This UNIX System Programming training course provides practical experience in the administration of a SVR4 compatible Unix System. Practical work will concentrate on the basic SVR4 unix commands rather than vendor-specific administration menu driven or GUI tools.
By attending UNIX System Programming workshop, delegates will learn:
- Adding, changing and deleting users and user groups
- Managing user passwords
- Configuring login files
- Running background tasks at regular intervals
- Creating file systems
- Mounting, monitoring and repairing file systems
- Managing file access
- Backing up and restoring files and directories using standard utilities
- Managing swap space
- Adding printers to the system
- Monitoring and controlling print jobs
- Starting and shutting down the system
- Customizing start-up and shutdown procedures
- Monitoring system performance with the sar utility
- Configuring syslog to manage system event messages
- Carrying out various housekeeping procedures to manage disk space
- Knowledge of UNIX
- Knowledge of UNIX Shell Programming
IT staff responsible for the maintenance and day-to-day running of a SVR4 compatible UNIX system. Typically, where several different versions of UNIX systems are supported and where one needs knowledge of administration procedures common to all that adhere to SVR4 standards.