a. Using command line method ‘useradd’ or ‘adduser’ command
b. Graphical method by using Red hat user manager utility
a.
# adduser user_name (Recommended : minimum 6 character used in
password)
# passwd user_name
Example:
#adduser rakesh
#passwd rakesh
Now open the file /etc/passwd to check the entry of user
#vi /etc/passwd
it contain 7 entry of each user
1. Username
2. Password
3. userid
4. groupid
5. blank (User information field ) comment
6. home directory
7. login shell
password entry for each user will be stored in /etc/shadow
# vi /etc/shadow
now in order to check the Userid, Group we use /etc/login.def

# vi /etc/login.def
when any user account is created then user will get userid, groupid
automatically from /etc/login.def
5th field is used for user information or comment
6th field is used for home directory. When any user is created its default home
directory is created inside /home
/home/rakesh
7th field is login shell. Default shell for user is /bin/bash
different shells are used
ksh, sh, csh, tcsh,zsh
shell is an user interface between user and O.S. linux command shell is a
prompt that allow us to interact with our system by executing various
command.
In order to check the shell available use /etc/shells
# vi /etc/shells
in order to get the information about the group we need /etc/group
#vi /etc/group
it contain four field
1. Group name
2. password
3. GroupId
4. Member of group
# finger : this command is used to get the information about the

user
Syntax:
#finger username
#finger rakesh
#id : this command is used to get userid, groupid of the user
syntax:
#id username
#id rakesh
Creating Group:
Syntax:
#groupadd groupname
#groupadd –g gid groupname
Example:
#groupadd raj
Exercise:
Create a user that should have uid=1000 shell=sh description and home
directory as /data
Sol:
#useradd –u 1000 –c rakeshpundir –s /bin/sh –d /data rakesh
#passwd rakesh
Grpahically
System Setting :-> User & Group
OR
#system-config-user
Every user have two group one is elementary group or primary group and
secondary group
-g : Primary Group
-G : Secondary Group
Creating Group
#groupadd g1
#groupadd g2
Steps:
1. adding group to the user
#usermod –g g1 –G g2 rakesh
2. To change id of the user
#usermod –u 1001 rakesh
3. change comment
#usermod –c rakeshsingh
4. change home directory
#usermod –d /rakesh-home rakesh –m
5. change shell
#usermod –s /bin/bash rakesh
6. change user login name
#usermod –l newname oldname
#usermod –l rajesh rakesh
7. Change Group name
#groupmod –n newname oldname
#groupmod –n group1 g1
8. change Group id
#groupmod –g 2005 group1
Redirecting Input /Output
The standard Output of command , which normally display on the terminal

can be redirected into a file. Similarly standard error, which normally display
on the terminal can be redirected into a file.
Common redirection operator
> : command>file : output command to file

>> : command>>file : Append output of command to file
< : command>file : receive input from file
2> : command2>file : error from command to file
2>> : command2>>file : append
Example:
#find /etc –name passwd
this command will search for all file name passwd in /etc and its
subdirectories
now we can redirtect the standard outpout
#find /etc –name passwd > output
output is a file where command output will be stored. Standard error is still
displayed on the screen
#cat output
If the target file of the file redirection with > already exists, the existing file
will be overwritten. To append data to an existing file use >> to redirect
instead of >
#find /etc –name passwd >> output
Redirecting standard Error

We can redirect standard error with 2>
#find /etc –name passwd 2>errorfile
standard output is displayed on the screen , redirect further standard error,
appending to the same file with 2>>
#find /etc/ -name passwd 2>>errorfile
#cat errorfile
Symbolic links:
A symbolic link point to another file. We can display the link name and the
referenced file by ‘ls –l’
#ls –l pf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root pf->/etc/passwd
file type: l for symbolic link
the content of the symbolic link is the name of the file that is referenced
Syntax:
Ln –s filename [linkname]
Example:
Ln –s /etc/passwd password
There are seven fundamental file type
- : regular file
d : symbolic link
b : block special file
c : character special file
p : named file
s : socket
character special file are used to communicate with hardware one character
at a time. Block special file is used to communicate with hardware a block of
data at a time : 512 bytes, 1024 bytes, 2048 bytes
ls –l /dev |less { to check c and b files}
named pipe type of file that passes data between processes. It stores no data
itself socket file are used for inter process communication.
Checking Free Space:

In order to check the free and usage space per file system and directory and
each sub directory we have two command
a. df
b. du
the ‘df’ command reports on a per file system basis. It report total disk
space , disk space used , disk space free
#df –h
-h : used multipliers such as G or M for gigabytes and Megabytes
The ‘du’ command reports the number of kilobytes contained by the items
within a directory
#du –s
#du –h
-s : used to request only the summary directory information
#du –s /etc
Aliases:
Aliases are shortcut names for large commands. If we have command that
run often, but take a considerable amount of typing, we can reduce these to
an aliases.
Alias c=clear
We can make a permanent entry of alias in .bashrc file
Type:
#vi .bashrc
alias c=`clear`
save and exit
Test your change by logging out, logging back and type the following
#alias
#c
Default Permission:
The default permission for files is 666 and directory is 777. umask is used to
withhold permission. Default root’s umask is 022. without a umask in effect,
only file created will have 666 permission and directory will have 777. this
means that anyone on the system will have read and write access to any file.
A umask of 002 will result in file created with 664 permission and directory
with permission 775.
Default umask on Red hat enterprise linux is 002. to change
#umask 022
umask is typically set by script run at login time. The next time you lig in
umask will be set bask to your default unless you add command to one of
your startup files such as .bashrc.
Run Level:
To check the run level we need to see the file /etc/inittab
#vi /etc/inittab
defaults run – level used by RHS are
0 : hault ( do not set init default to this)
1 : single user mode
2 : multi user mode without networking
3 : multi-user mode with networking
4 : unused
5 : X11 (Graphical)
6 : reboot
#runlevel : this command shows that in which run level you are at
present
in init 3 runlevel, if you type command startx to go to the graphical mode

then it will not ask you for password.
By default we have 6 virtual console (text mode), but we van increase or
decrease the number of text mode simply by editing the file /etc/inittab
#vi /etc/inittab
line No 18 : id:5:initdefault
(we can change this value from 1 to 5 as per our need)
Line No 44 :
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
.
.
.
in these line if we add one more line the number of virtual console increase
and if we remove one line , virtual console terminal decrease.
For adding
after editing this file we need to sane and exit
#init q : this command is used to activate the change made.
Welcome Message at the time of login:

