Fundamentals of UNIX Administration
Course Length: 5 days
Course Description
Overview: The Fundamentals of UNIX Administration course is training for UNIX users who
desire to increase their skill set to include basic UNIX System V Release 4 Operating System-
based system administration and/or work effectively in a multi-vendor UNIX local or networked
environment. It is not a vendor-specific course, but is based on the most popular of the UNIX
variants, Solaris by Sun Microsystems.
Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you have at least six months
experience on a UNIX variant operating environment or first take the
following course:
• Fundamentals of Solaris 8 Operating Environment :
Delivery Method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with
structured and unstructured, hands-on activities.
Performance-Based Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means
to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
• Customize the Korn Shell environment.
• Build shell scripts in the Korn shell.
• Control the UNIX system.
• Manage UNIX user accounts.
• Manage system software in UNIX.
• Manage file systems in UNIX.
• Troubleshoot the UNIX system.
• Configure the UNIX client/server environment.
• Apply security practices to UNIX systems.
• Improve the UNIX system performance.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Customizing the Korn Shell Environment
Topic 1A: Locating the Korn Shell Initialization File
Task 1A-1: Using UNIX Command Syntax
Task 1A-2: Locate the Korn Shell Initialization File
Topic 1B: Using the vi Editor
Task 1B-1: Using the vi Editor
Topic 1C: Modifying the Korn Shell .profile File
Task 1C-1: Modifying the Korn Shell with the .profile File
Topic 1D: Modifying the Korn Shell .kshrc File
Task 1D-1: Modify the Korn Shell using the .kshrc File
Lesson 2: Building Shell Scripts in the Korn Shell
Topic 2A: Defining Shell Scripting Concepts
Task 2A-1: Defining Shell Scripting Concepts
Topic 2B: Using if Statements to Execute Commands
Task 2B-1: Using if Statement in a Shell Script
Topic 2C: Creating a Loop to Execute Commands
Task 2C-1: Creating a for Loop
Topic 2D: Using the sleep Command in the Korn Shell Script
Task 2D-1: Using the sleep Command in the Korn Shell Script
Topic 2E: Combining Statements to Create a Basic ShellScript
Task 2E-1: Combining Statements to Create a Shell Script
Topic 2F: Using the tr Command to Translate Letters
Task 2F-1: Using tr Command to Translate Letters
Topic 2G: Using the case Statement
Task 2G-1: Using the Case Statement
Topic 2H: Creating a Custom Function
Task 2H-1: Creating a Custom Function
Topic 2I: Using the sed and awk Commands
Task 2I-1: Creating a Report with awk
Lesson 3: Controlling the UNIX System
Topic 3A: Becoming the Root User
Task 3A-1: Becoming the Root User
Topic 3B: Signaling a Process
Task 3B-1: Signaling a Process to Start
Topic 3C: Controlling Multiple Processes
Task 3C-1: Running Multiple Processes
Topic 3D: Relocating Files and Directories
Task 3D-1: Relocating a Directory
Topic 3E: Archiving Files and Directories
Task 3E-1: Archiving Files with the tar Command
Topic 3F: Restoring Files and Directories
Task 3F-1: Extracting an Archived File
Lesson 4: Managing User Accounts
Topic 4A: Creating User Accounts
Task 4A-1: Creating a User Account
Topic 4B: Modifying User Account Database
Task 4B-1: Modifying User Account Database
Topic 4C: Deleting User Accounts
Task 4C-1: Deleting User Accounts
Topic 4D: Customizing Initialization Files
Task 4D-1: Customizing the Korn Shell Initialization File
Topic 4E: Controlling User Directory Space Usage
Task 4E-1: Establishing a Directory Space Quota
Topic 4F: Adding Group Account with Groupadd Command
Task 4F-1: Adding a Group Account with Groupadd Command
Lesson 5: Managing System Software
Topic 5A: Adding Software Packages
Task 5A-1: Adding the a2ps Software Package
Topic 5B: Determining Software Package Status
Task 5B-1: Determining SUNWns6 Software Package Status
Topic 5C: Removing Software Packages
Task 5C-1: Removing Software Packages
Topic 5D: Administering Software Patches to Software Packages
Task 5D-1: Locating Software Patches
Task 5D-2: Adding a Software Patch
Task 5D-3: Removing a Software Patch
Topic 5E: Upgrading Software Packages at the Command Line
Task 5E-1: Upgrading the proftpd Software Package from the CommandLine
Task 5E-2: Upgrading Software Packages from a GUI
Lesson 6: Managing File Systems
Topic 6A: Creating a File System
Task 6A-1: Creating a File System with newfs
Topic 6B: Backing Up the File System
Task 6B-1: Scheduling a File System Backup
Topic 6C: Restoring Data
Task 6C-1: Restoring Data
Topic 6D: Recovering Data
Task 6D-1: Recovering Data
Topic 6E: Creating a File System Backup Strategy
Task 6E-1: Creating a File System Backup Strategy
Lesson 7: Troubleshooting the System
Topic 7A: Using the System Logs to Investigate Problems
Task 7A-1: Using the System Logs to Investigate Problems
Topic 7B: Using Error Messages to Identify When ErrorsOccur
Task 7B-1: Using Error Messages to Identify When Errors Occur
Topic 7C: Setting Up the Log Configuration Files
Task 7C-1: Setting Up a Log Configuration File
Topic 7D: Running a System Check
Task 7D-1: Running a System Check
Lesson 8: Configuring the Client/Server Environment
Topic 8A: Configuring a TCP/IP Client
Task 8A-1: Configuring the TCP/IP Client
Topic 8B: Editing the Name Service Switch (NSS) File
Task 8B-1: Editing the NSS File to Use DNS First
Topic 8C: Configuring Network File Systems (NFS)
Task 8C-1: Configuring NFS to Share
Topic 8D: Connecting to a Remote Host
Task 8D-1: Connecting to a Remote Host
Topic 8E: Copying Files Using Remote System Administration
Task 8E-1: Copying Files Using Remote System Administration
Topic 8F: Troubleshooting Connectivity Failures
Task 8F-1: Troubleshooting Connectivity Failures
Lesson 9: Applying Security Practices to UNIX Systems
Topic 9A: Authenticating and Authorizing Users for RestrictedShells
Task 9A-1: Authenticating and Authorizing Users for Restricted Shells
Topic 9B: Defining Trusted User Access
Task 9B-1: Defining Trusted User Access
Topic 9C: Defining Trusted Host Access
Task 9C-1: Defining Trusted Host Access
Topic 9D: Selecting a Firewall Architecture Model
Task 9D-1: Analyzing the Need for a Firewall
Task 9D-2: Identifying Firewall Architecture Models
Lesson 10: Improving System Performance
Topic 10A: Applying Performance Improvement Process toSystem Administration
Task 10A-1: Applying Performance Improvement Process to System Administration
Topic 10B: Identifying System Performance Degradation
Task 10B-1: Identifying System Performance Degradations
Topic 10C: Optimizing System Performance
Task 10C-1: Optimizing System Performance
Topic 10D: Optimizing Disk Space
Task 10D-1: Optimizing Disk Space
Topic 10E: Monitoring Network Performance
Task 10E-1: Monitoring Network Performance
Appendix A: Linux Process for Lesson 5: Managing System Software
Adding Software Packages
Determining Software Package Status
Removing Software Packages
Upgrading Software Packages from the Command Line
