Tux Training

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Table of Contents for Videos and HowTo’s

Linux Basics

• Basic Commands
  1. An Introduction to Linux Command Line Absolute Basics
  2. How to set your PATH
  3. Setting system clock and date
  4. Expanding on cp, mv, and rm commands
  5. Guide for tar, gzip, and bzip2
  6. How to use lzma for compression
  7. Sending message to users logged into a unix terminal with write and wall
     
  8. Installing software from source in Linux
  9. Viewing system information in the Commandline
  10. Basics of Process Management
  11. Send a process to the background and the foreground
  12. 5 ways to find files in linux in Linux
  13. cat, more, less, and tail
  14. How to Use vi
      1. Copy between files in vi/vim
      2. Search and Replace in Vi/Vim
  15. Some Emacs Basics
  16. How to use nano, a commandline text editor
  17. Basics of Using Grep
  18. A Guided Tour Of Awk
  19. Getting started with awk
  20. Stdin, stdout and stderr
  21. Pipes, Redirection and Chaining
  22. Running Multiple Sessions in Linux
  23. What are and how to Change Runlevels
  24. Working with Linux Services
  25. Linux Boot Sequence
  26. Shutdown / Reboot Linux from the Command Line

• Users, Permissions and Files
  1. Linux File Structure Cheat Sheet
  2. Discover the possibilities of the /proc directory
  3. Root, Superuser, and User Management Basics
     1. Understanding /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/sudoers, and /etc/skel/
     2. The chage command
  4. Linux file permissions
  5. How to change a file’s owner and group in Linux
  6. umask
  7. Hardlinks and Symlinks

• Hardware
  1. Linux File System Review
  2. Basics of partitioning with fdisk and formatting with mkfs
  3. Make a swap partition
  4. How to mount filesystems in Linux
  5. How to edit and understand /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab
  6. File System Checking with fsck
  7. Understanding xorg.conf

• Networking
  1. Learning your network configuration files
  2. Some Basic Networking Commands (ifconfig, netstat, traceroute, ping)
  3. How to install a Network card in linux
  4. How to Assign an IP address
  5. Clone or Change your MAC address in Linux
  6. Basics of ssh and scp
  7. The basics of ftp and sftp
  8. ngrep - network grep
  9. How to read netstat output
  10. Basics of iptables
  11. Iptables: How to save and restore rules at boot & shutdown
  12. Kill a process by it’s port
  13. HOWTO: Backup nightly via rsync
  14. How to change the hostname of a Linux system

• Shells
  1. Enhance your terminal with fish

• Misc
  1. 7 Linux Commandline Cheat Sheets
  2. How to disable Ctrl+Alt+Backspace from restarting X
  3. The /etc/default/rcS file

Hardware

1. Howto check disk drive for errors and badblocks
2. Change TTY Resolution

Applications

• Web Browsers
  1. Speed Up Firefox 2.x
  2. Beautify Firefox Form Widgets in Linux
  3. How to turn off Firefox 3’s “awesome bar”
  4. Speed Up Konqueror
  5. Disable Opera’s BitTorrent client
  6. Run Internet Explorer 6.0 in Linux with Wine

• Instant Messengers
  1. Use OTR to Encrypt Pidgin Conversations

• Email Clients
  1. Set up Gmail in Kmail/Kontact
  2. Use Thunderbird and Google for your home groupware solution
  3. Sign & Encrypt your Emails with Thunderbird/Enigmail
  4. Export Kmail into Thunderbird
  5. Encrypt / Sign your Email in Evolution

• Office Suites
  1. Speed Up Start Time for OpenOffice.org
  2. Import and Export your OpenOffice Documents with Google Docs

• Bit Torrent
  1. How to Encrypt Bit Torrent Traffic With Ktorrent and Azurues
  2. Beating Sandvine on Linux with iptables
  3. Import PeerGuardian Blocklists into Ktorrent & Deluge