We need to edit the file /etc/motd
#vi /etc/motd
type any message which we want to display
“WELCOME TO ICON”
save and exit
INSTALLATION:
Installation can be done either by CDROM , NFS, LAN, FTP
Partition type and its size
/ 10000MB
/boot 128MB
/home 1000MB
swap 256 MB ( 1.5 to 2 times more than RAM Size)
to check the RAM size do the following step

Ctrl+alt+f7
Then type the following
#cat /proc/meminfo
this command will display the size and other information regarding RAM
Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to the installation mode.
Note:
While installation we have to make sure that firewall option should be disable
1. No firewall
2. Selinux disable
Following Package are needed at the time of installation.
Desktop
1. X Window
2. GNOME
Application
1. Text Editor
2. Graphical Internet
3. Text Based Internet
Server
1. Server configuration tools

2. Web Server
3. Mail server
4. DNS server
5. FTP Server
6. Network Server
7. Legacy Network Server ( in this select Telnet)
System
1. Administrative Tools
2. System tools
3. Printing tools
Max Space Needed : 6132MB

Min Space Needed : 681 MB
While Installing Redhat linux 4.0 WS with the help of NFS and FTP, we have to
perform the following step
First we have to check the rpm of ftp/nfs
ftp : vsftp-2.0.1…….
nfs : nfs-utils-1.0.6……
Now copy the disk 1 of the Redhat linux into the folder “/var/ftp/pub”
Now copy RPMS of remaining CD’s (Disk 2,3,and 4) inside
/var/ftp/pub/RedHat/RPMS/
Now we need to configure the exports file.
#vi /etc/exports
/var/ftp/pub 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync)
save and exit
now start the service
#service portmap restart
#chkconfig portmap on
#service nfs restart
#chkconfig nfs on
Now Boot the new system from disk 1 of Redhat linux and type
Linux askmethod
Choose language : English
Keyboard Type : U.S
Installation Method : NFS Image
NFS Server name : 192.168.0.254
NFS Dierctory : /var/ftp/pub
And continue the installation
There is slightly change in case of FTP
In case of FTP:
Boot the system from disk 1 of redhat linux and type
Linux askmethod
Choose language : English
Keyboard Type : U.S
Installation Method : FTP
Then first mentioned your system ip address in order to identify itself in

network
192.168.0.24
255.255.255.0
then mentioned the FTP server address as
192.168.0.254
255.255.255.0
mount point : pub ( as in case of FTP the default path is /var/ftp)
and continue the installation
Kick Start
Kick start is one of the automatic installation method. Before making kick
start file we need to check the rpm
Rpm : system-config-kickstart
Kick start consist of installation wizard which we can configured for another
system like general information, root password, package , set the language,
keyboard type, network, installation type etc. then save the kick start with
any name say nfsks.cfg under /root
Suppose we use NFS type then we have to mentioned
NFS Ip address : 192.168.0.254
Path : /var/ftp/pub
Now we have to edit the file nfsks.cfg by editing one line
Selinux-disable
Now we have to configure the file /etc/exports
#vi /etc/exports
/root 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync)
/var/ftp/pub 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync)
Now start the service

#Service nfs restart
#chkconfig nfs on
#service dhcpd restart
#chkconfig dhcpd on
Now boot the new system by Disk 1 of RedHat linux

And type
Linux ks=nfs:192.168.0.254:/root/nfsks.cfg
And continue the installation
RPM (RedHat Package Manager)

RPM package contain the file and directories associated with specific
application and program.
RPM namegenerally includes version, release and architecture for which it
was build.
Like
Zip-2.3-8.i386.rpm
To install RPM:
#rpm –i rpm_name
To Remove RPM
#rpm –e rpm_name
In order to remove those package which has dependency

#rpm –e rpm_name –nodeps
Switches used with RPM

-i or --install
-e or --erase
-U or--Upgrade
-F or --Freshen
we can install rpm by using
#rpm –ivh rpm_name
-I : Install
-v : Verbose
-h : Human view (Hash Sign)
To Upgrade RPM:
#rpm –U rpm_name
To repair any corrupted rpm package

#rpm –F rpm_name
To make any rpm query

#rpm –q rpm_name
To check all rpm of related pacakes

#rpm –qa |grep rpm_name
To check particular file associated with which rpm

# rpm –qf /etc/passwd
passwd file is associated with setup-2.5 rpm
To check the rpm containing which file

#rpm –ql rpm_name
this command will list all the file associated with particular rpm.
To get the information about the particular rpm.

