UNIX: System Administration I

Synopsis
System Administration I covers installing UNIX and setting up and maintaining file systems and user accounts.

Audience
This course is for anyone who wants to learn more about UNIX system administration or who is responsible for installing or maintaining a UNIX system.

Time
4 hours

Product Code: UNXTC5

After completing System Administration I the user should be able to:

Plan and perform the installation of UNIX on a machine

Boot and shut down the system safely

Describe system states

Modify startup scripts

Set up UNIX file systems and maintain them

Perform file system backups

Create or remove a user account

UNIX Installation Basics Describes how to plan a UNIX installation. Shows how to set up multiple file systems. Lists the steps for installing UNIX.

Making installation decisions

Building an installation checklist

Naming the system

Deciding what packages to install

Laying out the disks

Connecting to internal and external networks

Performing the installation

Starting Up and Shutting Down
Explains how to boot and shut down the system. Specifies the contents of the initialization table (inittab) and the run state directories.

Booting the system

Understanding system states

Understanding startup scripts

Changing system states

Shutting down the system

File System Administration
Covers the setup and maintenance of UNIX file systems.

Setting up UNIX file systems

Administering disk devices

Maintaining files and free space for a network of machines

Performing file system backups

User Administration
Covers the setup and maintenance of UNIX user accounts.

What makes up a UNIX user account

Creating new user accounts

Removing user accounts

This course is distributed with the UNIX Glossary.

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