Unix Administration II – UNX106 – 5 Days
This five-day course focuses on providing students the skills and knowledge to perform advanced UNIX administration tasks. Students will learn about networking essentials, how to use the Solaris Management Consoles, set up an NFS client and server, work with access control lists, manage system logs, work with naming services, set up DNS and LDAP clients, and configure an NIS server.
Unix Administration II – UNX106 – 5 Days Request a Class Date
This five-day course focuses on providing students the skills and knowledge to perform advanced UNIX administration tasks. It is a continuation of our 5-day Unix Administration I class.
Course ID: 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 training courses or equivalent experience.
Unix Administration II Training Course Topics
- 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 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