#rpm –qi rpm_name
To Install any rpm forely

#rpm –ivh rpm_name –force
Installing dependent packages:

Suppose we have 4 rpm’s r1,r2,r3 and r4 , we need to install r4 but r4
depends on remaining rpm’s then we use this command.
To check any rpm’s query

#rpm –qa “sendmail*”
To check rpm’s of related service

#rpm –qa |grep bind
Task Automation and Task Scheduling

It is used to perform the task at particular time
Two command are used
a. at
b. crontab
syntax:
#at time
at>command I
at>command II
ctrl+D
Example:
#at 10:30
at>eject
at>eject –t
ctrl+D
Option used
#at now
#at now+5 minutes
#at now+5 hours
#at now+5 days
#at tomorrow
#at 10:30 july 16 2006
we can also restrict the user not to use the ‘at’ command. Restriction will be
provided by root login with administrator.
#vi /etc/at.deny
inside this file we have to just mentioned the name of the user in order to
restrict him not to use ‘at’ command.
Just save and exit form the file
By default all users are allowed to use ‘at’ command. ‘at.deny’ is default in
system. We can also create a file ‘at.allow’ file. Once we create this file, now
by default all users will be restricted to use ‘at’ command and only that user
which have entry on ‘at.allow’ will allow to use the ‘at’ command.
Another method is to make an entry inside the ‘crontab’ file. Entry will be
done by the root. Difference between these two method is crontab is used to
perform the same task many times whereas job through ‘at’ command will be
removed after the task has been performed.
Syntax: ( By root login)

#crontab –e
six field are listed
1 2 3 4 5 6
minute hour day of Month day of
command
month Week
Example:
35 10 31 05 3 eject
36 10 31 05 3 eject –t
Minute : 0-59
Hours : 0-23
Day of Month : 1-31
Month : 1-12
Day of Week : 0-7
0 and 7 are Sunday
#service crond restart
#Whereis eject
this command display the path of the command. It is better to use the full
path of the command inside crontab instead of just the name of the
command.
We can also make the entry as
35 10 * * * eject
36 10 * * * eject –t
In this case. These two jobs will be performed at 10:35 in every month.
Some command which are executed with ‘at’ or ‘crontab’ send their output to
the user mail box. These command are executed on background and their
output is transferred to the particular user’s mail box. In order to see the
output of the command we use.
#mutt
This command will open the mailbox from where we check the output
Some of the switched used with the ‘crontab’
#crontab –l
List out all the job scheduled in crontab.
#crontab –r
Can remove the job from the crontab.
#atq : list the job number scheduled in at

#atrm jobno : to remove any job
Fdisk:
Representation of Hard disk
/dev/hdx
/dev/hda : Primary Master
/dev/hdb : Primary Slave
/dev/hdc : Secondary Master
/dev/hdd : Secondary slave
Fdisk command is used to create a partition
#fdisk –l
Display the partition Listing
Creating Partition
#fdisk /dev/had
Press(m for help): m
Some important switches are
D : delete partition
N : New
L : listing
Q : quit
W : Save and Exit
T : changed type
Press : n
l: Logical (5 or above)
p: Logical partition( 1-4)
Type l
First cylinder (Take as default): Press Enter
Last Cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (….) : +100M
Command (m for help) : w
# partprobe
( to update the partition table without restarting the computer)
Now we need to format the partition

#mkfs.ext3 /dev/hdax
Where x is the number of partition that is newly created
Now we mount this partition
#mkdir /partx
#mount –t ext3 /dev/hdax /partx
Or
#mount /dev/hdax /partx
To mount this partition permanently make the entry in fstab
#vi /etc/fstab
/dev/hdax /partx ext3 defaults 12
Increasing the Size of Swap Partition

There are possibilities that any time we can increase the size of RAM, at that
time we need to increase the size of swap partition as per the increased size
of the RAM.
There are two method of doing so
a. creating partition
b. Creating file
A. Creating Partition:
i. We have to create one partition of size say 200MB and change its
type to 82 (swap type) . save and exit and then run the command
“partprobe”
ii. Format the partition say /dev/hda9
#mkswap /dev/hda9
iii. Make the swap partition active
#swapon /dev/hda9
iv. to check the entry of swap partition
# cat /proc/swaps
If we want to make the permanent entry in fstab then
#vi /etc/fstab
/dev/hda9 swap swap defaults 0 0
B. Creating file
i. first make an empty file
#touch /swp
ii. Now we customize the size of the swap
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/swp bs=1M count=200
iii. Format the newly created swap file
#mkswap /swp
iv. Active the swap file
#swapon /swp
To check the entry of swap file
#cat /proc/swaps
If we want that automatically this swap file activate , we need to make the
entry in /etc/ec.local
# vi /etc/rc.local
Make the following entry
Swapon /swp
Save and exit
User Quota:
Monitoring and controlling disk space usage is another important part of a
system administrator tasks. User quota is used to restrict the amount of disk
space on each partition by each user.
Steps
1. Edit the file /etc/fstab
# vi /etc/fstab
Search the following line
“LABEL=/home /home etx3 defaults 1 2”
Just add ‘usrquota’ after the word ‘defaults” as
“LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults,usrquota 1 2”
2. Remount the home partrition

# mount –o remount /home
Where –o I used to active comma separator used in fstab
After given a quota we must remount the directory with user quota or if we
restart the system , it automatically remount.
3. Now check the mount quota

# quotacheck –avum
Where
-a : Scan file system with quota enabled
-v : Verbose mode
-u : Scan for user quota
-m : Remount file system with quota enabled
4. Now check the /home

#cd /home
#ls
File aquota.user will created)
5. Now add quota for particular user

# edquota –u username
Output of this command
File System Block soft hard inode soft hard
/dev/hda2 24 0 0 9 0 0
1 block=1Kbyte
Suppose we set the userquota by block size i.e we set the soft limit to 3000
and Hard limit to 4000 i.e. 3M and 4M
/dev/hda2 25 3000 4000 9 0 0
Block and inode has a grace period of 7 days ( by default)
We can set the quota either by setting blocks soft and hard limit of inode
( Number of maximum file created)
6. Make the quota on
# quotaon /home
7. We can generate the quota information
#repquota /home
Note:
We can generate the file of big size to check the quota
Syntax:
#dd if=/dev/zero of=bigfile bs=1M count=3
To check the quota for particular user after login
#quota
To set the grace period for particular user
#edquota –T username
To assign quota of one user to another user

#edquota –p user1 user2
We can also set the quota for particular user by using following command.
#setquota -u username 2000 3000 20 25 /home
LVM
Logical Volume manager

LVM is an extensible partitioning tool using which we can modify or resize any
partition without changing our existing data.
/dev/hdax
Figure
/dev/hdax
In order to create LV ( logical volume) we need to create a partition.

