UNIX System Administration & Advanced Facilities

 LENGTH OF COURSE:
4 Days

DESCRIPTION: This course is designed for the Technician who will be programming or administering a UNIX-based system. The course begins with the basic concepts of UNIX administration and concludes by reviewing advance administration issues.

PREREQUISITES: Some UNIX experience or education.

INSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES: A combination of Lecture, Demonstration, and Labs (when/where available).

AUDIENCE

Students with prior UNIX experience or education.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Systems administrator's overview of UNIX
  • System initialization and termination and administration
  • Processes
    • Foreground
    • Background
    • Timed
  • Daemon
  • Execution: Parent/Child
  • Print Scheduler
  • Checking the file system
  • Where everything is and how to find it
  • The Super-User
  • User Accounts
  • Mounting and unmounting file systems
  • Log Files
  • The Boot Process
  • Shutting down the system
  • Adding and removing users from the system


  • Backups and recovery
  • Security advanced features
  • Device Control and Monitoring
  • Terminals and Devices
  • Printers in UNIX
  • Modems and communications
  • Advanced Shell programming
  • Administrative tips and techniques
  • UNIX internals and architecture
  • Problem Determination
  • System Performance
  • Items to Monitor
  • UUCP connections
  • Advanced problem identification and determination
  • Preparing for the new UNIX machine and environment
  • UNIX, items to monitor
  • Advanced C programming for the system administrator


FROM OUR STUDENT EVALUATIONS...
"The instructor was very informative and knew the subject inside and out."

Dawn Kaiser
Comptroller of the Treasury

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