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Unix system administrators training course program

• 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.
  

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

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

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

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

• 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
  

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

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

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

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

• 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
  

• 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
  

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

Program for unix users training courses

• Hardware platforms. 16-bit, 32-bit, RISC processors.
  
• Portability of Unix OS.
  
• History of development of Unix, XENIX, BSD, OSF/1.
  
• Proprietary portings.
  
• SCO OpenServer family.
  

• Features of terminal processing.
  
• Terminal types. Terminal setup.
  
• Terminal emulators.
  
• Line parameters. Command stty.
  
• Scancode and multiconsole terminals.
  
• Actions if terminal is blocked.
  

• Profiles, start files, environment.
  
• Commands, flags, arguments.
  

• Start file.
  
• Screen mode, command mode, insert and replase mode.
  
• Navigation, patterns.
  
• Command undo.
  
• Command repeating.
  

• Multiprocess mode.
  
• Context switching.
  
• Signals, messages, semafors, shared memory areas.
  
• Commands ps, kill, sleep, whodo, sar, nice, fg, bg.
  

• Type of files - disk files, directories, special files.
  
• Names, lengths, extensions.
  
• MS-DOS names translation.
  
• Navigation over files tree. cd, pwd, find.
  
• Typical directories in file tree. /etc, /bin, /lib, /usr,
  /usr/bin, /usr/dbin, /usr/lib, /mnt, /tmp, /dospart.
  
• Trivial file programs. cp, ls, cat, rm, ln, mv, mvdir,
  mkdir, rmdir.
  
• File protection. Access rights.
  
• Changing file attributes. chmod, chgrp, su.
  

• Formatting of media. format, diskcp, mkdev.
  
• Creating file systems, mkfs.
  
• Mounting file systems. mnt, mount.
  
• Managing disk space. du, df, dfspace.
  
• Integrity of media, fsck.
  
• Managing magnetic tapes. tape command.
  

• Spooling subsystem.
  
• Commands lp, lpstat, options.
  
• Local printers.
  

• Commands man, help, scohelp, xman, how.
  

• Commands write, hello, talk, wall, motd, mail, finger, who, rwho, mesg, news, su.

• Elementary formatting. head, tail, split, csplit, pg, nl, more.
  
• Compressing and uncompressing. compress, pack, tar, cpio.
  
• Editing. tr, sed, grep, awk.
  
• MS-DOS medias. dosxx, unix2dos, dos2unix.
  
• Other programs - tee, dd, diff, cmp, sort, comm, pr
  

• Commands nroff, troff, eqn, tbl, macropackages.
  

• Using remote file systems.
  
• Using electronic mail. mail, uucp, uname.
  
• Dial-in, dial-out calls. cu.
  
• Network protocols - Ethernet, udp, TCP/IP, XDR, rpc.
  
• Network services - ftp, telnet, NFS, XWindow.
  
• Commands rlogin, rcp, rcmd, finger, rwho, ruptime, ping.
  
• Global network Internet. Binging of local networks.
  

• Access levels. Services, e-mail, remote print. Commands ping, kappconf, tn, tnglass, ftp, idmnt, idutil, tar.
  

Commands at, calendar, cal, bc, bs, units, spell, clear, purge, usemouse.

• Commands passwd, crypt, auth, lock.
  
• Common intruders methods.
  
• Antivirus problems.
  

• General characteristics.
  
• Variables. expr.
  
• Arguments.
  
• Shell metacharacters.
  
• Command substituting, patterns.
  
• Standard input, standard output.
  
• Pipes and filters.
  
• Filters examples - wc.
  
• Pipes - grep and sort.
  
• Structured operators. if, while, case, test, for.
  
• Exception processing operators. trap, list of signals.
  

• ODT Development System.
• Executable files, object modules, libraries.
• Content of /usr/include directory.
• Libraries from /lib, /usr/lib.
• Debuggers - adb, sdb, cv, dbxtra, dbXtra.
• Assemblers, disassemblers and compilers - as, asm, masm, dis, cc, CC.
• Other tools - cscope, ar, ld, lint, cb, dump, what, strings, strip, m4.
• Program manager make.
• Source code control system sccs.
• Profiling tools - timex, prof, lprof.
• yacc and lex.
• Technology of medium and large projects.
• Cross-development tools.