This five-day course focuses on providing students the skills and knowledge to perform system administration tasks. Unix Training Audience
UNIX users and/or administrators interested in gaining a comprehensive understanding of the administrative aspects of the UNIX operating system. Unix Training Prerequisites Completion of Introduction to UNIX or equivalent experience. Unix Training Course duration 5 Days Unix Training Course outline Administration Brief History of UNIX Three Parts of the OS Default Shells Add-On Shells Terms Man Pages and Other Documentation Additional Resources Hardware Requirements for Solaris Installation Methods Bringing the System Down Starting the Installation Step-by-Step Installation Options Additional Resources Post Installation Configuring the Host Table Post Install Files Displaying Disk Usage by Directory Displaying Disk Usage by Filesystem Displaying Disk Usage by User Introduction to the Solaris Management Console Additional Resources The Open Boot PROM What is the Open Boot PROM? Displaying Basic System Information Getting Help Displaying SCSI or IDE Devices Displaying Device Alias Names Creating Custom Device Alias Names Displaying PROM Variables Setting PROM Variables Resetting PROM Variables to Factory Preset Booting from PROM Recovering from a stop-a Additional Resources Software Administration Displaying Package Information Removing Packages Adding Packages via Scripts or the Command Line Spooling Packages Installing from Spooled Package Removing a Spooled Package The pkgchk Command Review of the /var/sadm Files Using admintool to Administer Packages Additional Resources Patches What are Patches? Where to Get Patches Patch Reports Patch Documentation Preparing Patches Installing Patches The /var/sadm/patch Directory Displaying Installed Patches Removing Patches Additional Resources User Accounts The /etc/passwd File The /etc/shadow File The /etc/group File Using Admintool to Administer Group and User Accounts Using smuser and smgroup to Administer Group and User Accounts Using Solaris Management Console to Administer Group and User Accounts Adding Group Accounts via the Command Line Deleting Group Accounts via the Command Line Adding User Accounts via the Command Line Deleting User Accounts via the Command Line Additional Resources System Security Password Security Recording Failed Login Attempts Shifting to Another Account User Information Changing the User Ownership of a File Changing the Group Ownership of a File Who is Logged in Now? Who has Logged in the Past? Controlling Logging In Controlling su Attempts Preventing stop-a Preventing FTP Access Additional Resources Administering Initialization Files What are Initialization Files? A Review of Common Customizations Bourne Shell Initialization Files Korn Shell Initialization Files C Shell Initialization Files Testing Initialization Files Additional Resources Permissions Basic UNIX Permissions Setting Default Permissions Special Permission: setuid Special Permission: setgid Special Permission: sticky bit Additional Resources Boot Process Run Levels Overview of the Boot Phases The init Phase Modifying a Run Level Changing to Different Run Levels Displaying Boot Messages Additional Resources Directory Hierarchy Physical Device Names Logical Device Names The /etc/path_to_inst File Displaying Devices Virtual Filesystems vs. Physical Filesystems Why Have Partitions? The format Utility Partitioning with SMC Filesystem Types The UNIX Filesystem Creating a New Filesystem Adding New Devices Additional Resources Local Disk Management What is Mounting? The mount Command Mount Rules The umount Command umount Rules Mounting Automatically at Boot The mountall Command The umountall Command Review: The df Command Mountain PCFS and HSFS Mounting from the CD-ROM Additional Resources Configuring Filesystems Why Filesystems Break Fixing Filesystems with fsck Additional Resources Administering Process Listing and Stopping Processes CDE Process Manager (Solaris 8 and Higher Only) The prstat Command (Solaris 8 and Higher Only) The Solaris Management Console (Solaris 9 and Higher Only) The ps and kill Commands The pgrep and pkill Commands (Solaris 8 and Higher Only) The xkill Command Controlling Job Priority Using crontab Using the at Command Additional Resources Backup and Recovery Why Perform Backups? Full and Incremental Backups Logical Tape Device Names The ufsdump Command Backing up the / and /usr Filesystems The ufsrestore Command The restoresymtable File Restoring the / Filesystem The mt Command The tar Command Compressing Large Files: compress Compressing Large Files: gzip Compressing Large Files: zip Encoding Binary Files Emailing Files UFS Snapshots Additional Resources Networking Setting up Remote Access Authentication Remote Login Remote Shell Remote Copy rlogin vs. telnet Restricting telnet Review: /etc/default/login rcp vs. FTP Restricting FTP Disabling rlogin, rsh and rcp Displaying Remote Users Checking the Status of Machines Additional Resources Printing Using admintool to Set Up Network Printers Printing Files Monitoring the Print Queue Canceling Print Jobs Specifying a Default Printer Printer Classes Checking Printer Status Managing the Print Queue Printing with Different Priorities Rejecting Print Jobs Moving Print Jobs Recovering from Common Printer Problems Removing a Printer Additional Resources
