Solaris 2.6 Adminstrator Certification Training Guide, Part I

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This manual is a study guide for the Solaris System Administrator Certification Exam - Part 1. Each topic will be covered in enough detail so that the reader is equipped to complete the exam. By studying and understanding the material presented in this manual, the reader will be equipped to take Part 1 of the certification exam. Certification Process Introduction to System Administration System Concepts Startup/Shutdown The Common Desktop Environment Kernel and Autoconfiguration Administering Disks File Systems Navigating File Systems File Commands Logical Volume Manager Metacharacters and Redirection vi Editor Package Administration Software Installation ¤ Setting up the System Miscellaneous System Configuration Networks The Automounter NIS AdminTool Security User Security Monitoring System Activity Print Service Print Commands Adding Terminals and Modems Mail Utilities Backups Shell Features Automated System Administration On the Web Troubleshooting.

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Table of Contents

1. Booting the Workstation.

Boot PROM and Program Phases. Kernel Initialization Phase. INIT Phase. Using the Run-Control Scripts to Stop or Start Services. System Shutdown.

Minimum System Requirements. System Configurations. Disk Storage Systems. Basic Considerations for Planning Partition Sizes. Partition Arrangements on Multiple Disks. Device Drivers. Software Package. Methods for Installing Solaris Software. The Solaris Installation Process.

A File System Defined. Defining a Disk's Geometry. Solaris File System Types. Disk Slices. Parts of a UFS File System. How to Create a UFS File System. Understanding Custom File System Parameters. File System Operations.

Physical Security. Controlling System Access. Where User Account Information Is Stored. Controlling File Access. Monitoring Users and System Usage. Network Security. The .rhosts File. Securing Superuser Access. Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET). Common Sense Security Techniques.

Adding User Accounts with Admintool. Deleting a User Account with Admintool. Modifying a User Account with Admintool. Adding a Group with Admintool. Setting Up User Initialization Files. Customizing User Initialization Files. Directories.

Tools for Managing Software. Adding and Removing Software Packages. Listing and Verifying Installed Packages. Software Patches. General Guidelines.

The Login Manager. The Session Manager. Starting the Workspace Manager. Customizing the Front Panel. Removing All User Customizations. Actions and Data Types. The Application Manager. The dtksh Shell. To Customize or Not to Customize.

What Shell to Use? Bourne Shell Variables. Built-Ins. Shell Conditionals. Repeated Action Commands. Shell Functions.

The UNIX Print Service. Setting Up the Hardware. Setting Up the Software. Administering Printers.

Viewing a Process. Signals. Scheduling Processes. Solaris Batch-Processing Facility.

Solaris Backup and Restore Utilities. Pax. Ufsdump. Restoring a File System with ufsrestore.

Hardware Terminology. Software Terminology. Setting Up Modems and Terminals by Using SAF. Using the Modem. Adding a Terminal Through the Admintool.

Network Fundamentals. LAN. Planning the Network. Setting Up the Network. Network Security Files. IP Addressing. Name Service. TCP/IP Commands. Network Maintenance.

How It All Began. 1965-1969. 1970. 1970-1972. 1973-1979. 1982-1983. 1984-1987. 1988-1992. 1993. Late 1990s. Milestones in the Development of UNIX.

The First UNIX Server. The Birth of the Workstation. Distributed Computing. UNIX Administration in a Mainframe Environment.

Mailing Lists. Newsgroups. Web Sites. UNIX-Related Publications Available on the Web.

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