B.Sc. (Information Technology) Linux Administration Practical Syllabus - Mumbai University

This is the TY BSc IT syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. The University still sets the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it for ATKT candidates, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.

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Syllabus for Linux Administration Practical

Major elective · Semester 5 · TY BSc IT · 2 credits · 50 marks

Module I: 1

a Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Virtual Box/ VmWare)
b Linux Graphical Environment
i Display/Login Manager ii. Desktop Environment iii. Linux Directory Structure and File Systems 2. Basic System Commands
a Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc)
b Use grep and regular expressions to analyse text
c Log in and switch users in multi-user targets
d Working with Text Files cat,cut,less,hesd,tail,sort,wc,grep, awk 3. Essential File Management Tools
a Managing Files ,Using Links
b Working with Archives and Compressed Files
c Create, delete, copy, and move files and directories
d Archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2
e Create hard and soft links
f Managing File Ownership, Managing Basic Permissions
g Managing Advanced Permissions, Managing ACLs
h Setting Default Permissions with umask
i Working with User-Extended Attributes
j List, set, and change standard ugo/rwx permissions
k Create and configure set-GID directories for collaboration
l Create and manage access control lists 4. Working with Users, Groups, and Permissions
a Creating and Managing Users
b Creating and Managing Groups
c Using Permissions and Advanced Permissions
d Change passwords and adjust password aging for local user accounts
e Configure superuser access -> su,sudo,root 5. Managing Software
a Managing Software Packages with YUM
b Using yum
c Managing Software Packages with RPM
d Install and update software packages repository from the local file system

Module II

6. Managing Processes
a Introduction to Process Management
b Managing Shell Jobs
c Using Common Command-Line Tools for Process Management
d Using top to Manage Processes
e Using tuned to Optimize Performance
f Identify CPU/memory-intensive processes and kill processes 7. Managing Storage
a Understanding MBR and GPT Partitions
b Managing Partitions and File Systems
c Mounting File Systems
d List, create, delete partitions on MBR and GPT disks
e Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by universally unique ID (UUID) or label
f Add new partitions and logical volumes, and swap to a system non-destructively
g Create, mount, unmount, and use vfat, ext4, and xfs file systems 8. Configuring Networking
a Managing Network Addresses and Interfaces
b Validating Network Configuration
c Managing Network Configuration with nmtui and nmcli
d Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
e Configure DNS-hostname resolution 9. Configuring SSH
a Using SSH and Related Utilities
b Access remote systems using SSH
c Configuring Key-Based Authentication with Passphrases
d Configure key-based authentication for SSH 10. Configuring web server
a Configuring a Basic Apache Server
b Understanding Apache Configuration Files
c Creating Apache Virtual Host 11. Configure Firewall
a Linux Firewall with iptables
b Working with Firewalld 12. Accessing Network Storage
a Using NFS Services
b Using CIFS Services
c Mounting Remote File Systems Through fstab
d Using Automount to Mount Remote File Systems 13. Creating Shell scripts
a automate or monitor tasks/processes
b Getting and setting system information 14. Scheduling Tasks
a Configuring Cron to Automate Recurring Tasks
b Configuring At to Schedule Future Tasks
c Schedule tasks using at and cron

Text Books

4 Red Hat RHCA 8 Cert Guide by Sander van Vugt
5 RHCSA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Training and Exam Preparation Guide (EX200) by Asghar Ghori
6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Administration - Master Linux Administration Skills and Prepare for the RHCSA Certification Exam (Packt, 2021)

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Information Technology) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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