Fundamentals of Solaris[tm] 8 Operating Environment for System Administrators

( SA-118 ) Instructor-led Training

     Course Description Back To Top

 

The Fundamentals of Solaris[tm] 8 Operating Environment for System Administrators course teaches you how to use UNIX® operating system commands and basic Solaris Operating Environment commands. The class is for new users of the Solaris environment. You will learn fundamental command-line features of the Solaris Operating Environment including file system navigation, file permissions, the vi text editor, command shells, and basic network use.

 

     Who Can Benefit Back To Top

 

  • Persons new to the Solaris Operating Environment
  • Persons performing system administration duties who are not familiar with UNIX operating systems

         Prerequisites Back To Top

    To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:

  • Use a computer
  • Input commands and control characters from a keyboard

         Skills Gained Back To Top

    Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

  • Log in and log out of Solaris and Common Desktop Environments (CDE)
  • Compose command-line strings to perform functions
  • Navigate the directory tree
  • Manipulate text files
  • Create files and directories
  • Back up and restore user files and directories
  • Change permissions of files and directories
  • Use the vi text editor
  • Identify and modify initialization files
  • Employ shell features to streamline command execution
  • Use basic network commands
  • Use commands to search directories and files
  • List active user processes and selectively kill user processes

         Related Courses Back To Top

     

  • After: SA-238: Solaris 8 Operating Environment System Administration I
  • After: SL-120: Shell Programming
  • After: SA-245: Shell Programming for System Administrators

     
         Course Content Back To Top

     

    Module 1: Introduction to the Solaris 8 Operating Environment


  • Identify the main hardware components of the computer system
  • Describe the Solaris Operating Environment in terms of its software components
  • List the main purpose for the default user shells

    Module 2: Accessing the System


  • Log in and out of the system
  • Work with password requirements
  • Change your password from the command line and CDE
  • Use command-line syntax
  • Use online manual pages to aid in constructing command lines

    Module 3: Accessing Files and Directories


  • Work with the directory tree
  • Use absolute and relative pathnames
  • Use the cd command to change directories
  • Employ the pwd command to display the current directory
  • Work with pathname abbreviations
  • Use the ~ and - expressions
  • Use the ls command
  • Identify and use metacharacters

    Module 4: Directory and File Commands


  • Use control characters
  • Determine file type using the file command
  • Display files using the cat, more, head, and tail commands
  • Employ the wc command
  • Create files with the touch command
  • Use the tee command
  • Create directories
  • Remove files and directories
  • Copy files and directories
  • Move and rename files and directories
  • Print files and cancel print requests

    Module 5: Searching for Files and Text


  • Find files using specific criteria
  • Search for text within documents
  • Sort files alphabetically or numerically
  • Perform multilevel sorting
  • Compare the contents of text files

    Module 6: File Security


  • Determine file access
  • Describe types of permissions
  • Set standard permissions on a file
  • Work with permission categories
  • Change permissions with symbolic mode
  • Change permissions with absolute (octal) mode
  • Determine the umask value

    Module 7: Visual (vi) Editor


  • Use various vi modes
  • Invoke vi
  • Employ input, positioning, and editing commands
  • Use advanced editing options
  • Create and save a file

    Module 8: Archiving User Data


  • Describe the backup and restore functions
  • Use the tar utility to store files
  • Backup files with the tar and compress commands
  • Use the jar command
  • Use compression tools to save storage space
  • Use the cpio command

    Module 9: Remote Connections


  • Connect remotely using telnet
  • Remotely access a system using rlogin
  • Transfer files with ftp

    Module 10: System Processes


  • Display system processes
  • Use processes and process identifiers (PIDs)
  • Identify parent and child processes
  • Terminate processes using the kill command
  • Use the pgrep and pkill commands

    Module 11: The Korn Shell


  • Define shell features
  • Work with variable types
  • Use shell variables
  • Describe user-defined shell variables
  • Customize shell variables
  • Display shell variables
  • Apply predefined environment variables
  • Export variables
  • Redirect output using the shell
  • Work with environment variables
  • Configure the shell environment

    Module 12: Introduction to sed and awk


  • Editing the contents of a text file from the command line
  • Send the results of command-line editing to standard output
  • Use regular expression metacharacters to delete lines, add text to lines, or change characters with sed commands
  • Use awk to scan text files or standard input to display specific data, change data format, and add text to existing data

    Module 13: Reading Shell Scripts


  • Use basic shell commands
  • Define shell variables
  • Pass command-line variables to a shell script
  • Decipher basic shell scripts

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