Advanced environment settings

Shell settings (.bashrc and .bash_profile)
Program in shell: loop, test, SQL
Automate routine administration work
The sed and awk commands
Know the architecture of user accounts
Manage the PATH

Workshop: personalize your own environment

Configure the X11 server and the graphics cards
Manage the fonts of the X11 server
Manage keyboards with the X11 server
Basic commands of the graphics server
Management of the LightDM, KDM and GDM interfaces

Workshop: install and customize your own graphical interface

Authentication
User rights management
Knowledge of the password file and PAM
Management of scheduled tasks
Configuration of local parameters

Workshop: configure system authentication; plan a script.

Clock and timezone configuration

Configuration of an NTP server
Configuration of syslog and logrotate daemons
Knowledge of r-syslog
Mail configuration and knowledge of the various MTAs
Configuration and management of the print server

Workshop: organize log management for your own system 

Audit of a system: identify the rights wrongly granted
Password management
Audit of open ports
Define the limits of resources granted to users 

Audit connection logs
Manage sudo rights

Workshop: audit the vulnerabilities of your own system and activate firewall protection

Passing the certification (if provided for in the funding)