101.1 Determine and configure hardware settings

101.2 Boot the system

101.3 Change runlevels / boot targets and shutdown or reboot system

102.1 Design hard disk layout

102.2 Install a boot manager

102.3 Manage shared libraries

102.4 Use Debian package management

102.5 Use RPM and YUM package management

103.1 Work on the command line

103.2 Process text streams using filters

103.3 Perform basic file management

103.4 Use streams, pipes and redirects

103.5 Create, monitor and kill processes

103.6 Modify process execution priorities

103.7 Search text files using regular expressions

103.8 Perform basic file editing operations using vi

Topic 104: Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard:

104.1 Create partitions and filesystems

104.2 Maintain the integrity of filesystems

104.3 Control mounting and unmounting of filesystems

104.4 Manage disk quotas

104.5 Manage file permissions and ownership

104.6 Create and change hard and symbolic links

104.7 Find system files and place files in the correct location

Topic 105: Shells, Scripting and Data Management:

105.1 Customize and use the shell environment

105.2 Customize or write simple scripts

105.3 SQL data management

106.1 Install and configure X11

106.2 Setup a display manager

106.3 Accessibility

107.1 Manage user and group accounts and related system files

107.2 Automate system administration tasks by scheduling jobs

107.3 Localisation and internationalisation

108.1 Maintain system time

108.2 System logging

108.3 Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) basics

108.4 Manage printers and printing

109.1 Fundamentals of internet protocols 

109.2 Basic network configuration

109.3 Basic network troubleshooting

109.4 Configure client side DNS

110.1 Perform security administration tasks

110.2 Setup host security

110.3 Securing data with encryption

Topic 200: Capacity Planning :

200.1 Measure and Troubleshoot Resource Usage

200.2 Predict Future Resource Needs

201.1 Kernel Components

201.2 Compiling a kernel

201.3 Kernel runtime management and troubleshooting

202.1 Customizing SysV-init system startup

202.2 System Recovery

202.3 Alternate Bootloaders

203.1 Operating the Linux filesystem

203.2 Maintaining a Linux filesystem

203.3 Creating and configuring filesystem options

204.1 Configuring RAID

204.2 Adjusting Storage Device Access

204.3 Logical Volume Manager

205.1 Basic networking configuration

205.2 Advanced Network Configuration and Troubleshooting

205.3 Troubleshooting Network Issues

206.1 Make and install programs from source

206.2 Backup operations

206.3 Notify users on system-related issues

207.1 Basic DNS server configuration

207.2 Create and maintain DNS zones

207.3 Securing a DNS server

208.1 Implementing a web server

208.2 Apache configuration for HTTPS

208.3 Implementing a proxy server

208.4 Implementing Nginx as a web server and a reverse proxy

209.1 SAMBA Server Configuration

209.2 NFS Server Configuration

210.1 DHCP configuration

210.2 PAM authentication

210.3 LDAP client usage

210.4 Configuring an OpenLDAP server

211.1 Using e-mail servers

211.2 Managing Local E-Mail Delivery

211.3 Managing Remote E-Mail Delivery

212.1 Configuring a router

212.2 Securing FTP servers

212.3 Secure shell (SSH)

212.4 Security tasks

212.5 OpenVPN