Course Description
The Fundamentals of UNIX Administration course is training for UNIX users who desire to increase their skill set to include basic UNIX System V Release 4 Operating System-based system administration and/or work effectively in a multi-vendor UNIX local or networked environment. It is not a vendor-specific course, but is based on the most popular of the UNIX variants, Solaris by Sun Microsystems.
Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you have at least six months experience on a UNIX variant operating environment or first take the following course:
Fundamentals of Solaris 8 Operating Environment :
Performance-Based Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Customize the Korn Shell environment.
Build shell scripts in the Korn shell.
Control the UNIX system.
Manage UNIX user accounts.
Manage system software in UNIX.
Manage file systems in UNIX.
Troubleshoot the UNIX system.
Configure the UNIX client/server environment.
Apply security practices to UNIX systems.
Improve the UNIX system performance.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Customizing the Korn Shell Environment
Topic 1A: Locating the Korn Shell Initialization File
Task 1A-1: Using UNIX Command Syntax
Task 1A-2: Locate the Korn Shell Initialization File
Topic 1B: Using the vi Editor
Task 1B-1: Using the vi Editor
Topic 1C: Modifying the Korn Shell .profile File
Task 1C-1: Modifying the Korn Shell with the .profile File
Topic 1D: Modifying the Korn Shell .kshrc File
Task 1D-1: Modify the Korn Shell using the .kshrc File
Lesson 2: Building Shell Scripts in the Korn Shell
Topic 2A: Defining Shell Scripting Concepts
Task 2A-1: Defining Shell Scripting Concepts
Topic 2B: Using if Statements to Execute Commands
Task 2B-1: Using if Statement in a Shell Script
Topic 2C: Creating a Loop to Execute Commands
Task 2C-1: Creating a for Loop
Topic 2D: Using the sleep Command in the Korn Shell Script
Task 2D-1: Using the sleep Command in the Korn Shell Script
Topic 2E: Combining Statements to Create a Basic ShellScript
Task 2E-1: Combining Statements to Create a Shell Script
Topic 2F: Using the tr Command to Translate Letters
Task 2F-1: Using tr Command to Translate Letters
Topic 2G: Using the case Statement
Task 2G-1: Using the Case Statement
Topic 2H: Creating a Custom Function
Task 2H-1: Creating a Custom Function
Topic 2I: Using the sed and awk Commands
Task 2I-1: Creating a Report with awk
Lesson 3: Controlling the UNIX System
Topic 3A: Becoming the Root User
Task 3A-1: Becoming the Root User
Topic 3B: Signaling a Process
Task 3B-1: Signaling a Process to Start
Topic 3C: Controlling Multiple Processes
Task 3C-1: Running Multiple Processes
Topic 3D: Relocating Files and Directories
Task 3D-1: Relocating a Directory
Topic 3E: Archiving Files and Directories
Task 3E-1: Archiving Files with the tar Command
Topic 3F: Restoring Files and Directories
Task 3F-1: Extracting an Archived File
Lesson 4: Managing User Accounts
Topic 4A: Creating User Accounts
Task 4A-1: Creating a User Account
Topic 4B: Modifying User Account Database
Task 4B-1: Modifying User Account Database
Topic 4C: Deleting User Accounts
Task 4C-1: Deleting User Accounts
Topic 4D: Customizing Initialization Files
Task 4D-1: Customizing the Korn Shell Initialization File
Topic 4E: Controlling User Directory Space Usage
Task 4E-1: Establishing a Directory Space Quota
Topic 4F: Adding Group Account with Groupadd Command
Task 4F-1: Adding a Group Account with Groupadd Command
Lesson 5: Managing System Software
Topic 5A: Adding Software Packages
Task 5A-1: Adding the a2ps Software Package
Topic 5B: Determining Software Package Status
Task 5B-1: Determining SUNWns6 Software Package Status
Topic 5C: Removing Software Packages
Task 5C-1: Removing Software Packages
Topic 5D: Administering Software Patches to Software Packages
Task 5D-1: Locating Software Patches
Task 5D-2: Adding a Software Patch
Task 5D-3: Removing a Software Patch
Topic 5E: Upgrading Software Packages at the Command Line
Task 5E-1: Upgrading the proftpd Software Package from the CommandLine
Task 5E-2: Upgrading Software Packages from a GUI
Lesson 6: Managing File Systems
Topic 6A: Creating a File System
Task 6A-1: Creating a File System with newfs
Topic 6B: Backing Up the File System
Task 6B-1: Scheduling a File System Backup
Topic 6C: Restoring Data
Task 6C-1: Restoring Data
Topic 6D: Recovering Data
Task 6D-1: Recovering Data
Topic 6E: Creating a File System Backup Strategy
Task 6E-1: Creating a File System Backup Strategy
Lesson 7: Troubleshooting the System
Topic 7A: Using the System Logs to Investigate Problems
Task 7A-1: Using the System Logs to Investigate Problems
Topic 7B: Using Error Messages to Identify When ErrorsOccur
Task 7B-1: Using Error Messages to Identify When Errors Occur
Topic 7C: Setting Up the Log Configuration Files
Task 7C-1: Setting Up a Log Configuration File
Topic 7D: Running a System Check
Task 7D-1: Running a System Check
Lesson 8: Configuring the Client/Server Environment
Topic 8A: Configuring a TCP/IP Client
Task 8A-1: Configuring the TCP/IP Client
Topic 8B: Editing the Name Service Switch (NSS) File
Task 8B-1: Editing the NSS File to Use DNS First
Topic 8C: Configuring Network File Systems (NFS)
Task 8C-1: Configuring NFS to Share
Topic 8D: Connecting to a Remote Host
Task 8D-1: Connecting to a Remote Host
Topic 8E: Copying Files Using Remote System Administration
Task 8E-1: Copying Files Using Remote System Administration
Topic 8F: Troubleshooting Connectivity Failures
Task 8F-1: Troubleshooting Connectivity Failures
Lesson 9: Applying Security Practices to UNIX Systems
Topic 9A: Authenticating and Authorizing Users for RestrictedShells
Task 9A-1: Authenticating and Authorizing Users for Restricted Shells
Topic 9B: Defining Trusted User Access
Task 9B-1: Defining Trusted User Access
Topic 9C: Defining Trusted Host Access
Task 9C-1: Defining Trusted Host Access
Topic 9D: Selecting a Firewall Architecture Model
Task 9D-1: Analyzing the Need for a Firewall
Task 9D-2: Identifying Firewall Architecture Models
Lesson 10: Improving System Performance
Topic 10A: Applying Performance Improvement Process toSystem Administration
Task 10A-1: Applying Performance Improvement Process to System Administration
Topic 10B: Identifying System Performance Degradation
Task 10B-1: Identifying System Performance Degradations
Topic 10C: Optimizing System Performance
Task 10C-1: Optimizing System Performance
Topic 10D: Optimizing Disk Space
Task 10D-1: Optimizing Disk Space
Topic 10E: Monitoring Network Performance
Task 10E-1: Monitoring Network Performance
Appendix A: Linux Process for Lesson 5: Managing System Software
Adding Software Packages
Determining Software Package Status
Removing Software Packages
Upgrading Software Packages from the Command Line
