UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS TRAINING COURSE. PROGRAM

 1.  Typical Unix application areas

 2.  Unix versions

        - Portability
        - AT&T, Revision 4, UnixWare, Solaris, SunOS, OSF/1, AIX etc.
        - Cheap and free versions. Linux, Minix, Coherent etc.
        - SCO Unix versions
        - Version compatibility.

 3.  Architecture

        - Kernel structure
        - Processes. States, dispatching, priorities
        - Page-segmented virtual memory. Hardware support
        - Swapping
        - Hardware requirements

 4.  System states

        - System states and state changes
        - Single and multiuser mode
        - Files /etc/inittab and /etc/gettydefs
        - rc files
        - Halting Unix

 5.  Users

        - Creating new user
        - Files passwd and group
        - Creating user environment
        - User retiring

 6.  Work places

        - System console
        - Clients PC
        - Terminal emulators
        - Terminals and terminal controllers. Cluster controllers
        - Multiconsoles
        - X-terminals

 7.  Terminal management

        - Structure of files inittab and gettydefs
        - getty-login-shell process
        - Terminal parameters
        - Control, input, output, local modes
        - Files /etc/tty and /etc/ttytype in UCB
        - Activating and enabling terminals

 8.  Unix file system architecture

        - File types
        - Name conventions
        - Navigation
        - File attributes. Access rights
        - Mode change

 9.  Special files review

10.  Data medias

        - Media formatting
        - Creating file system
        - Mounting local and remote file systems
        - Disc space management

11.  File system integrity

        - Definition of integrity
        - Information archiving
        - Commands fsck, integrity, ncheck, clri

12.  Loading OS and additional packages

13.  Spooling management

        - Spooling subsystem
        - Commands lp, lpstat, cancel
        - Important files and subdirectories
        - Spooling administering
        - lpadmin command

14.  Important subsystems

        - Subsystem structure
        - Starting/stopping
        - Terminal network
        - Termcap/terminfo
        - Development system
        - Kernel configuration package
        - Software installation management - perms
        - Audit system
        - Account system
        - Activity system - sar, prof
        - Performance tuning tunesh
        - Default values, /etc/default
        - Spool
        - On-line documentation, man, xman
        - UUCP - message switching system
        - Time service
        - Interprocess communication, ipc
        - International Supplement
        - Textprocessing system

15.  SCO Open Server

        - Components
        - XWindow - graphical user interface
        - ODT-DOS - Merge. MS-DOS and MS-Windows emulation
        - ODT-NET - local network and internetwork
        - Local network structure. Node types
        - Network protocols - Ethernet, udp, TCP/IP, XDR, rpc
        - Network services - ftp, telnet, NFS, rlogin, XWindow
        - Global network Internet. Connecting LAN's

16.  Client software

        - TCP/IP for MS-DOS/MS-Windows
        - Typical services
        - Terminal emulators, libraries
        - NFS services

17.  Printed documentation review

18.  Information protection

19.  Antivirus problems

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