UNIX Curriculum

|Solaris |UNIX |

Introduction To Solaris

This course teaches students how to use fundamental UNIX commands and basic Solaris commands. This course is intended for students new to Sun's Solaris operating system. Students will learn functions of the shell, file system navigation, Solaris editors, file commands (including ls, cat, rm, mv, cp and ln), additional commonly used commands (including grep, od and pr) as well as learning user communication tools such as mailx.

Solaris System Administration

Students are prepared to install and maintain a local-area network of Sun workstations running the Solaris operating system. Students learn how to install software for a server, how to add devices, how to configure the client server environment, how to add terminals, and how to configure the NIS+ name service.

Unix Fundamentals

This is the first in a series of courses focusing on the Unix Operating System, including Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, etc. A comprehensive study is given, including its evolutino, structure, programming environment, and user interface. Topics include user interfaces, the shell (Korn, Bourne, C, etc), file system commands, data manipulatin commands, editors (vi and ed), software tools, networking tools, and system administration tools. The course is supplemented with many hands-on exercises that reinforce the lectures.

Korn Shell Programming

This course describes the Korn Shell. The shell as a programming language is featured. The course also thoroughly treats other shell functions such as the shell as the user interface, the shell as a customization tool for the user environment, and the shell as a front end for command customization. Labs are given throughout the course to reinforce the lectures.

Bash Shell Programming

This course describes the standard Linux shell, bash. All facets of the bash shell are discussed: bash productivity features, bash as the user interface, bash user customization, and bash as a programming language. The programming features of bash are emphasized. Many hands-on labs are given to reinforce the lectures.