Unix Administration II - UNX106
Duration: 5 days
Audience: UNIX users and/or administrators interested in gaining a comprehensive understanding of the administrative aspects of the UNIX operating system.
Prerequisites: Completion of Introduction to UNIX and UNIX Administration I or equivalent experience.
Topics:
Networking Essentials
- MAC Addresses
- The ifconfig Command
- Network Packets
- Network Configuration at Boot Time
- Reconfiguring Network Information
- Additional Resources
The Client-Server Model
- Client Processes
- Server Processes
- The inetd Daemon
- Network Ports
- RPC Services
- Additional Resources
Using the Solaris Management Console
- The Solaris Management Console Server
- The Toolbox Editor
- Add a URL
- Add a Tool
- Verify Toolboxes
- Additional Resources
Swap Space Administration
- Virtual Memory
- Swap Space
- Viewing Swap Space
- Adding a Temporary Swap File
- Removing a Temporary Swap File
- Adding a Permanent Swap File
- Adding a Swap Partition
- Additional Resources
Administering Dump Files
- Crash Dumps
- Dump Configuration
- Core Files
- Core File Configuration
- Additional Resources
NFS
- What is NFS?
- NFS Benefits
- NFS Daemons
- Starting Server Daemons
- Setting up a NFS Server
- Setting up a NFS Client
- Common NFS Errors
- NFS Logging
- Using Solaris Management Console to Administer NFS
- Additional Resources
AutoFS
- AutoFS Essentials
- Automount Mapps
- The Master Map
- Indirect Maps
- Direct Maps
- Special Maps
- Controlling the automountd Daemon
- The automount Command
- Additional Resources
RAID
- RAID Basics
- Hardware and Software RAIDs
- RAID Levels
- RAID Tips
- Additional Resources
Volume Management
- Logical Volumes
- The State Database
- Creating a State Database
- Creating a Level 0 RAID
- Creating a Level 1RAID
- Viewing Logical Device Information
- Making the root Partition a RAID Device
- Additional Resources
Access Control Lists
- Access Control Lists Essentials
- Displaying ACLs
- Setting ACLs
- Modifying ACLs
- The mask Setting
- Removing ACLs
- Copy an ACL from One File to Another
- Default ACLs
- ACLs and the File Manager
- Additional Resources
RBAC
- RBAC Essentials
- Profile Shells
- RBAC Databases
- Using SMC to Manage RBAC
- Administrating RBAC via the Command Line
- Additional Resources
Smartcard Authentication
- Smartcard Essentials
- OCF Server
- SmartCard Console
- The smartcard Command
- Additional Resources
System Logs
- System Log Essentials
- The /etc/syslog.conf File
- The m4 Macro Processor
- The Default /etc/syslog.conf File
- Monitoring System Log Files
- The logger Command
- Using the SMC Log Viewer
- The syslogd Daemon Options
- Additional Resources
Name Services Essentials
- Naming Services
- The /etc Files
- DNS Overview
- NIS Overview
- NIS+ Overview
- LDAP Overview
- The /etc/nsswitch.conf File
- The Name Service Cache Daemon
- The getent Command
- Additional Resources
DNS and LDAP Client Configuration
- Introduction to Naming Service Client Setup
- Setting up a DNS Client
- Setting up a LDAP Client
- Additional Resources
NIS Server
- Introducing NIS
- NIS Daemons
- Configuring the NIS Master Server
- Configuring a NIS Client
- Configuring a NIS Slave Server
- Authorizing NIS Clients
- Additional Resources
Shell Programming Basics
- Commenting Programs
- Magic Cookie
- Finding Commands
- The echo Command
- Using Variables
- Local Variables
- Environment Variables
- Referencing Variable’s Values
- Reading Values into Variables
- Default Values
- Special Variables
- The if Statement
- The while Statement
- The until Statement
- The break Statement
- The continue Statement
- The case Statement
- The for Loop
- Numeric comparison
- String Comparisons
- File Status Checking
- Outcome of UNIX Commands
- Complex Conditionals
- Additional Resources