Sun
Solaris
Systems
Administration
Part II
Prerequisites
Knowledge
of Solaris up
to a level
taught in our
Introduction to
Solaris and
Solaris System
Administration
Part 1 courses
is important.
Please call if
you require any
advice.
Follow-up
Solaris
9 Advanced
System
Administration
(S2ASA), a
three-day
course covering
a wide variety
of advanced
administration
topics. This
course is part
of a program,
which can lead
you to Solaris
Certification
(The above
course combined
with this
course are the
equivalent of
the Sun SA-299
Advanced
Administration
course.)
Introduction
to Ethernet and
Networking
- Overview.
- Simplest
Ethernet.
- Ethernet
options.
- The
ISO/OSI 7
layer
model.
- The
IP network.
- IP
addresses,
sockets and
ports,
multicast
addresses.
- Hardware
requirements/options.
Twisted
pair &
fiber
optic.
Facts and
Figures.
- Troubleshooting.
Network
Configuration
- Client/server
concepts,
processes
and
control.
- Configuring
machines
IPv4
interfaces
manually
for network
connection.
- Understanding
Internet
Address
classes and
formulating
Internet
addresses.
- Configuring
logical
interfaces.
Mutilating
configuration
and
operation.
- Configuring
an Internet
work
Router.
- Examples
of route
commands
for manual
routing.
in.
routed
for dynamic
routing.- Subnets
and net
masks.
- Network
basic
commands
and the
associated
security
files.
- Running
GUI
programs
using
X-Windows
facilities.
- Network
daemons.
Intend. The
/etc/inetd.conf
file.
- Network
Monitoring
utilities
(snoop, net
stat, trace
route, etc)
Network
File System (NFS)
and AutoFS
Overview.
- Benefits
and uses of
NFS.
- NFS
Installation.
- NFS
Administration.
- Sharing
file
systems.
- The
mount
command.
- NFS
security.
- NFS
strategies.
- Introduction
and basic
use of the
automounter
(AutoFS).
- Using
SMC with
NFS.
SAMBA
Server Overview
A
brief overview
of this
powerful and
impressive free
open-source
server now
included with
Solaris 9,
which
effectively
turns a Solaris
machine (or
other
UNIX/Linux
machine) into a
Windows NT
server. A
working SAMBA
installation
will be
created, with
graphical
configuration
using swat via
a web browser.
Overview
of Solaris name
services
- NIS,
NIS+, LDAP
and DNS -
how they
work,
advantages
and
disadvantages
of each.
- The
Name
Service
Switch and
/etc/nsswitch.conf.
- The
Name
Service
Cache
Daemon (nscd).
Network
Information
Service (NIS)
- Introduction.
- Creating
a
fully-functioning
NIS
service.
- Using
the ypinit
command to
create
Master and
Slave
servers.
- Updating
the NIS
information
from the
command
line.
- Using
SMC with
NIS to
manage
users,
groups and
hosts.
- Adding
NIS
clients.
NIS file
policies.
- Creating
and using
netgroups
with /etc/netgroup.
- Adding
your own
data to NIS.
- Modifying
the NIS
Makefile.
- Disabling
NIS.
DNS
and LDAP
clients
- Configuring
clients to
use DNS and
LDAP name
services.
Introduction
to the Apache
web server.
- Major
Components.
- Browser
invocation
and
configuration.
- Apache
Web Server
installation
and
activation.
- Installing
a custom
web site.
- Enabling
the Jakarta
Tomcat java
facility.
- Examples
of common
Apache
configuration
directives.
Setting
up Electronic
Mail
- Overview.
- How
to use
mail.
- Mail
routing.
- Files
and
programs
involved.
- Setting
up mail -
local
network.
- Name
Service
considerations.
- Using
NFS to
mount mail
boxes.
- Testing
mail
delivery.
- Mail
aliases.
- External
links and
connecting
to the
Internet.