• Other
  1. Make Conky Transparent and movable
  2. Installing & Using Gnome-Do

Commandline Applications

• Internet
  1. IRC through the command line ( irssi )
  2. Put irssi in a chroot jail
  3. AIM on the Command Line (naim)
  4. Surf with a Commandline Web Browser (elinks)
  5. Commandline BitTorrent ( rtorrent )
  6. Update Twitter From the Command Line with cURL
  7. Read your RSS Feeds in the Command line with SnowNews
  8. How to use wget
  9. Download Youtube Video From Command Line
  10. Burn CDs in the Commandline with Bashburn

• File Management and Processing
  1. File Management in the Terminal with Midnight Commander
  2. Oleo: a commandline spreadsheet
  3. View MS Word files in the Commandline with AntiWord
  4. Writing ISO Images to CD with cdrecord

• Multimedia
  1. Watch movies in the command line
  2. Manage Images with ImageMagick
  3. Play music with the commandline (mpg123)
  4. Control Your Volume in the Commandline with alsamixer

• Other
  1. Use htop to monitor and manage system processes
  2. Using Screen for Session Management in your terminal
  3. 5 ways to pimp your terminal in linux
  4. Customizing Your Bash Prompt
     1. Have a nice customized .bashrc file
  5. Colored ls Output
  6. Recover Deleted Files with Foremost

Multimedia

1. Convert Ogg Theora File to Flash Video Format?
2. Rip Audio from the Web with SoundJuicer
3. Top 10 Scripts for Amarok

Networking

1. Linux to Linux Key Based SSH
2. Preventing Brute Force Attacks With Fail2ban(somewhat OpenSuse centric)
3. Protect SSH Access With hosts files and a proper sshd_config(tcp wrappers)
4. Protect SSH from brute force attacks
5. Mounting a SSH folder locally with sshfs
6. Creating SSH Tunnels in Linux
7. Creating ssh reverse tunnel
8. How To Add a Welcome Message for SSH Users
9. Nmap for Beginners - Network & Port Scanning made easy
10. Introduction to Netcat
11. How-To ping IPV6 ip address
12. How to ignore ping requests
13. ip command cheat sheet
14. Monitor Web page changes
15. How to find out what IPs are being used on your subnet with nmap

Security

1. Scanning for rootkits with chkrootkit
2. Search for rootkits with RKhunter
3. Securely Delete Files with Wipe
4. Securely Delete files from Journaling Filesystems in Linux
5. Delete Files Permanently and Securely with Shred & SecureDelete
6. Steganography in Linux
7. The Port Scan Attack Detector
8. Encrypt-Decrypt file using GPG
9. Encrypt files with OpenSSL
10. Installing and Running Clam Anti Virus in Linux
11. How to password protect the single user mode in Linux
12. Kick a user off your linux box
13. Detect intruders on your network with Snort
14. Password protect Grub Bootloader
15. Secure your system with Tripwire
16. Howto: Harden the Ubuntu Linux Kernel with sysctl
17. Change Permissions on Password files so no one can change them
18. Time Based iptables rules with patch-o-matic extension
19. Bastille Linux: A Walkthrough
20. Defeat Nmap OS Fingerprinting with ippersonality and iplog
21. Filter Out RIAA/MPAA with PeerGuardian on IPCop
22. Safety Online

Cracking

1. Crack Password Protected zip, rar, 7z, and pdf files in Linux
2. Howto: crack a wireless network with Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
3. Howto: arpspoof, webmitm, and ssldump to sniff passwords via https
4. Two Approaches to Cracking the Windows Password
5. Installing & Using John the Ripper: The Linux Password cracker
6. Avoid Detection with nmap Port Scan Decoys

• Reviews
  1. 7 applications to manage your ipod in Linux
  2. Peer to Peer in Linux
  3. Linux Desktop Search
  4. Top 5 OpenOffice.org Extensions

Servers

• Lamp
  1. Apache
     1. Abolute Basics of Apache
     2. How do I password-protect my Apache website using .htaccess?
     3. Secure Apache Web Server
  2. MySQL
     1. Basics of MySql on the Commandline #1
     2. Basics of MySql on the Commandline #2
     3. Basics of MySql on the Commandline #3
  3. PHP
     1. Basics of PHP #1
• Content Management Systems
  1. Gnump3d MP3 Streaming Server(Ubuntu and OpenSuse centric)

