S10   Introduction to UNIX Administration
Peter Galvin, Corporate Technologies,Inc.

Who should attend: Computer-literate students interested in learning UNIX administration. Some background using UNIX will be a plus.

This tutorial is designed to teach UNIX administration skills to those who are experienced with computers but new to UNIX administration. The course covers all of the essential system administration topics, and stresses professional methods of administration. It uses Solaris as the example operating system when exploring detailed examples.

Course Outline:

	The role of System Administration
	The UNIX file system
	User authorization and control
	System startup and shutdown
	Boot process and start-up files
	Installation    Installation from CD    Jumpstart    Patches    Installing layered software
	File system backups
	System tuning and process control
	Configuration and devices
	Devices    Device naming    Device creation    Troubleshooting SCSI problems
	Admintool    Printing    User management    Terminal configuration
	Networking, IP configuration
	NFS
	Security
	User services - mail, print, data transfer
	Monitor, manage, troubleshoot
	Performance monitoring tools