I really like the idea. Some additional suggestions that I think should at least be covered at a high level ... as they are foreign concepts if coming from a Windows only world:
* Obvious commands for help, but not if you're noob: info info &/or man man ... and other basics of bash * Why and how sudo & sudo su * Overview of must know (they exist) utilities: man, top, nano, w, tar, ps, df/du, find, grep, sed/awk, etc. * Common gotchas: How to close man, vi, etc, and other weird linux keystrokes. How to use *fg* if you hit CTRL-Z to "undo" then shell program seemingly exits. (common in nano/vi). * File systems & fstab overview PLUS mounting local partitions / network drives (sshfs or gvfs) * Basics of backups + recovery (both server / desktop as strategies might differ).
Take what you like, leave what you don't, but hope it helps!
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Ilan Rabinovitch ilan@socallinuxexpo.orgwrote:
It sounds like this would be relevant to any type of new admin, whether they had windows backgrounds or not. Would this be a class, or a standard session track that one could come in and out of through out the weekend?
I assume this would be in addition to the existing desktop training class?
On 3/15/13 3:20 PM, Orv Beach wrote:
We, the SCALE Training Team, are contemplating holding a training track next year that has a tentative title of "Linux System Administration for Windows Users" - we see it as providing the necessary basic survival skills for that Windows admin who has a couple of internally-facing Linux boxes thrown to him for management.
Looking for suggestions for content. We already have:
- samba (client & server)
- NFS (server)
- All about SSH
- user & group administration
- software installation and patching
? - basics of BIND
Your suggestions?
Thanks!
-- Orv
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