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UNIX Administration Course

Copyright 1999 by Ian Mapleson BSc.

Version 1.0

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Day 1:

Part 1:  Introduction to the course. Introduction to UNIX. History
         of UNIX and key features. Comparison with other OSs.

Part 2:  The basics: files, UNIX shells, editors, commands.
         Regular Expressions and Metacharacters in Shells.

Part 3:  File ownership and access permissions.
         Online help (man pages, etc.)


Day 2:

Part 1:  System identity (system name, IP address, etc.)
         Software: vendor, commercial, shareware, freeware (eg. GNU).
         Hardware features: auto-detection, etc.
         UNIX Characteristics: integration, stability,
         reliability, security, scalability, performance.

Part 2:  Shell scripts.

Part 3:  System monitoring tools and tasks.

Part 4:  Further shell scripts. Application development tools:
         compilers, debuggers, GUI toolkits, high-level APIs.


Day 3:

Part 1:  Installing an OS and software: inst, swmgr.
         OS updates, patches, management issues.

Part 2:  Organising a network with a server. NFS. Quotas.
         Installing/removing internal/external hardware.
         SGI OS/software/hardware installation. Network setup.

Part 3:  Daily system administration tasks, eg. data backup.
         System bootup and shutdown, events, daemons.

Part 4:  Security/Access control: the law, firewalls, ftp.
         Internet access: relevant files and services.
         Course summary.

Part 5:  Exploring administration issues, security, hacking,
         responsibility, end-user support, the law (discussion).
         Indy/Indy attack/defense using IRIX 5.3 vs. IRIX 6.5
         (two groups of 3 or 4 each).

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