Unix System Administration Duration: 5 days Audience Course Contents Course Objectives Instructional Technique Prerequisites

Unix System Administration

Duration: 5 days

Audience

System Administrators who are already familiar with the UNIX Operating System, but desire more detailed and specialized information as listed below.

Course Contents

• System Administration Overview

• System Management Tools

• The UNIX File System

• Backup and Recovery

• Disk Management

• Managing Devices

• User Management

• Korn/Bourne/C Shell Programming for System Administrators Note1

• The Printing Subsystem

• System Accounting

• Introduction to Performance Tuning

• Problem Solving

• UNIX Security Note2

• Customizing X Windows and Motif Note2

• Managing Terminals Note2

• Adding Your Own man Pages Note2

• Using awk Note2

• UNIX Communications Overview (TCP/IP, NFS, NIS, UUCP) Note2

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to configure and manage a typical UNIX system in a standalone environment.

Instructional Technique

Students are invited to bring their current ideas and questions to the classroom for discussion. Case studies, lecture, group problem solving, and online laboratories will be used. Students will be encouraged to enhance their skills utilizing the techniques presented through classroom problem solving and controlled online workshops.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with UNIX commands, directory structure, and the text editor. See the catalog Appendix for courses which satisfy this requirement.

The largest value is obtained when the student has been working as a system administrator for approximately 4 to 8 weeks.