UNIX System Administration

New Horizons Learning Centres of Australia
Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth, Sydney, Australia

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

Course Description:

'' Learn and practice essential administration tasks. Generic system administration concepts are covered and related to specific vendors’ systems.

Target Audience
UNIX administrators and anyone involved with the UNIX System V, Release 4 operating system.



Pre-requisites:

Fundamentals of UNIX, and some system administration experience recommended.
Outline:

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

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Phone:1300 794 006

School Address:

Level 6, St. Martins Tower
31 Market Street
Sydney NSW 2000 Australia

Level 4, 200 Creek Street,
Brisbane, QLD 4000

Level 2, 31 Queen Street,
Melbourne, VIC 3000

9 Denison Street,
Newcastle West NSW 2302


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