Unix/Linux Training : UNIX Administration I

UNIX Administration I

Unix Training Overview

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