U203a

U203a: Linux System Administration - 3 Days

Who Should Attend:

System administrators, software engineers, system analysts, managers, students, and other IT professionals who wish to learn about using the Linux system.

Prerequisites:

Linux Operating system knowledge such as command line experience, basic utility knowledge and experience with scripting is expected.

Objectives:

This module provides the participant with an understanding of how to install various Linux operating systems, undertake periodic and day-to-day system administration tasks. Topics covered include the system installation, how to boot up and shut down the system, maintaining disks, file system maintenance, reconfiguring the system kernel, adding hardware and printers to the system.

At the end of this module, participants should be conversant with how to install Linux OS's, as well as the day-to-day system administration tasks.

Contents:

Introduction To Linux Operating System: Linux Operating System; Sun Architectures; Sun and Linux Equipment Configurations; System Administrator's Tasks; Solaris Operating System Basics; Becoming Superuser.

Installing Linux Operating Systems: Booting Up; Shutting Down; Startup Scripts; Powering Up Self Test; Automatic Boot Process; Aborting a Booting Sequence; Booting From Specific Devices; init Daemon and System Initialization Scripts.

Administering Workstations: Setting Up Operating Environment On Local Machines; Adding Client NFS Workstations; Adding Additional Software; Handling Power Loss Problems and System Crashes; Scheduling Maintenance Programs through crontab Files; Setting Up System Logs and System Accounting.

Linux File System: Structure of Linux File System; Mounting File Systems; File Systems on a Client; File Systems on a Server; Symbolic Links; Root File System.

File Maintenance: Choosing Which File System To Backup; Planning A Backup Strategy; Using Tape and Tape Controllers for Backup; Using the dump and ufsdump command; Planning an Archive Strategy; Planning How to Dump Various System Configurations.

Security Administration: Security Administration; Preventing Unauthorized Access; Protection of Files and Directories; Integrity of Running Processes.

System Reconfiguration: Reasons for Reconfiguring the System; Automatic Reconfiguration; Procedures to Change Swap Space.

Adding Hardware To Your System: Adding a Board to the System; Adding a Terminal to the System; Adding a Modem to the System.

Adding and Maintaining a Printer: Adding a Printer to Parallel Port; Remote Printing; Configuring Print Clients in Linux; Maintaining Printers.

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