Solaris 8 OS System Administration I

Sun Microsystems - Russia
Moscow, Russia

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' The Solaris 8 Operating Environment System Administration I course provides students with the information needed to perform essential system administration tasks in the Solaris 8 Operating Environment.

Instructional topics include the essential tasks of standalone installation, file system management, backup procedures, process control, user administration, and device management.

Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
Discuss the client-server environment at Sun Microsystems and other important system administration terms and concepts
Add users to the system using both admintool and command-line methods
Configure user initialization files to provide a consistent login environment
Implement basic system security
Identify the function of root directory components
Properly set file permissions using access control lists (ACLs)
Use the Solaris 8 Operating System device naming conventions to configure and name devices
Manage disk devices
Use the format utility to display information and set up disk partitions
Monitor and mount file systems including CD-ROM and PC diskette devices
Perform maintenance on corrupted file systems
Manage processes
Configure print services
Understand boot protocols and options and modify electronically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) boot parameters
Understand and perform booting and shutdown procedures and options
Understand and change system states on the Solaris Operating System server
Install the Solaris Operating System on a standalone system, including update patches
Use the pkgadd command to add software packages
Perform file system backups and recovery procedures

Course Content
Module 1 - Introducing the Solaris 8 Operating System


Define the roles of a Solaris OS system administrator
Define common system administration terms

Module 2 - Adding Users


Create and manage user accounts on the local system using the admintool utility
Describe the format of the files /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow for securing login access
Describe the format of the /etc/group file for maintaining shared and restricted access to files and directories
Add, modify, and delete user accounts on the local system with the commands useradd, usermod, and userdel
Add, modify, and delete group accounts for the local system with the commands groupadd, groupmod, and groupdel
Define the two different types of shell initialization files
Describe the shell startup activities during login for the three main Solaris Operating Environment shells
List the shell initialization files used to set up a user’s work environment at login
Describe the purpose of the /etc/skel directory
Modify the initialization files to customize a user’s work environment

Module 3 - System Security


Create the /var/adm/loginlog file to save failed login attempts
Monitor system usage with the commands finger, last, and rusers
Use the su command to become the root user or another user on the system
Modify the /etc/default/login file to restrict root access
Use the commands id and groups to identify users and their group memberships
Change a file’s owner or a file’s group using the commands chown and chgrp, respectively
Explain how the special permissions setuid, setgid, and the Sticky Bit can affect system security
Create, modify, and delete ACLs on files
Control remote login access by maintaining three basic files: /etc/host.equiv, $HOME/.rhosts, and /etc/ftpusers

Module 4 - The Directory Hierarchy


Identify the four main file types in the Solaris Operating Environment
Describe the functions provided by regular files, directories, symbolic links, device files, and hard links
Define the function of each subdirectory found directly within the root directory

Module 5 - Device Configuration


Describe the disk components: sectors, tracks, and cylinders
Define the term disk slice
Identify a disk device by its logical device name, physical device name, and instance name
Describe the purpose of the /etc/path_to_inst file
List a system’s device configuration information using the prtconf command
Display the system’s current disk configuration using the format command
Show how to invoke a reconfiguration boot after adding a peripheral device to the system
Describe how devices are reconfigured using the devfsadm command

Module 6 - Disks, Slices, and Format


Explain the term disk slice
Describe and create a disk label
Define and modify a partition table using the format utility
Describe the purpose of the /etc/format.dat file
Use the format utility to save and retrieve customized partition tables
Demonstrate how to view the disk’s volume table of contents (VTOC) using two different commands: verify and prtvtoc
Use the fmthard command to update a disk’s VTOC

Module 7 - The Solaris Operating Environment ufs File Systems


Describe the three different types of file systems in the Solaris Operating System
Define the term file system
List the components that are contained in the structure of a file system
Create a new ufs file system using the newfs command

Module 8 - Mounting File Systems


Define the term mount point
Identify mounted and unmounted file systems
Mount file systems using the commands mount and mountall
Describe some of the commonly used options of the mount command: noatime, nolargefiles, and logging
Describe the purpose and format of the /etc/mnttab and /etc/vfstab files
Define the procedure for mounting different types of file systems
List the system files used to determine a file system’s type
Unmount local and remote file systems using the commands umount and umountall
Forcibly unmount a busy file system
Describe how to mount and access file systems residing on removable media devices, such as diskettes and CD-ROMs

Module 9 - Maintaining File Systems


Describe why fsck is necessary
Describe how to check and repair a file system
Display disk space usage by file systems
Display disk usage of a directory
Display disk usage by user name
Demonstrate how to repair the /etc/vfstab file when the system fails to boot completely

Module 10 - Scheduled Process Control


Start the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Process Manager to monitor and control active processes
Report active process statistics using the prstat command
Schedule the automatic execution of commands, programs, or scripts using the commands at and crontab
Define the files used to control user access to the commands at and crontab
Create and execute an at job
Describe the location and format of a crontab file
Demonstrate the steps to create, view, edit, and remove a crontab file

Module 11 - The Solaris Operating System LP Print Service


Describe the basic functions of the Solaris Operating System LP print service
Define the important LP print service directories, files, and daemons
Describe the function of a print server and a print client
Define the terms local printer, network printer, and remote printer
Use the Solaris 8 Print Manager to configure a network printer
List the resources used by the print service to locate the destination printer
Describe the differences between the local printing process and a remote printing process
Use the print service administration commands: accept, reject, enable, disable, and lpmove
Configure the LP print services from the command line using lpadmin

Module 12 - The Boot PROM


Describe the main functions of the boot programmable read-only mem ...''

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