#fdisk /dev/had
Press( m for Help): n
l : logical
p : Physical
Type ‘l’
First Cylinder : Press Enter
Last Cylinder (+sizeM or +sizeK) : +100M
Command : t : t for change the type
Partition no : x : x is the number of partititon
Type : 8e : 8e for LVM
Command : w
#partprobe
Now we create a Physical Volume (PV)

#pvcreate /dev/hda8
Display the PV Information
#pvdisplay
Now we create Volume group
#vgcreate Vg00 /dev/hda8
Display the Vg information
#vgdisplay
Finally we create a logical volume
#lvcreate –n lv00 –L+50M vg00
Where
-n : logical name
-L: size
Display the LV information
#lvdisplay
After creating the logical volume, we need to format
#mkfs.ext3 /dev/vg00/lv00
Finally we mount it on /lvm
#mkdir /lvm
#mount /dev/vg00/lv00 /lvm
Extending the size of LVM

#lvextend –L+50M /dev/vg00/lv00
After adding we need to run ext2online command in order to assign file
system type to the added size
#ext2online /dev/vg00/lv00
Reducing the size of LVM
#lvreduce –L-20M /dev/vg00/lv00

If the size of the logical volume is full and we need more space to store data
we need to create new partition , change its type to LVM by ‘8e’ then create
the physical volume and add that with volume group (vg00)
#vgextend vg00 /dev/hda9
After that extend the size of logical volume
In order to delete the logical volume
#umount /lvm
#lvremove /dev/vg00/lv00
#vgremove vg00
#pvremove /dev/hda9
#pvremove /dev/hda8
Then finally using the fdisk remove hda8 and hda9
RAID
Redundant Array Of Inexpensive Disk
RAID is a series of disk which can save your data even if there is catastrophic
failure on one of the disk
RAID are classified as RAID0, RAID1 and RAID 5
RAID 0 : require minimum 2 HDD and also known as stripping without parity
RAID 1: require minimum 2 HDD and also known as disk mirroring
RAID 5: minimum 3 HDD requirement and also known as stripping with parity
First we create the two partition say each of 100MB and then change its type
to (‘fd’) Raid
Now we create a RAID
#mdadm –C /dev/md0 –level=1 –raid-disks=2 /dev/hda8 /dev/hda9
Now check the raid
#cat /proc/mdstat
‘OR’
#mdadm --detail /dev/md0
Format the newly created RAID
#mkfs.ext3 /dev/md0
Now mount it
#mkdir /raid
#mount /dev/md0 /raid
In order to check first we fail any one of the partition
#mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --fail /dev/hda8
Check the status of the RAID
#mdadm --detail /dev/md0
Removing the failure partition
#mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --remove /dev/hda8
To add new disk partition
#mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --add /dev/hda10
Note:
In order to add new partition first we create the partition and change its type
to ‘fd’
Introduction to System Service

Every computer that connect to network require some IP address assign
permanently to a computer host known as static IP address and some IP
address leased by DHCP server for a limited period of time known as dynamic
IP address.
There are 2 standard IP address
1. IPv4
2. IPv6
IPv4 has a 32 bit and are in Octet-doted decimal lists
Example: 192.168.254.254
IPv6 address have 120 bits
To check the connectivity

#ping 172.24.254.254
To check the IP address
#ifconfig
To set the IP address
#netconfig
Or
#vi /etc/sysconfig/network
Or
#vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scriptd/ifcfg-eth0
Device = eth0
Boot Proto = static
Onboot = yes
IPaddr = 172.24.0.2
Netmask = 255.255.0.0
Gateway = 172.24.254.254
To make Network UP and DOWN

#ifdown eth0
#ifup eth0
We can also assign temporary IP address to a LAN card. It will remain until we
restart the computer then after that it will take IP address from ifcfg-eth0
#ifconfig eth0 172.24.0.10
Introduction To System Service

According to the service management, service are divided into three
category
1. service which are managed by init command, which are not TCP/IP
services
2. service which are managed by service command
3. service which are based on xinetd that is some back ground process
services
to check the service whether ON or OFF use
#service service_name status
#chkconfig –list
#chkconfig –list service_name
Example:
#service nfs status
#chkconfig –list
#chkconfig –list nfs
To Make service ON or OFF

#chkconfig nfs on
#chkconfig nfs off
To stop the particular service for particular Run level

#chkconfig –level 3 nfs off
#chkconfig –level 3 5 on/off
To make on or off in run level 3 and 5
#ntsysv : will start /stop all the services in a particular run level. It will display
the dialog box in which all the services are mentioned
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHCP provides IP address to host computer dynamically by the range of
addresses or statically or fixed address by MAC address
Service Profile
Type : System V managed Service
Package : dhcp
Daemon : dhcpd
Script : dhcpd
File : /etc/dhcpd.conf
Port : 67,68
First check the rpm

#rpm –q dhcp
Copy and rename dhcpd.conf.sample to dhcpd.conf in /etc
#cp /usr/share/doc/dhcp-3.0.1/dhcpd.conf.sample /etc/dhcpd.conf
Now open file
#vi /etc/dhcpd.conf
Set the following configuration

Subnet : 172.24.0.0;
Netmask : 255.255.0.0;
Option router : 172.24.254.254;
Option subnet-mask : 255.255.0.0;
Option nis-domain : “RHCE”;
Option domain-name : “example.com”;
Option domain-name-server : 172.24.254.254;
Range dynamic-bootp 172.24.0.1 172.24.0.10

