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Boot process
boot overview
grub2
kernel
systemd
root password recovery
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
User admin
configuration files
user administration commands
setuid, setgid & sticky bit
su command
sudo command
Access Control Lists
Pluggable Authentication Modules
Storage
disk partitioning
ext4
xfs
LVM
swap
NFS & CIFS
automounter
storage commands
mount
query
ls
tree
du
df
file
ldd
stat
fuser
lslocks
search
find
locate
findfs
mountpoint
findmnt
namei
view and create
cat
tac
more
head
tail
touch
xfs_mkfile
fallocate
truncate
dd
ln
mkfifo
mknod
mktemp
mkdir
delete
rm
rmdir
unlink
shred
scrub
dd
attributes manipulation
chattr
lsattr
archival
tar
star
compression
compress
gzip
bzip2
other
rsync
blockdev
ssm
Network
Network configuration
configuration basics
bonding
teaming
bridging
VLANs
SSH
TCP wrappers
DNS client
VNC
LDAP client
time, chrony & ntp
timedatectl
date
hwclock
chrony
ntp
networking tools
ip
networkctl
netstat
ss
address resolution
nslookup
host
dig
host alive?
ping
hping3
nmap
tracing routes
traceroute
tracepath
packet sniffing
netcat
chat
banner grabbing
file transfer
port scanner
remote shell
security
other
messaging local users
Monitoring
Process monitoring
ps
top
htop
atop
prtstat
pidstat
prlimit
pmap
gstack
pstree
kill, pkill & killall
nice, renice & ionice
lsof
Process related
pgrep
bg, fg, &, jobs, nohup and disown
stty, tty, clear & reset
time, timeout, sleep & usleep
watch
strace
Performance monitoring
mpstat
vmstat
iostat
sar, sadc & sa1
netstat
slabtop
ipcs, ipcmk & ipcrm
User session monitoring
last, lastb & lslogins
id, logname, groups, users, w, who, whoami and who am i
Security
SSH security
tcp wrappers
iptables
firewalld
LUKS encrypted file systems
Miscellaneous
scheduling
cron & anacron
at & batch
logging
rsyslog
journal
logrotate
logger
dmesg
patching
rpm
yum
dnf
getting help
man
apropos
whatis, which & whereis
fc & history
locate
Cisco IOS
Routing
Static and floating routes
Dynamic Routing Protocols
RIP
EIGRP
OSPF
FHRP
IP services
Cisco DNS
Cisco NTP
Cisco DHCP
Cisco NAT
Cisco security
Cisco Security Fundamental Concepts
Configure console and remote access
Port security
Access Control Lists
DHCP snooping
Dynamic ARP inspection
IP services
IP services sections:
DNS
NTP
DHCP
NAT