LOGO VINE SOFTWARE Unix/LINUX SYSTEM ADMIN. COURSE


This Unix/Linux System Administration Course gives the participants the knowledge to execute the day to day jobs of a System Administrator. It also gives them the background knowledge they need to find the solutions to problems which they will encounter in the future.


Goals

The goals of this course are not to teach everything about administering a Unix or Linux system. Instead they are intended to give enough information and confidence to know what should be done on a day to day basis and how to do it.

More importantly, the course gives enough background information so things not covered in detail (or at all) during the course can be tackled because there is an understanding of how the system works.


Structure

The course below is designed to be given at the customer's site to groups of between 1 and about 5 people. It has been structured as four, 2 hour sessions. Preferably they should be taken over two days, two sessions on the first day and two on the next day (or even the next week). Alternatively each session can be taken individually. There is too much to take in during a single day although the subject matter can be reduced to produce 3 sessions which can be taken on a single day.

Where possible a virtual Linux system will be loaded onto the participant's computers. Alternatively the participants can use the Linux or Unix system that they will be administering. If that is not possible the course can be modified to have shorter sessions with "homework" being done on the Unix or Linux systems away from the course. As a general rule we will work with the facilities available at the site; the better the facilities the more progress will be made.

There is more subject matter in each section than can be covered in the time. It will be tailored to suit the requirements of the group taking the course.

Whilst it would be possible to extend this course to include additional modules it is not recommended. It is far better to get to grips with the basics first and then take those additional modules when you have a better idea what it is that you really need to know.


Session I - Background, Internals and Basics

This covers background information about Unix and Linux, how it is organised and how it works. It includes the basic filesystem and commands to access it.

History of Unix and Linux


The Parts of a Typical System


The Filesystems


User Interaction - Shell Basics


Filesystem commands


SESSION II - A User's Unix or Linux System

This session goes into more detail on how to use the various commands available in a Unix or Linux system. It covers the basic skills required to use these commands plus configuring a user's environment.

Common Administrative commands


Printing


X Windows


Configuring your environment


Regular Expressions


I'm Stuck!


SESSION III - The System Administrator's Unix or Linux system

This session covers the rôle of a System Administrator. It includes the usual layout of Unix and Linux systems and also covers using vi and writing shell scripts.

System Admin. & root


More on Filesystems & Disks


System Admin. jobs


System Admin. commands


Editors


String manipulation commands


Writing scripts


What to do when it blows up in your face


SESSION IV - Networking and The Rest

This session covers aspects of using a Unix or Linux system in a local network and connecting it to the Internet, including basic security.

Basic networking


Security


Servers


The Rest


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