Save and exit
Start the service
#service dhcpd restart

#service portmap retstart
#chkconfig dhcpd on
Client Side
#dhclient
Dhclient is used to give the request to dhcp server to assign an address to
client
Now if we want to assign the static IP address by their MAC address
#vi /etv/dhcpd.conf
Set the following configuration
host stationX {
hardware Ethernet 00:34:e3:5r:q1:34;
fixd-address 172.24.0.54;
where
x : Station number
NFS
Network File System
NFS server is used for file sharing and directory sharing between linux to
linux machine
Service Profile
Type : System V-managed
Package : nfs-utils
Daemon : rpc.rquotad, rpc.statd.nfsd
Script : nfs
Port : 2048
Configuration File : /etc/exports
Check the rpm

# rpm –q nfs-utils
Server Setting
First make the folder which you want to share
#mkdir /share
#cd /share
#touch a d f
#chmod o+w a b
Now open the configuration file
#vi /etc/exports
Make the following entry
/share 172.24.0.0/255.255.0.0(rw,sync)
Save and exit
/share will be shared by the entire network
Start the service

#chkconfig nfs on
Note:
We need to restart the service portmap before nfs service in order to assign
port number.
To check
#showmount –e 172.24.254.254
#showmount –e server1
Client
Mount the /share directory on client machine
#mount –t nfs:172.24.254.254:/share /mnt
Where /mnt is a mount point
For sharing particular IP address

Server:
#vi /etc/exports
/share 172.24.0.3/255.255.0.0(rw,sync)
/share 172.24.0.4/255.255.0.0(rw,sync)
For two different network

#vi /etc/exports
/share 172.24.0.0/255.255.0.0(rw,sync)
/share 172.25.0.0/255.255.0.0(rw,sync)
For all world

#vi /etc/exports
/share *(rw,sync)
If we give a space between the network and (rw,sync), then it will mount for
everyone
#vi /etc/exports
/share 172.24.0.0/255.255.0.0 (rw,sync)
If we give no permission then it will take (ro,sync)
#export –r
#export –a
#export –ar
If we run this command then there is no need to restart portmap and nfs
again and again.
NIS
Network Information Service
NIS provide simple directory service for system and account information. NIS
server is used to manage the system and account information on multiple
system from the central server.
Service Profile
Type : system V manage
Package : Server
Portmap ypserv make
Client
Authconfig authconfig-gtk portmap yp-
tools ypbind
Daemon : rpc.ypserv rpc.yppasswddd
Script : ypserv, yppasswdd
Configuration : /etc/sysconfig/network
/var/yp/Makefile
Server Setting:
Steps
1. Check the rpm’s
#rpm –q portmap ypserv make
2. Edit the file
#vi /etc/sysconfig/network
Define the following line
NISDOMAIN=ICON
Save and exit
3. Edit the file
#vi /var/yp/Makefile
Search for “/all: “ line
Remove all the entry except
all: passwd group hosts netid
save and exit
4. Start the service

#service ypserv restart
#chkconfig ypserv on
5. Now create a database for NIS server

# /usr/lib/yp/ypinit –m
-m : Master
6. Now create a user with home directory /rhome/nisuserX

#mkdir /rhome
#adduser –d /rhome/nisuser1 nisuser1
#passwd nisuser1
7. Make the entry of the home directory of user in /etc/exports file

#vi /etc/exports
/rhome/nisuser1 172.24.0.0/255.255.0.0(rw,sync)
Save and exit
8. start the service

#chkconfig nfs on
#service yppasswdd restart
#chkconfig yppasswdd on
9. Finally Update the database

#cd /var/yp
#make
Client Setting:
#rpm –q portmap authconfig authconfig-gtk yp-tools ypbind
2. Run the command

#authconfig
Or
#system-config-authentication
In this enable and write the following option

“Enable NIS option” and Press F12
In NIS Setting
Domain : ICON
Server : 172.24.254.254
3. Edit Two File “auto.master” and “auto.misc”
#vi /etc/auto.master
/rhome /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60

This file define the path of the home directory
#vi /etc/auto.misc
Nisuser1 -rw,soft,intr 172.24.254.254:/rhome/nisuser1

Save and exit

#service autofs restart
#chkconfig autofs on
5. Run the following command to check the password

#ypcat passwd
#getent passwd
ypcat will display the entry of server user information
getent will display the entry of local and server user information
6. Finally login with user as “nisuser1” and passwd
DNS
Domain Name Server
DNS translate IP address to hostname or vise versa
Service Profile
Type : System V manage

Package : bind, bind-chroot, caching-nameserver, bind-
utils
Daemon : named
Script : named
Configuration file :
/var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf
/var/named/chroot/var/named/*
Port : 52 (UDP), 53 (TCP)
Server Setting
1. Edit the file named.conf
#vi /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf
Edit the line after copying line N 37 to line 47
Zone “example.com”{
Type master;
File “example.zone”;
Allow-update {none;} ;
};
Zone “24.172.in-addr.arpa”IN{
Type master;
File “example.local”;
Allow-update {none;};
};
2. Now Enter inside the following directory

#cd /var/named/chroot/var/named
Make two file by copying
#cp localhost.zone example.zone
#cp named.local example.local
3. Edit the file example.zone

$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA server1.example.com. root.server1.example.com. (
……….
……….
……….
……)
@ IN NS server1.example.com.
254.254 IN PTR server1.example.com.
1.0 IN PTR station1.example.com.
Note:
Like this we can make entry all the stations connected to that network
Save and exit
4. Edit example.local file

#vi example.local
$TTL 86400
@ IN SOA server1.example.com. root.server1.exampler.com (
…………
…………
…………
….)
@ IN NS server1.example.com.
Server1 IN A 172.24.254.254
Station1 IN A 172.24.0.1
www IN CNAME server1
www1 IN CNAME station1
save and exit
#service named restart

#chkconfig named on
6. Dig the server

#dig server1.example.com
#nslookup server1.example.com
#nslookup 172.24.254.254
7. Check the file /etc/hosts file
DNS Client
Open the file and check the setting

