Solaris Fundamentals

Solaris Fundamentals

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

On completion of the course the delegate will have a good practical knowledge of the SOLARIS Operating System, the command structures and the editor facilities. They will also gain a good working knowledge of the Shell environment and how to utilise the Shell programming language.

Course outline

File System Structure
File naming Conventions
Logging in and out of the System
Command Syntax and Execution
File Manipulation Commands
The vi Editor
Security
User to User Communication Facilities
Commands for Searching and Sorting
Filter and Pipe Utilities
Shell Variables
Shell Program Structure and Execution
Positional Parameters
Conditional Statements
Looping Constructs
Korn Shell Facilities
Interrupt Handling
Debugging Tools

On completion of the course the delegate will have a good practical knowledge of the SOLARIS Operating System, the command structures and the editor facilities. They will also gain a good working knowledge of the Shell environment and how to utilise the Shell programming language.

Topics Covered:

File System Structure
File naming Conventions
Logging in and out of the System
Command Syntax and Execution
File Manipulation Commands
The vi Editor
Security
User to User Communication Facilities
Commands for Searching and Sorting
Filter and Pipe Utilities
Shell Variables
Shell Program Structure and Execution
Positional Parameters
Conditional Statements
Looping Constructs
Korn Shell Facilities
Interrupt Handling
Debugging Tools

Requirements:

An understanding of IT is required.

In this course, you will log in and out of the Solaris and Common Desktop Environment, compose command-line strings to perform functions, navigate the directory tree, manipulate text files, create files and directories, and back up and restore user files and directories. You will also change permissions of files and directories, use the vi editor, identify and modify initialization files, use basic network commands, search directories and files, list active user processes, and selectively kill user processes.


Table of Contents
LESSON 1: Getting to Know the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
Workstation Components
The Solaris 8 Operating Environment Components
Determining Your User Shell

LESSON 2: Accessing the System with Solaris 8
Logging In to the Solaris 8 Workstation
The CDE Desktop
Passwords and Security
Command Syntax
Manual Pages

LESSON 3: Accessing Directories and Files
The Directory Tree
Absolute and Relative Pathnames
Using Commands to Access Files and Directories
Using Metacharacters to Access Directories and Files

LESSON 4: Creating and Managing Directories and Files
Determine a File Type
Creating a Directory
Creating a File
Removing Directories and Files
Copying Files and Directories
Moving Directories and Files

LESSON 5: Searching for Files and Text
Locating Files Within the Solaris File System
Using sort Command to Help Find a File
Viewing the Contents of a Text File
Viewing Specific Sections of a Text File

LESSON 6: Using File Security
Determining File Access
Setting Standard File Permissions
Using Octal Mode to Change Permissions
Using Symbolic Mode to Change Permissions
Determining the umask Value

LESSON 7: Using the vi Editor
Creating a File in vi Editor
Switching vi Editor Modes
Locating Information in a File
Adding Text to a File
Deleting Text
Copying and Pasting Text
Searching and Replacing Text

LESSON 8: Creating Archive Files
Describing Backup and Restore Functions
Backing Up Files Using the tar Utility
Restoring Files Using the tar Utility
Compressing Backup Files
Uncompressing Backup Files
Backing Up and Restoring with the cpio Utility

LESSON 9: Connecting Remotely
Connecting Remotely Using Telnet
Transferring Files with FTP
Remotely Accessing a System Using rlogin
Executing Commands on a Remote Host
Copying Files Between Remote Hosts

LESSON 10: Managing System Processes
Using Processes and Process Identifiers (PIDs)
Identifying Parent and Child Processes
Terminating Processes Using the kill Command
Using the pgrep and pkill Commands

LESSON 11: Using the Korn Shell and the CDE
Shell Features
Displaying Korn Shell Environment Variables
Using Korn Shell Variables
Exporting Variables
Redirecting Input and Output Using the Korn Shell
Configuring the Korn Shell Environment
Viewing and Modifying the Common Desktop Environment

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