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SA-119 - UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 9 Operating System
 
 
The UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 9 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, command shells, file compression, and basic network use. This course is the first of a two-part series that students take in preparation for the Sun Certified System Administration for Solaris, Part I examination.
 
Who Can Benefit
 
Individuals who are preparing to perform basic system administration duties and are new to the Solaris Operating System, 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, mouse)
  • Input commands and control characters from a keyboard
 
Skills Gained
 
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
  • Use components of the desktop system
  • Use command-line features and help resources
  • Manage and view files and directories
  • Change the directory contents
  • Create and modify files
  • Use basic file permissions
  • Control the user work environment
  • Use commands within the Korn shell
  • Perform basic process and job control
  • Archive files and create archives
  • Compress, view, and uncompress files
  • Perform remote file transfers
 
Related Courses
 
  • After: SA-239: Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System
  • After: SL-120: Shell Programming for System Programmers
 
Course Content
 
Module 1 - Using the Desktop in the Solaris 9 Operating System
 
 
  • Describe the main hardware components of a desktop computer
  • Describe the three main components of the SunOS operating system
  • Log in to the system from the command line
  • Use the Desktop Environment
 
Module 2 - Using Command-Line Features and 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 text files
 
Module 4 - Changing the Solaris Operating System 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 - Searching Files and Directories
 
 
  • Search for content in files
  • Search for files and directories
 
Module 6 - Using the vi Editor
 
 
  • Identify the fundamentals of vi operation
  • Manipulate files within the vi editor
 
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 - Using Commands Within the Korn Shell
 
 
  • Use the shell metacharacters
  • Describe the Korn shell
  • Display the command history
  • Describe user initialization files
 
Module 9 - Performing Basic Process and Job Control
 
 
  • Describe a process
  • View a process
  • Search for a specific process
  • Send a signal to a process
  • Manage a job in the Korn shell
 
Module 10 - Performing Remote Connections and File Transfers
 
 
  • Establish a remote login session on another system
  • Copy files or directories to and from another system
  • Transfer files between systems
 
Module 11 - Creating Archives
 
 
  • Archive files
  • Compress and archive files
 
Module 12 - 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








 
Classroom Equipment
Collier Computing utilizes SunBlade 150 workstations for every student.

They are equipped with 512 Megabytes of RAM and dual 80 Gigabyte Harddrives.
 
Servers and Storage
Our investment in your future includes Sun V210 and V240 servers, 3310 and S1 Storage Arrays, all behind a V65x server running Checkpoint firewall software.

We utilize current hardware to deliver our courseware to ensure that you have exposure to today's technology !
 
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