#vi /etc/resolv.conf
Nameserver 172.24.254.254
Search example.com
Savce and exit
Now finally use the Dig and nslookup command to check the DNS from client
side
Term
IN : Internet
SOA : Start Of Authority
TTL : Time to Line
NS : Name server
A : Address Record
PTR : Pointer Record
MX : Mail server
SOA is the first line in the zone file. It identifies the name server as the
authoritative source for information about this domain
TTL indicate how long to hold the data in their cache
NS shows the name of name server
A shows the IP address for name server
MX is a mail Exchange record
PTR is used to point to the name server
CNAME is CONONICAL name shows the real name of the host
Squid Proxy Server
Proxy server is used for Internet Sharing
Server Profile

Package : Squid
Daemon : Squid
Script : Squid
Configuration : /etc/squid/squid.conf
Port No : 8080 , 3128
Steps

#rpm –q squid
2. Edit the file squid.conf

#vi /etc/squid/squid.conf
Line number 54
http-port 8080
Line number 481

cache-mem 100MB
Line number 1805 (syntax : acl acl_name acl_type network or domain)

acl icon src 172.24.0.0/255.255.0.0
Line number 1865

http-access allow icon
In order to deny we write

http-access deny aclname
Like
http-access deny icon
If we want to restrict any site

Syntax : acl aclname acltype Name or domain
Example:
acl icon1 dstdomain .hotmail.com
Start the service

#service squid restart
#chkkconfig squid on
Client Side:
1. Click on Mozilla Web Browser
2. Click editPreferences
3. Click on “Connection Setting”
4. Select “ Manual Proxy Configuration”
Http Proxy : 172.24.254.254 Port 8080
Send Mail
Sendmail is used to configure the mail server on the server in order to send
and receive the mail.
Service Profile

Package : sendmail, sendmail-cf, procmail, mutt , m4
Daemon : sendmail
Port : 25
Configuration File : /etc/mail/sendmail.mc
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf
/etc/mail/access
/etc/aliases
Steps:
1. Edit the file sendmail.mc
Line number 105
DAEMON-OPTION(……………………….)
Disable this line by adding
dnl#
2. Now create a new sendmail.cf file through sendmail.mc
#m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
3. In order to allow / restrict other network or client or any user to send

mail we edit file /etc/mail/access
#vi /etc/mail/access
172.24 OK
172.24.0.4 REJECT
root@station6.example.com DISCARD
OK : Allow
REJECT : restrict and message reply will come
DISCARD : restrict and message reply will not come
4. In order to redirect the mail of any user to another we edit

#vi /etc/aliases
Root : raj,rakesh,root@station6.example.com
After editing this file, we need to run the ‘newaliases command to update the
file
#newaliases
5. Start the Service
#service sendmail restart

#chkconfig sendmail on
6. To check the mail

#mutt
If any problem come that /var/spool/mail/root does not exits then create a file
by
#touch /var/spool/mail/root
CUPS
Common Unix Printer System
UPS is the primary printing system under Re Hat Enterprise Linux. CUPS
support a new Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), based on HTTP/1.1
Configuration
Steps:
1. Type the following command
#printconfig
Or
#system-config-printer
Assign
Queue name : xyz
Device name : IPP
Select Printer Driver “ raw printer queue”
Server : server1.example.com
Path for the Queue Directory : /printer/xyz
And finish the Wizard
2. Check the status of the Queue

#lpq
3. To Print any file

#lp <filename>
#lpr <filename>
4. To remove any job

#lprm job_number
Or
#cancel job_number
5. To check status with job number

#lpstat
FTP:
File Transfer Protocol
FTP provides file sharing between linux to linux , linux to Unix and Linux to
Windows
Service Profile

Package : vsftpd
Daemon : vsftpd
Script : vsftpd
Configuration File : /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
Port : 21
FTP service provide two level of access

a. Anonymous Access
b. User Access
A
In Anonymous access client machine can connect to target machine
via users FTP and anonymous. In this case we don’t require password. By
default these users have only permission to download (get)
B
In user access, client machine connect to Target machine by having
username and password on Target machine
For anonymous user FTP working directory is ‘/’

/ = /var/ftp
We can also provide user level security

We have two files
#vi /etc/vsftpd.ftpuser
#vi /etc/vsftpd.user_list
User entry in these two file are not allowed to access ‘ftp’
If we want that user entry in vsftpd.user_list can only access ftp server then
we need a entry in vsftpd.conf
#vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
Add following line
Userlist-deny = No
In order to assign upload permission to ftp and anonymous users
#vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
Anonymous-enable = yes
#uncomment line 27
Anon-upload-enable = yes
#uncomment
Chown-uploads = yes
Chown-username = daemon
Now create a directory inside /var/ftp

#mkdir upload
#chmod 777 upload
Chgrp ftp upload
Assign group owner ship to ftp to ‘upload’ directory
Start the Service
#service vsftpd restart

Access FTP
#ftp 172.24.254.254
For Anonymous user
Username = ftp
Password =`press Enter`
For User Access

Username = rakesh
Password = *****
In Graphical
ftp://rakesh@172.24.254.254
To upload: put
To download : get
Example:
#put <filename> to upload any file in user home directory
#get <filename. To download any file from user home directory
We can also open ftp server as

#elinks ftp://172.24.254.254
APACHE WEB SERVER

Apache Web Server is used for Web Hosting. With the help of Apache we can
host multiple Website.
Service Profile
Type : System V Manage

Daemon : httpd
Script : httpd
Port : 80
Package : httpd, portmap
Configuration File : /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Steps:
1. Check the rpm

#rpm –q httpd
2. For multiple Hosting we need to uncomment line number 1003

NameVirtualHost 172.24.254.254:80
Now copy line No 1016 to No. 1022 and paste at last
<VirtualHost 172.24.254.254:80>
ServerAdmin root@server1.example.com
DocumentRoot /www
ServerName server1.example.com
</VirtualHost>
Save and exit
Now create a directory

