Introduction to Solaris 2.X System Administration

2 Days course

Language: English

This course is only available on request!!

DESCRIPTION
This course teaches the student the commands and configurations needed to effectively administer a stand-alone workstation running the Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.X Operating System.
Topics presented include the basic tasks needed to evaluate a system's hardware configuration followed by the process of loading the appropriate software and the software configuration for the desired model.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Install Solaris 2.X as a stand-alone workstation
Discuss Sun's Client/Server environment and other system administration terms and concepts
Monitor access to the system
Customize startup files
Use AdminTool to add user accounts and groups
Use AdminTool to add and manage local and remote printers
Use utilities for process control, locating files, and automating maintenance tasks

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Any individual knowledgeable and experienced with UNIX who is interested in the basics of system administration for Solaris 2.X.

ASSUMED KNOWLEDGE
Completion of the Introduction to Solaris 2.X course, or equivalent knowledge

OUTLINES

CHAPTER 1: A HISTORY OF SUN'S DESKTOP HARDWARE MODEL
1) Introduction
2) Sun-1* - Sun-4*
3) SPARCstations
4) 1991-1992
5) 1992-1994
6) 1994-Present

CHAPTER 2: WORK STATION BOOT LEVEL COMMANDS
1) boot PROM
2) Advantages of the OpenBoot PROM
3) Accessing the OpenBoot PROM
4) The Openboot’s Programming Language
5) Changing the OpenBoot settings
6) Using the Prom to protect your machine
7) What happens when a SUN boots
8) Available boot devices
9) Device Trees
10) Useful Diagnostic Boot Commands
11) Booting a Sun System

CHAPTER 3: INSTALLING THE OPERATING SYSTEM
1) Introduction
2) Client/Server Relationship
3) Solaris Installation Options
4) Hardware Requirements
5) Installation
6) Booting with the CD-ROM
7) Configuring the Workstation
8) Hardware Configuration
9) File Systems
10) The Final States
11) The root password

CHAPTER 4: SYSTEM CONCEPTS
1) Solaris Operating System Properties and Programs
2) The Kernel
3) Shells
4) Swap Space
5) The File System
6) Standalone Workstations
7) Distributed Processing
8) Networks
9) Terminology

CHAPTER 5: FILE SYSTEMS
1) Basic Principles
2) Disk Architecture
3) Disk Partitions
4) Logical Device Names
5) Mounting
6) File System Structure
7) File Types
8) Managing Disk Space

CHAPTER 6: ADMINISTRATION TOOL
1) Introduction
2) Different Ways of Adding a User
3) Starting Admintool
4) Adding a group to the system
5) Adding Users with Admintool
6) Password Aging
7) Home Directory
8) Modifying a User Account
9) Deleting a User Account

CHAPTER 7: SYSTEM AND USER SECURITY
1) Passwords
2) Superuser
3) Using the root Account
4) User Identification
5) /etc/passwd
6) /etc/shadow
7) /etc/group

CHAPTER 8: SYSTEM FILES
1) System Defaults
2) /etc/default/passwd
3) /etc/default/login
4) /etc/default/su
5) /var/adm/sulog
6) Initialization Files
7) Initialization Scripts
8) Skeleton Files
9) Shell Features

CHAPTER 9: UNIX UTILITIES
1) Introduction
2) The tar command
3) The compress command
4) The uncompress command
5) The find command

CHAPTER 10: LINE PRINTER PRINT SERVICE
1) The LP print Service
2) Features
3) Printers
4) /usr/share/lib/terminfo
5) Environment
6) Configuring the Print Service
7) Physical Connection
8) Software Configuration of the Server
9) Software Configuration of the Client
10) Printer Access
11) Adding Local Printer Fields
12) Add Remote Printer Fields
13) Modifying an Existing Printer
14) The lp command
15) Line Printer commands
16) Canceling a print request
17) The lpstat command
18) accept and reject
19) enable and disable
20) lpmove
21) lpadmin

CHAPTER 11: NETWORKING WITH SOLARIS
1) Introduction
2) The Internet
3) An Internet
4) Ethernet
5) Addresses
6) Setting up Network Addresses
7) Transferring Files
8) Running Commands on a remote host
9) Remote Login
10) Useful Network Commands

CHAPTER 12: PROCESSES
1) Processes
2) Parent and child processes
3) The ps command
4) Foreground vs background
5) The kill command
6) Suspending jobs
7) The jobs command
8) The fg and bg commands
9) The at command
10) The crontab command

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