Fundamentals of UNIX Administration

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Students who have had some experience with Unix, but want to focus their learning by gaining an overview of the features of Unix.

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

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Customise 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.

Lesson 1: Customising the Korn Shell Environment

Topic 1A: Locating the Korn Shell Initialization File
Topic 1B: Using the vi Editor
Topic 1C: Modifying the Korn Shell .profile File
Topic 1D: Modifying the Korn Shell .kshrc File

Lesson 2: Building Shell Scripts in the Korn Shell

Topic 2A: Defining Shell Scripting Concepts
Topic 2B: Using if Statements to Execute Commands
Topic 2C: Creating a Loop to Execute Commands
Topic 2D: Using the sleep Command in the Korn Shell Script
Topic 2E: Combining Statements to Create a Basic ShellScript
Topic 2F: Using the tr Command to Translate Letters
Topic 2G: Using the case Statement
Topic 2H: Creating a Custom Function
Topic 2I: Using the sed and awk Commands

Lesson 3: Controlling the UNIX System

Topic 3A: Becoming the Root User
Topic 3B: Signaling a Process
Topic 3C: Controlling Multiple Processes
Topic 3D: Relocating Files and Directories
Topic 3E: Archiving Files and Directories
Topic 3F: Restoring Files and Directories

Lesson 4: Managing User Accounts

Topic 4A: Creating User Accounts
Topic 4B: Modifying User Account Database
Topic 4C: Deleting User Accounts
Topic 4D: Customising Initialisation Files
Topic 4E: Controlling User Directory Space Usage
Topic 4F: Adding Group Account with Groupadd Command

Lesson 5: Managing System Software

Topic 5A: Adding Software Packages
Topic 5B: Determining Software Package Status
Topic 5C: Removing Software Packages
Topic 5D: Administering Software Patches to Software Packages
Topic 5E: Upgrading Software Packages at the Command Line

Lesson 6: Managing File Systems

Topic 6A: Creating a File System
Topic 6B: Backing Up the File System
Topic 6C: Restoring Data
Topic 6D: Recovering Data
Topic 6E: Creating a File System Backup Strategy

Lesson 7: Troubleshooting the System

Topic 7A: Using the System Logs to Investigate Problems
Topic 7B: Using Error Messages to Identify When ErrorsOccur
Topic 7C: Setting Up the Log Configuration Files
Topic 7D: Running a System Check

Lesson 8: Configuring the Client/Server Environment

Topic 8A: Configuring a TCP/IP Client
Topic 8B: Editing the Name Service Switch (NSS) File
Topic 8C: Configuring Network File Systems (NFS)
Topic 8D: Connecting to a Remote Host
Topic 8E: Copying Files Using Remote System Administration
Topic 8F: Troubleshooting Connectivity Failures

Lesson 9: Applying Security Practices to UNIX Systems

Topic 9A: Authenticating and Authorizing Users for RestrictedShells
Topic 9B: Defining Trusted User Access
Topic 9C: Defining Trusted Host Access
Topic 9D: Selecting a Firewall Architecture Model

Lesson 10: Improving System Performance

Topic 10A: Applying Performance Improvement Process to System Administration
Topic 10B: Identifying System Performance Degradation
Topic 10C: Optimising System Performance
Topic 10D: Optimising Disk Space
Topic 10E: Monitoring Network Performance

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