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Unix Introduction Course Training

Unix Introduction and Administration

Course Length: 7 days

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  • Call (800) 611-1840 for Class Schedule


  • Includes roundtrip airfare and lodging (for boot camps held in Georgia and Florida only)
  • Hands-on instruction by a certified instructor
  • Includes all course materials
  • Breakfast and Lunch provided each day


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This course is designed for end-users, system operators and programmers who are new to the Unix environment. This class is applicable for any flavor of Unix.

Course Outline

What Is This Unix Stuff?
  • What Is Unix?
  • A Brief History of Unix
  • What's All This About Multiuser Systems?
  • Cracking Open the Shell
  • Getting Help
Getting onto the System and Using the Command Line.
  • Beginning Your Session
  • Seeing What's Going On Around You
Moving About the File System.
  • What a Hierarchical File System Is All About
  • Directory Separator Characters
  • The Difference Between Relative and Absolute Filenames
Listing Files and Managing Disk Usage.
  • The ls Command
  • Special ls Command Flags
  • Permissions Strings
Ownership and Permissions.
  • Working with File Permissions
Creating, Moving, Renaming, and Deleting Files and Directories.
  • Manipulating the Unix File System
Looking into Files.
  • Looking Inside Files
Filters, Pipes, and Wildcards!
  • Maximizing the Command Line
Slicing and Dicing Command-Pipe Data.
  • The awk Programming System
  • How to Use cut in Pipes
  • Inline Editing with sed and tr
An Introduction to the vi Editor.
  • Editing the Unix Way
Advanced vi Tricks, Tools, and Techniques.
  • Advanced Editing with vi
  • Summary of vi Commands
Introduction to Command Shells.
  • The (Command) Shell Game
Advanced Shell Interaction.
  • Which Shell Is Which?
Job Control.
  • Wrestling with Your Jobs
Shell Programming Overview.
  • Build Your Own Commands
Introduction to System Administration
  • The System Administrators
  • Becoming Superuser
  • Communicating with Users
  • Menu Interfaces for System Administration
  • Review Questions
  • Hands On Exercise
The Unix Way
  • Files
  • File Ownership
  • File Protection
  • Setting File Protection
  • Special Purpose Access Modes
  • Mapping Files to Disks
  • File Types
  • Processes
  • Devices
  • The Unix File System Layout
  • Review Questions
  • Hands On Exercise
Tools and Techniques
  • Getting Help
  • Piping into grep and awk
  • Finding Files
  • Duplicating a Directory Tree
  • Comparing Directories
  • Deleting Pesky Files
  • Chroot Jails
  • Starting at the End
  • Periodic Program Execution
  • System Messages
  • Managing Software Packages
  • Review Questions
  • Hands On Exercise
Startup and Shutdown
  • The Unix Boot Process
  • Preparing Filesystems
  • System V Initialization Files
  • Intialization Files Overview
  • Shutting Down a Unix System
  • Crashes and Boot Failures
  • When the System Won't Boot
  • Review Questions
  • Hands On Exercise
TCP/IP Network Management
  • Understanding TCP/IP Networking
  • Ports, Services, and Daemons
  • Names and Network Addresses
  • Subnets and Supernets
  • Adding a New Host
  • Name Resolution Options
  • Routing Options
  • Network Testing and Troubleshooting
  • Review Questions
  • Hands On Exercise
User Accounts
  • Defining a New User Account
  • Unix Groups
  • Adding New Users
  • Disabling and Removing User Accounts
  • User Account Command Line Utilities
  • Administering User Passwords
  • Network Information Service
  • Review Questions
  • Hands On Exercise
Security
  • Thinking About Security
  • Unix Lines of Defense
  • Protecting Files and the File System
  • Encryption
  • Establishing Trust
  • Securing Network Daemons
  • Automated Security Monitoring
  • Investigating System Activity
  • Review Questions
  • Hands On Exercise
Filesystems and Disks
  • Filesystem Types
  • Mounting and Dismounting File Systems
  • The Filesystem Configuration File
  • Using fsck to Validate a Filesystems
  • Disks and Filesystems
  • Adding Disks
  • Logical Volume Managers
  • Sharing Filesystems
  • Samba
  • Review Questions
  • Hands On Exercise
Backup and Restore
  • Planning for Disasters and Everyday Needs
  • Backup Strategies
  • Backup Storage Considerations
  • Backup Media
  • Tape Special Files
  • Backing up (User) Files and Filesystems
  • Using tar
  • Using cpio
  • Backing up Individual Filesystems with dump
  • Related Tape Utilities
  • Backing Up and Restoring the System Filesystems
  • Review Questions
  • Hands On Exercise

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