Students who can benefit from this course are individuals who are preparing to perform basic system administration duties and are new users to Solaris and/or UNIX.

• Use basic computer hardware (monitor, keyboard, and mouse)
• Input commands and control characters from a keyboard

• Use components of the desktop system
• Use command-line features and help resources
• Manage and view files and directories and change the directory contents
• Create and modify files and use basic file permissions
• Create ACLs and control the user work environment
• Use commands within the shell
• Perform basic process and job control
• Archive files and create archives
• Compress, view, and uncompress files
• Perform remote file transfers

Module 1 - Using the Desktop in the Solaris 10 Operating System

• Describe the hardware components of a computer
• Describe the Solaris operating system components
• Describe the SunOS operating system
• Log in to the system
• Use the desktop environment

Module 2 - Using Command-Line Features and Online 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 files

Module 4 - Working with Files and Directories in Solaris

• Copy files and directories
• Move and rename files and directories
• Create files and directories
• Remove files and directories
• Use symbolic links

Module 5 - Using the vi Editor

• Describe the fundamentals of the vi editor
• Modify files by using the vi editor

Module 6 - Using Commands Within the Shell

• Use shell metacharacters
• Describe the Korn shell variables
• Display the command history
• Describe the command-line interpreter
• Work with user initialization files

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 - Configure Access Control Lists (ACLs)

• Describe ACLs
• Configure ACLs by using the command line
• Configure ACLs using the File Manager graphical user interface (GUI)

Module 9 - Searching Files and Directories

• Search for content in files
• Search for files and directories

Module 10 - Performing Basic Process Control

• Describe Solaris OS processes
• View a process
• Search for a specific process
• Send a signal to a process

Module 11 - Advanced Shell Functionality

• Manage jobs in the Korn shell
• Describe the Korn shell alias utility
• Use Korn shell functions
• Set Korn shell options

Module 12 - Reading Shell Scripts

• Describe shell scripts
• Run shell scripts
• Pass values to shell scripts
• Use the test command
• Perform conditional commands

Module 13 - Creating Archives

• Archive files
• Compress and archive files using the jar command

Module 14 - 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

Module 15 - Performing Remote Connections and File Transfers

• Establish a remote login session
• Copy files or directories to and from another system
• Transfer files between systems