Erica’s Linux+ Study Guide (XK0-002)
Learn Unix in 10 Minutes file system, permissions, viewing files, tar, compression, vi
Linux Help Files library
Best Linux Distributions at MakeUseOf
Introduction to Linux System Administration at TechTarget
Enterprise Linux learning guide library
20 Linux System Monitoring Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know
Unix Network and System Profiling
Enterprise Linux videos from vendors
Digest: Windows and Linux interoperability, integration
Security Blanket 3.0 from Trusted Computer Solutions
Using OS lock down scripts can be time consuming and error prone. Keeping those scripts up-to-date as new guidelines are published requires a continuous cycle of research, interpretation, and script revision. Security Blanket automates the process of locking down Linux and Solaris operating systems.
Fdisk a Drive
fdisk /dev/hd[x]
| m | menu |
| n | new partition |
| p | primary |
| 1 | 1 through 4 |
| first cylinder | |
| last cylinder | |
| t | change partition |
| 1 | 1 through 4 |
| c | fat32 LBA |
| w | write partition section out |
Format a Drive
mkdosfs -F 32 -n label /dev/hd[x]
| -F 32 | Fat32 file system |
| -n label | label the drive “label” |
| /dev/hd[x] | drive to format |
Mount a Drive
mount -t vfat /dev/hd[x] /mnt/mpoint
| vfat | FAT32 |
| /dev/hd[x] | drive |
| /mnt/mpoint | mount point (must already exist) |
Wipe a Drive
Overwrite each sector on the drive with a zero. Use fdisk -l to determine the device names to use in place of sda.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda
Alternate description:
time dcfldd pattern=00 of=/dev/hd[x] bs=64k
time dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hd[x] bs=64k
| time | report how long the command will take |
| if | input file |
| of | output file |
| bs | block size |
| hd[x] | drive to wipe |
Five things you didn’t know Bash could do on Linux
Bash commands for navigation, sharing, and find
Live Linux Distributions
| Knoppix | accessible, easy-to-use |
| Linux Questions ISO list | many Linux distributions |
| See Digital Forensics Links | Many Digital Forensics and Incident Response bootable DVDs and CDs have been created |
| The LiveCD List | many more bootable CD/DVD operating systems |
Basic Linux Commands at Google Code University
