◊ UNIX SYSTEMS ONLINE TRAINING SERIES
Online UNIX Systems Training
Server Administration » Unix
Only $99.95
UNIX Systems Series (39 hours)
ONLINE UNIX Systems TRAINING FEATURES
- Learn UNIX Systems online with these interactive online UNIX Systems courses.
- Affordable Pricing (Only $99.95 for the complete series)
- A full year to complete the UNIX Systems courses
- Retake the UNIX Systems courses as many times as you like
- Measure your progress with assessment tests after each course
- Earn completion certificates after passing each assessment test
1. Introduction to UNIX
Time: 5 hours
This course presents the features of UNIX that are most useful to new users including logging in and out file administration command processing displaying text and using mail.
Objectives
- Describe the three standard versions of UNIX
- Log in and log out of a UNIX system
- Work with directories and files
- Display and change file permissions
- Enter a command with arguments
- Redirect input and output
- Use the initialization file
- Print
- Send and receive mail
Topics
- Introduction to UNIX
- The File System
- Processing Commands
- Some Utility Programs
2. Shells: Bourne, Korn, and C
Time: 9 hours
This course presents the three shells that are typically available on a UNIX system. It describes how to get the most out of the three shells, and describes the advantages and disadvantages of each shell.
Objectives
- describe what a shell is
- describe what a shell does
- describe how a shell relates to the overall system
- store data in variables
- customize the environment with environment variables
- identify the specific features of each shell
- choose the appropriate shell for the situation
Topics
- What Is a Shell?
- Bourne Shell
- Korn Shell
- C Shell
- Shell Comparison
3. Shell Programming
Time: 6 hours
This course presents the basics of shellprogramming using the Bourne shell then covers additional features of the Korn and C shells.
Objectives
- Write basic Bourne Korn and C shell programs
- Add statements to perform commands conditionally
- Build repetitions into a program
- Use functions for programming efficiency
- Handle unexpected signals from executing programs
- Select a shell language for writing shell scripts
Topics
- Bourne Shell Programming
- Korn Shell Programming
- C Shell Programming
- Using Shell Scripts
4. System Administration I
Time: 5 hours
This course covers installing UNIX, and setting up and maintaining file systems and user accounts.
Objectives
- Plan and perform the installation of UNIX on a machine
- Boot and shut down the system safely
- Describe system states
- Modify startup scripts
- Set up UNIX file systems and maintain them
- Perform file system backups
- Create or remove a user account
Topics
- UNIX Installation Basics
- Starting Up and Shutting Down
- File System Administration
- User Administration
5. System Administration II
Time: 9 hours
This course presents UNIX system accounting performance monitoring device management and UNIX security.
Objectives
- Manage UNIX accounting systems
- understand the factors that affect system performance
- Optimize resources so that the system performs at its best
- Set up configure and maintain devices
- Evaluate security needs
- Identify the tools used to improve a system's security
Topics
- System Accounting
- Performance Monitoring
- Device Administration
- UNIX System Security
6. Process Management
Time: 5 hours
This course describes how to control programs in UNIX including how to start a job (program) and how to kill it.
Objectives
- Describe how UNIX executes a command
- Define the use of processes
- Describe the advantages of background execution
- List three common daemon processes
- Monitor processes with ps and time
- Differentiate between foreground and background processes
- Kill processes
- Prioritize processes
- Tune the UNIX system with ps and sar
- Define and manipulate a crontab
Topics
- What is a Process?
- Administering Processes
- Scheduling Processes
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