| Course Description | |
| Learn and practice essential administration tasks. Generic system administration concepts are covered and related to specific vendors' systems.
Course Length: 4 Days Course Tuition: $1390 (US) |
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| Prerequisites | |
| Fundamentals of UNIX, and some system administration experience recommended. | |
| Course Outline |
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• Overview of System Administration System Administrator Responsibilities A Brief History of UNIX Evolving Standards Navigating the Documentation • User Administration What is a "user" in UNIX? The /etc/passwd File Groups The /etc/group File Passwords Adding Users Deleting Users Modifying User Attributes The Login Process /etc/profile and .profile Communicating with Users: /etc/motd Communicating with Users: The wall Command • File System Basics The Hierarchy Files Directories Device Files Character and Block Devices The/dev Directory Links Symbolic Links A File System Tour The df Command The du Command The find Command • Advanced File System Concepts The Physical File System The Inode File File Storage in Disk Blocks The Superblock The Free List • Slices and File Systems File System Types • Disk Management Making a File System The mkfs Command Sharing Filesystems The mount Command The fstab File The fsck Command The lost+found Directory The prtvtoc Command • Backups Backup Strategies Backup Tools The tar Command The cpio Command The dump Command Network Backup Strategies • UNIX Processes Overview of Processes Process Space Process Table The fork/exec Mechanism The ps Command Background Processes The kill Command Scheduling Jobs The cron Daemon The at Command The crontab Command Format of cron Files Access to Scheduling Facilities |
• System Startup and Shutdown Run States The init Daemon /etc/inittab The inittab Actions The init Command The rc Scripts Single-User Mode The shutdown Command • UNIX System Security Security Overview Physical Security Account Security SUID and SGID Settings File and Directory Permissions Software Security • Performance Monitoring and Tuning Performance Issues Methods of Improving Performance Swapping and Paging The sar Utility Using sar The truss Command • IP Addressing Basic Network Needs Ethernet Addresses IP Addresses DNS vs /etc/hosts to Resolve IP Addresses Network Addresses Network Classes Broadcast Addresses Subnet Masks • Configuring TCP/IP The /etc/hosts File The ifconfig Command The /etc/services File The inetd Daemon The /etc/inetd.conf File Simple TCP/IP Troubleshooting: The ping and netstat Commands • The LP Print Service Printing Overview The lp, lpstat, and cancel Commands Adding a Printer The lpadmin Command The accept and reject Commands The enable and disable Commands Adding a Networked Printer Other Administrative Commands • Network Utilities Network Services telnet - Terminal Emulator ftp - File Transfer rcp - Remote Copy rlogin - Remote Login rsh - Remote Commands • Kernel Reconfiguration Overview of Reconfiguration Kernel Parameters Steps to Reconfigure a Kernel Specific Steps for SVR4 • Overview of NIS What is NIS? Why Use NIS? NIS Design and Implementation NIS Maps Configuring NIS Download a detailed course outline (PDF) Contact us for course schedules or more information. |
