the unix essentials featuring the solaris 10 operating system course provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to use components of the desktop system, manage files and directories, create and modify files, control the user work environment, archive files, and use remote commands. in addition, this course explains fundamental command-line features of the solaris operating system (solaris os), including file system navigation, the vi text editor, file permissions, access control lists (acls), command shells, file compression, basic network use, and reading shell scripts. this course is the first of a two-part series that students take in preparation for the sun certified system administrator for solaris, part i examination.who can benefit
students who can benefit from this course are individuals who are preparing to perform basic system administration duties and are new to the solaris os, or those who are unfamiliar with the unix operating system.
prerequisites
to succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
use basic computer hardware (monitor, keyboard, and mouse)
input commands and control characters from a keyboard
skills gained
upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
use components of the desktop system
use command-line features and help resources
manage and view files and directories and change the directory contents
create and modify files and use basic file permissions
create acls
control the user work environment
use commands within the shell
perform basic process and job control
archive files and create archives
compress, view, and uncompress files
perform remote file transfers
related courses
after:
intermediate system administration for the solaris 10 operating system (sa-200-s10)
shell programming for system administrators (sa-245)
shell programming for system programmers (sl-120cu)
course content
module 1 - using the desktop in the solaris 10 operating system
describe the hardware components of a computer
describe the solaris operating system components
describe the sunos operating system
log in to the system
use the desktop environment
module 2 - using command-line features and online help resources
construct and execute commands from the command line
use online documentation
module 3 - viewing directories and files
work with directories
work with files
print files
module 4 - changing the solaris os directory contents
copy files and directories
move and rename files and directories
create files and directories
remove files and directories
use symbolic links
module 5 - using the vi editor
describe the fundamentals of the vi editor
modify files by using the vi editor
module 6 - using commands within the shell
use shell metacharacters
describe the korn shell variables
display the command history
describe the command-line interpreter
work with user initialization files
module 7 - using basic file permissions
view file and directory permissions
determine file or directory access
change the permissions
modify the default permissions
module 8 - configure access control lists (acls)
describe acls
configure acls by using the command line
configure acls using the file manager graphical user interface (gui)
module 9 - searching files and directories
search for content in files
search for files and directories
module 10 - performing basic process control
describe solaris os processes
view a process
search for a specific process
send a signal to a process
module 11 - advanced shell functionality
manage jobs in the korn shell
describe the korn shell alias utility
use korn shell functions
set korn shell options
module 12 - reading shell scripts
describe shell scripts
run shell scripts
pass values to shell scripts
use the test command
perform conditional commands
module 13 - creating archives
archive files
compress and archive files using the jar command
module 14 - compressing, viewing, and uncompressing files
compress files using the compress command
view compressed files using the zcat command
uncompress files using the uncompress command
compress a file with the gzip command
view files using the gzcat command
compress and archive multiple files with the zip command
module 15 - performing remote connections and file transfers
establish a remote login session
copy files or directories to and from another system
transfer files between systems