In this rather brief course, we're going to explore some basic but critical Linux administration tasks. We'll talk about organizing and protecting system resources through managing user accounts and groups.

We'll become familiar with the system files that track user and group configurations as part of that process.

We'll also learn how to schedule regular or one-time tasks so they can be reliably executed even if you're not around to set them off. And we'll see how the computers you administrate can be optimized for your particular geographic region by setting the proper time zone and system localization variables. Let's get started.