#mkdir /www
#cd /www
#vi index.html
Now start the service

#service httpd restart
#chkconfig httpd on
Now dig the site

#dig server1.example.com
#elinks http://server1.example.com
Restriction For User to Access Web site
#vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
<VirtualHost 172.24.254.254:80>
ServerAdmin root@server1.example.com
DocumentRoot /www
ServerName Server1.example.com
<Directory /www>
Option Indexes Includes
AllowOverride Authconfig
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Now create one file .htaccess in /www

#vi /www/.htaccess
AuthName “allow users”
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/ht.access
Require valid-user
Save and Exit
Now create one user

#adduser raj
#htpasswd –c /etc/httpd/ht.access raj
#chgrp apache /etc/httpd/ht.access
Start the Service

#service httpd restart
#chkconfig httpd on
#elinks http://server1.example.com
Open SSH Server
SSH or Secure Shell is used for the purpose of remote login between linux to
linux and linux to Unix. The mail difference between SSH and telnet is that
SSH can be used for file transfer.
Service Profile

Package : open ssh, open ssh-server, openssh-
client
Daemon : sshd
Port : 22
Script : sshd
Configuration File : /etc/ssh/sshd-config
If you want root should not login then

#vi /etc/ssh/sshd-config
Line
PermitRootLogin No
Uncomment line number 13 and 14
Port 22
Protocol 2,1
Save and exit
Start the service

#service sshd restart
#chkconfig sshd on
#ssh raj@172.24.254.254 ( by User)

#ssh 172.24.254.254 (By root)
If you want to display any welcome Note at the time of connecting
#Banner
Banner /etc/banner
If you want to copy file from ssh server to client

#scp 172.24.254.254:/root/install.log /mnt
If you want to directory

#scp –r 172.24.254.254:/root/raj /mnt
If you want to copy file from client machine to ssh server

#scp /root/anaconda-ks.cfg 172.24.254.254:/root
Remote shut down

#ssh 172.24.0.6 init 6
Or
Slogin command can also be used
Samba
Samba can be used to share file and printer between linux to linux, linux to
Unix and Linux to windows
Service Profile
Type : System V Manage
Package : Samba, samba-common, samba-client

Daemon : smbd, nmbd
Script : smb
Port : 167,168,169
Configuration file : /etc/samba/smb.conf
/etc/samba/smbpasswd
Edit the file smb.conf

#vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
Workgroup = CORP
Server String = Samba
Host allow = 172.24.254.254/255.255.0.0
Then copy last 8 line
[raj]
Path = /data
Valid users = raj rakesh
Public = no
Writeable = yes
Browse able = yes
Save and exit
Now create a Users

#adduser raj
#adduser rakesh
#smbpasswd –a raj
#smbpasswd –a rakesh
Start the service

#service smb restart
#chkconfig smb on
On client side
#smbclient //172.24.254.254/raj –U raj
GUI
Smb://172.24.254.254
Mounting share folder

#smbmount //172.24.254.254/data /mnt –o username=rakesh
IP Forwarding
In Linux, we can’t use a computer with two network interface to route
between two or more subnet. To be able to do this we need to make sure that
we enable IP forwarding. We should make sure that module is loaded. To
check type
#cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip-forward
If forwarding is enabled, the number 1 is returned. If forwarding is not
enabled, the number 0 is returned.
To enable IP forwarding
#vi /etc/sysctl.conf
Line no.7
Net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Save and exit
To activate permanently
#sysctl –p
Or another method is
#echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ip_forward
This work for temporary use till system is ‘ON’
Now for the first network

#netconfig
IP address : 172.24.254.254
Subnet : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway : 172.25.254.254
Primary server : 172.24.254.254
Second network
#netconfig –d eth0:1 (-d : virtual)
IP Address : 172.25.254.254
Subnet : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway : 172.24.254.254
Primary Server : 172.24.254.254
Security Policies
According to the service management, there are three type of security
policies
1. Security within a service
2. security provided by TCP wrappers
3. security provided by xinetd
TCP Wrappers
Configuration needed two file
a. Hosts.allow
b. Hosts.deny
By default all are allowed
Check the rpm

#rpm –q tcp_wrappers
Syntax
Daemon_list : client_list
Example 1: Network 172.24.0.0 are not allowed to use ftp service

#vi /etc/hosts.deny
Vsftpd: 172.24.0.0/55.255.0.0
Example 2 : allowing 172.24.0.0 and deny outside network (172.25.0.0)

#vi /etc/hosts.allow
Vsftpd: 172.24.0.0/255.255.0.0
#vi /etc/hosts.deny
Vsftpd: 172.25.0.0/255.255.0.0
In order to deny other network

Vsftpd: ALL
Deny other network except 172.24.0.0

In this case just make entry in hosts.deny
#vi /etc/hosts.deny
Vsftpd: ALL EXCEPT 172.24.0.0/255.255.0.0
Similarly we can make entry for SSH, IMAP, and POP3
Example 3: Network 172.26.0.0, 172.24.0.1, 172.24.0.2 allowed to use SSH

service
Sshd : 172.24.0.1 172.24.0.2 172.26.0.0/255.255.0.0
Example 4: Network example.com, redhat.com allowed to use telnet service

In.telnetd : .example.com .redhat.com
Or we can assign station wise
In.telnetd : station1.example.com
Example 5: Allowing 172.24.0.0 except 172.24.0.1 to use ssh service and

disallowing all other network
#vi /etc/hosts.deny
Sshd : ALL EXCEPT 172.24.0.0/255.255.0.0 EXCEPT 172.24.0.1
Some of the daemon are
Imapd
Ipop3d
Smbd, nmbd
Telnet
Telnet service is used for the purpose of remote login between linux to linux,
linux to unix and linux to windows
Service Profile
Type : xinetd
Package : telnet-server, telnet
Daemon : based on xinetd
Script : based on xinetd
Configuration : /etc/xinetd.d/telnet
Check the rpm

