The following lesson plans were developed by Ian Mapleson as part of a 3-day UNIX administration course in 1999. All files are in pdf format.

Section I:

  • Part 1. Introduction & history of UNIX.

  • Part 2. The basics: files, UNIX commands, shells, etc.

  • Part 3. File ownership and permissions.


Section II:

  • Part 1. System identity, software, UNIX characteristics.

  • Part 2. Shell scripts.

  • Part 3. System monitoring tools and tasks.

  • Part 4. More shell scripts, application development tools.


Section III:

  • Part 1. Installing the OS and software, patches, etc.

  • Part 2. Networking, hardware installation.

  • Part 3. Daily system administration tasks.

  • Part 4. Security control, internet access, summary.

  • Part 5. More on administration and security.

 


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Last Updated: 28 October 2001