• File and Directory Sharing
  1. How to setup a Samba Server
  2. Setting up samba with password protection
  3. How to install Bind DNS in a chroot jail

Specifics for Debian

1. Using fgetty instead of getty on Debian
2. Preventing Debian Package Upgrades

Specifics for Fedora

1. The basics of yum
2. RPM Cheat Sheet
3. Get the best out of yum with yum-fastestmirror, yumex, & yum-utils
4. How to build a rpm file from a source file
5. A step-by-step guide to building a new SELinux policy module
6. Installing TrueCrypt in Fedora 9

Specifics for Redhat

1. NSA Guides for Securing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
2. A step-by-step guide to building a new SELinux policy module

Specifics for Arch

1. How to manage packages using Pacman in Arch Linux

Specifics for Mardriva

1. Basics of URPMI in Mandriva

Specifics for Gentoo

1. How to use emerge in Gentoo
2. Making Sense of Gentoo’s USE Flags

Specifics for OpenSuse

• Basics
  1. Install OpenSuse Tutorial in Video
  2. Starting Point for Absolute Beginners of openSuse 10.3
  3. Install OpenSuse Tutorial in Video
  4. Install Software With YAST From the Command Line
  5. Basics of Managing Software with Zypper in OpenSuse
  6. RPM Cheat Sheet
  7. How to install .src.rpm packages in openSuse
  8. How to build a rpm file from a source file
  9. How to install a deb file in openSuse

• Hardware
  1. Mount your NTFS Filesystem/Partition for Read/Write Access in openSUSE 10.x
  2. Ghost your Suse installation with dd

• Networking
  1. Access to Windows Shares in openSuse 10.3

• Security
  1. Turning off Auto-login in Suse 10.3
  2. Use Yast to Encrypt Partitions
  3. Encrypted Root File System During Install in openSuse 10.3
  4. Securing Your Server With AppArmor

• Tweaks
  1. Turn on Subpixel Hinting in openSuse 10.2 and 10.3
  2. Set The Refresh Period For Yast Package Manager
  3. Change the default theme in Yast to Oxygen (KDE4) icons

Specifics for Ubuntu

1. The basics of apt-get
2. Use dpkg to install packages in Ubunt & Debian
3. Installing an RPM file in Ubuntu/Debian
4. Enable the root account in Ubuntu
5. How to find the UUID of a device in Ubuntu
6. Apturl: Install software by clicking a link in Ubuntu
7. Preventing Debian Package Upgrades
8. Encrypt Your Ubuntu During Install
9. How to use the Uncomplicated Firewall in Ubuntu
10. Installing & Using TimeVault in Ubuntu/Debian
11. Guide to faster Ubuntu

Specifics for Non-Linux OSes

• OpenSolaris
  1. How to use pkg on OpenSolaris for Package Management

• FreeBSD
  1. How To Start & Stop Network & Routing Service in FreeBSD 5x, 6x, & 7x

Specific for Desktop Environments

• KDE
  1. Make the Windows Key on your Keyboard open KMenu in KDE
  2. How to install a KDE4 Package from source with cmake
  3. Make Conky Transparent in KDE
  4. Kicker’s hidden tweaks
  5. Create an ‘Open as Root’ Action in Konqueror

• Gnome
  1. Make your xscreensaver your Gnome Wallpaper
  2. Have a Changing Wallpaper with Wallpapoz in Gnome
  3. Make the Windows Key Open the Gnome Panel Menu
  4. How to Hide Mounted Drives on Gnome’s Desktop

• FluxBox
  1. How to Add Menu’s in Fluxbox
  2. Make icons on your fluxbox desktop with idesk
  3. Set Background Wallpaper in Fluxbox
  4. Put icons in your Fluxbox menu

• Xfce
  1. Make the Windows Key Open the Xfce menu

Gimp Tutorials

1. Gimp Series: How to make drop shadows

Linux Misc

1. How to Install and Setup IPCop as your Linux based router
2. Install IpodLinux on your iPod

Quick Tips

1. Disable the System Beep from the Command Line
2. How To Show The Top Largest Files and Directories
3. Renaming multiple files with ‘rename’ command
4. Secure the Hell Out of your Windows Box