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RHEL 8: Operating Running Systems

Having already gained some command line experience in RHEL 8, you may want to know how to shut the system down now. This course will teach you how to manage services in RHEL 8 and the complete system.

Andrew Mallett - Pluralsight course - RHEL 8: Operating Running Systems
by Andrew Mallett

What you'll learn

Administering Linux servers can often be depressing; starting new work on a Monday morning and you realize no one knows the root password. In this course, RHEL 8: Operating Running Systems, you’ll learn to gain full control of your existing RHEL 8 systems. First, you’ll explore the boot process and learn to shut down and reboot systems and restrict user access during maintenance. Next, you’ll discover how to reset root passwords when access is restricted. Finally, you’ll learn to tune the performance of the system to match the requirements you define. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Linux system management allowing you to analyze issues, correcting them in an efficient manner.

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About the author

Andrew Mallett - Pluralsight course - RHEL 8: Operating Running Systems
Andrew Mallett

Andrew is a committed evangelist of the Linux Operating System and the concept of community and freedom that it provides. He has worked as a technical trainer since 1995 and has taught throughout the world, including Australia, the US, Germany and Eastern Europe. Andrew started teaching Linux in 2004 when Novell acquired SUSE and has been a long time supporter of Novell and provides SYSOP support the the Certifed Novell Instructor community on Linux. Andrew founded theurbanpenguin and has been submitting video training material to his YouTube channel since 2009 and currently has over 8,500 subscribers and 1.6 Million views. Andrew has had two publications with Packt: Citrix Access Gateway VPX Essentials (2012) and Citrix XenApp (2013).

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