Solaris Fundamentals
Course Type:
Self-paced Courses
Estimated Time of Completion:
14 hours
CEU Credits:
Language:
English
Description:
In this course, you will log in and out of the Solaris and Common Desktop Environment, compose command-line strings to perform functions, navigate the directory tree, manipulate text files, create files and directories, and back up and restore user files and directories. You will also change permissions of files and directories, use the vi editor, identify and modify initialization files, use basic network commands, search directories and files, list active user processes, and selectively kill user processes.
Objectives:
- Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to log in and out of the Solaris and Common Desktop Environment, compose command-line strings to perform functions, navigate the directory tree, manipulate text files, create files and directories, and back up and restore user files and directories. You will also be able to change permissions of files and directories, use the vi editor, identify and modify initialization files, use basic network commands, search directories and files, list active user processes, and selectively kill user processes.
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Content Outline:
Getting to Know the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
Workstation Components
The Solaris 8 Operating Environment Components
Determining Your User Shell
Accessing the System with Solaris 8
Logging In to the Solaris 8 Workstation
The CDE Desktop
Passwords and Security
Command Syntax
Manual Pages
Accessing Directories and Files
The Directory Tree
Absolute and Relative Pathnames
Using Commands to Access Files and Directories
Using Metacharacters to Access Directories and Files
Creating and Managing Directories and Files
Determine a File Type
Creating a Directory
Creating a File
Removing Directories and Files
Copying Files and Directories
Moving Directories and Files
Searching for Files and Text
Locating Files Within the Solaris File System
Using sort Command to Help Find a File
Viewing the Contents of a Text File
Viewing Specific Sections of a Text File
Using File Security
Determining File Access
Setting Standard File Permissions
Using Octal Mode to Change Permissions
Using Symbolic Mode to Change Permissions
Determining the umask Value
Using the vi Editor
Creating a File in vi Editor
Switching vi Editor Modes
Locating Information in a File
Adding Text to a File
Deleting Text
Copying and Pasting Text
Searching and Replacing Text
Creating Archive Files
Describing Backup and Restore Functions
Backing Up Files Using the tar Utility
Restoring Files Using the tar Utility
Compressing Backup Files
Uncompressing Backup Files
Backing Up and Restoring with the cpio Utility
Connecting Remotely
Connecting Remotely Using Telnet
Transferring Files with FTP
Remotely Accessing a System Using rlogin
Executing Commands on a Remote Host
Copying Files Between Remote Hosts
Managing System Processes
Using Processes and Process Identifiers (PIDs)
Identifying Parent and Child Processes
Terminating Processes Using the kill Command
Using the pgrep and pkill Commands
Using the Korn Shell and the CDE
Shell Features
Displaying Korn Shell Environment Variables
Using Korn Shell Variables
Exporting Variables
Redirecting Input and Output Using the Korn Shell
Configuring the Korn Shell Environment
Viewing and Modifying the Common Desktop Environment
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