#rpm –q telnet-server telnet
Edit the file

#vi /etc/xinetd.d/telnet
Make
Disable = no
Save and exit
Start the service

#service xinetd restart
#chkconfig xinetd on
Security setting
1. For particular system
#vi /etc/xinetd.d/telnet
Only_from = 172.24.0.6
Save and exit

By default all node in a network can access through telnet
2. For range of node

#vi /etc/xinetd/telnet
Only_from = 172.24.0.{1,2,3,4}
3. Deny particular node

No_access = 172.24.0.6
Time setting
Acees_time = 04:15=04:30
If we want to login with username as root and by default we cannot

#vi /etc/securetty
Add two line
Pts/0
Pls/1
Configuration of POP3 and IMAP

IMAP is used for the authentication and POP3 is used for mailing
We need to configure
#vi /etc/dovecot.conf
Uncomment line No. 14
Protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s
Save and exit
Start the service
#service dovecot restart
#chkconfig dovecot on
#chkconfig xinetd on
Now in order to provide security
Allowing local network to access the pop3 and imap and disallowing other
Ipop3d : 172.24.0.0/255.255.0.0
Imapd : 172.24.0.0/255.255.0.0
#vi /etc/hosts.deny
Ipop3d : ALL
Imapd : ALL
These permission are set when host from local network can access pop3 and
imap and hosts from other network does’nt allow
In order to disallow outside network say 172.25.0.0

Ipop3d : 172.25.0.0/255.255.0.0
Imapd : 172.25.0.0/255.255.0.0
To check the status

#nmap stationx
Or
#namp localhost
Digital Certification
Certificate is used for the purpose of authentication
Steps
1. Check for devecot.pem file in
#cd /usr/share/ssl/certs
#rm dovecot.pem
#make dovecot.pem
In this we have to make the following entries
a. country
b. state
c. street
d. company and unit name
e. station name
f. email address
after making all those entry we need to copy this file
#cp dovecot.pem /usr/share/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
Overwrite : yes
To check the status or entry
#openssl x509 –noout-subject </usr/share/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
Low Level Format

The command ‘shred’ is used for low level format 25 times, we can’t recover
files after this
#shred /dev/hda
UMask
User Mask
Default value for root = 0022
Default value for users = 0002
When we create any new file. The default value will be 666. in this case
Umask means 666-002 = 664 for normal user and for the root the default
value will be 666-022=644
The default value for a directory is 777. in this case umask means that
whenever we create new directory, the default valkue for normal user 777-
002 = 775 and for root, the default value 777-022 = 755
Some Important File Settings:

1. GRUB.CONF
GRUB stands for GRand Unified Bootloader. It is the default boot loader used
by Red Hat Linux
Grub.conf file found in /boot/grub/grub.conf and its symbolic links found in
/etc/grub.conf
#vi /etc/grub.conf
Default = 0
Timeout = 5
Splash image=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
Hidden menu
Title Redhat Linux
Root (hd0,0)
Kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-5.EL ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
Initrd /initrd-2.6.9-5.EL.img
2. INITTAB FILE
Run level setting are done in inittab file. Inittab found in
/etc/inittab
#vi /etc/inittab
id:5:initdefault:
si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown –t3 –r now *

X:5:respawn:/etc/x11/prefdm –nodaemon
Setting Grub Password

Two method are used to set grub password
Method I:
#vi /etc/grub.conf
Below
Hiddenmenu
Password = redhat
This password is not in encrypted form.
Method II: Encrypted form

#grub-md5-crypt >>/etc/grub.conf
Enter two times the password
In this case the password will be encrypted and directed (>>) to file
grub.conf
Now open file
#vi /etc/grub.conf
Copy that password line from the bottom most and paste it bellow hidden
menu option as
Password –md5 <password>
Save and exit

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 4.0 ES

Features and Advantage:

There are two mode of login

ls –l or ll : used for long listing including file and directory permission

ls –d : shows all the directory

6. pwd: Print working directory

7. who am I : display the information of current terminal

8. who : display all the terminal in a network

9. history : it shows all the command your have used.

Creating file and Directory:

b. View the content of file

Deleting Files and directory:

in order to remove non empty directory

Another method of creating file :

Copying File and Directory:

c. cp –rf [source]directory [destination]

syntax used for copy file or directory:

Moving and Renaming File and Directory

# mv [option] file1 file2 file3 destination

c. Man and Info:

Viewing Text Page

/text : search for text

Simply we can also use “less” along with pipe | as

File and Directory:

If we want to change permission, then there are two methods:

1. # chmod u+rwx file or directory : in case of user only

• + is used to add permission

# chmod 531 file/directory

#chmod 742 file/directory

Linux file system:

Root : it is an home directory of super user (root) administrator

tmp : it contain all temporary file

file system type:

Representation Of Media Devices:

In case of SCSI, Sata or USB we will use : /dev/sda

to access partition of windows in linux

b. Copy, paste delete, undo

dd : delete particular line

3. Save and Exit

User and Group Administrator

There are three type of user account in Red hat Linux

now in order to check the Userid, Group we use /etc/login.def

# finger : this command is used to get the information about the

#id : this command is used to get userid, groupid of the user

Redirecting Input /Output

The standard Output of command , which normally display on the terminal

> : command>file : output command to file

Redirecting standard Error

Checking Free Space:

in init 3 runlevel, if you type command startx to go to the graphical mode

Welcome Message at the time of login:

to check the RAM size do the following step

1. Server configuration tools

Max Space Needed : 6132MB

Then first mentioned your system ip address in order to identify itself in

Now start the service

Now boot the new system by Disk 1 of RedHat linux

RPM (RedHat Package Manager)

In order to remove those package which has dependency