Unix Administration II
Self-Study Guide & Student Manual 2015-16 Edition

Unit Table
of Contents Introduction
Unit One Networking Essentials
1.1......................................................................................................... MAC Addresses
1.2............................................................................................... The ifconfig Command
1.3........................................................................................................ Network Packets
1.4...........................................................................Network Configuration at Boot Time
1.5............................................................................ Reconfiguring Network Information
1.6................................................................................................. Additional Resources

Unit Two The Client-Server model
2.1........................................................................................................ Client Processes
2.2.......................................................................................................Server Processes
2.3......................................................................................................The inetd Daemon
2.4............................................................................................................ Network Ports
2.5.............................................................................................................RPC Services
2.6................................................................................................. Additional Resources

Unit Three Using the Solaris Management Console
3.1.................................................................. The Solaris Management Console Server
3.2.....................................................................................................The Toolbox Editor
3.3................................................................................................................. Add a URL
3.4..................................................................................................................Add a Tool
3.5........................................................................................................ Verify Toolboxes
3.6................................................................................................. Additional Resources

Unit Four Swap Space Administration
4.1 .......................................................................................................... Virtual Memory
4.2............................................................................................................... Swap Space
4.3................................................................................................. Viewing Swap Space
4.4.................................................................................. Adding a Temporary Swap File
4.5............................................................................. Removing a Temporary Swap File
4.6.................................................................................. Adding a Permanent Swap File
4.7............................................................................................. Adding a Swap Partition
4.8................................................................................................. Additional Resources

Unit Five Administering dump files
5.1............................................................................................................. Crash Dumps
5.2................................................................................................... Dump Configuration
5.3...................................................................................................................Core Files
5.4.............................................................................................. Core File Configuration
5.5................................................................................................. Additional Resources

Unit Six NFS
6.1............................................................................................................. What is NFS?
6.2.............................................................................................................. NFS Benefits
6.3............................................................................................................NFS Daemons
6.4........................................................................................... Starting Server Daemons
6.5............................................................................................ Setting up a NFS Server
6.6.............................................................................................. Setting up a NFS Client
6.7..................................................................................................Common NFS Errors
6.8.............................................................................................................. NFS Logging
6.9.............................................Using Solaris Management Console to Administer NFS
6.10............................................................................................... Additional Resources

Unit Seven AutoFS
7.1......................................................................................................AutoFS Essentials
7.2........................................................................................................ Automount Maps
7.3......................................................................................................... The Master Map
7.4............................................................................................................. Indirect Maps
7.5................................................................................................................ Direct Maps
7.6............................................................................................................. Special Maps
7.7.......................................................................... Controlling the automountd Daemon
7.8..........................................................................................The automount Command
7.9................................................................................................. Additional Resources

Unit Eight RAID
8.1............................................................................................................... RAID Basics
8.2...................................................................................... Hardware & Software RAIDs
8.3............................................................................................................... RAID Levels
8.4...................................................................................................................RAID Tips
8.5................................................................................................. Additional Resources

Unit Nine Volume Management
9.1 ........................................................................................................Logical Volumes
9.2................................................................................................... The State Database
9.3......................................................................................... Creating a State Database
9.4.............................................................................................Creating a Level 0 RAID
9.5.............................................................................................Creating a Level 1 RAID
9.6............................................................................Viewing Logical Device Information
9.7.................................................................... Making the root Partition a RAID Device
9.8................................................................................................. Additional Resources

Unit Ten Access Control Lists
10.1 ...............................................................................Access Control Lists Essentials
10.2.......................................................................................................Displaying ACLs
10.3 .......................................................................................................... Setting ACL’s
10.4........................................................................................................ Modifying ACLs
10.5..................................................................................................... The mask Setting
10.6...................................................................................................... Removing ACL's
10.7.................................................................... Copy an ACL from One File to Another
10.8............................................................................................................ Default ACLs
10.9......................................................................................ACLs and the File Manager
10.10............................................................................................. Additional Resources

Unit Eleven RBAC
11.1......................................................................................................RBAC Essentials
11.2............................................................................................................ Profile Shells
11.3..................................................................................................... RBAC Databases
11.4.................................................................................. Using SMC to Manage RBAC
11.5........................................................... Administrating RBAC via the Command Line
11.6............................................................................................... Additional Resources

Unit Twelve Smartcard Authentication
12.1............................................................................................... Smartcard Essentials
12.2.............................................................................................................. OCF Server
12.3..................................................................................................SmartCard Console
12.4.........................................................................................The smartcard Command
12.5............................................................................................... Additional Resources

Unit Thirteen System Logs
13.1............................................................................................. System Log Essentials
13.2...........................................................................................The /etc/syslog.conf File
13.3......................................................................................... The m4 Macro Processor
13.4.............................................................................. The Default /etc/syslog.conf File
13.5.......................................................................... Administrating /etc/syslog.conf File
13.6.................................................................................... Monitoring System Log Files
13.7.............................................................................................. The logger Command
13.8...................................................................................... Using the SMC Log Viewer
13.9.................................................................................. The syslogd Daemon Options
13.10............................................................................................. Additional Resources

Unit Fourteen Name Services Essentials
14.1...................................................................................................... Naming Services
14.2.........................................................................................................The /etc Files
14.3..........................................................................................................DNS Overview
14.4........................................................................................................... NIS Overview
14.5......................................................................................................... NIS+ Overview
14.6........................................................................................................LDAP Overview
14.7.............................................................................The /etc/nsswitch.conf File
14.8.......................................................................... The Name Service Cache Daemon
14.9............................................................................................... The getent command
14.10............................................................................................. Additional Resources

Unit Fifteen DNS and LDAP Client Configuration
15.1............................................................ Introduction to Naming Service Client Setup
15.2........................................................................................... Setting up a DNS Client
15.3..........................................................................................Setting up a LDAP Client
15.4............................................................................................... Additional Resources

Unit Sixteen NIS Server
16.1........................................................................................................ Introducing NIS
16.2...........................................................................................................NIS Daemons
16.3...........................................................................Configuring the NIS Master Server
16.4........................................................................................... Configuring a NIS Client
16.5................................................................................Configuring a NIS Slave Server
16.6............................................................................................ Authorizing NIS Clients
16.7............................................................................................... Additional Resources

Unit Seventeen Shell Programming Basics
17.1............................................................................................ Commenting Programs
17.2........................................................................................................... Magic Cookie
17.3.................................................................................................. Finding Commands
17.4.................................................................................................The echo Command
17.5........................................................................................................ Using Variables
17.6 ........................................................................................................Local Variables
17.7 ............................................................................................ Environment Variables
17.8 ................................................................................ Referencing Variable's Values
17.9 ................................................................................ Reading Values into Variables
17.10........................................................................................................Default Values
17.11................................................................................................... Special Variables
17.12 ....................................................................................................The if Statement
17.13.............................................................................................. The while Statement
17.14................................................................................................ The until Statement
17.15..............................................................................................The break Statement
17.16......................................................................................... The continue Statement
17.17............................................................................................... The case Statement
17.18...........................................................................................................The for Loop
17.19............................................................................................. Numeric Comparison
17.20................................................................................................String Comparisons
17.21.............................................................................................. File Status Checking
17.22.................................................................................Outcome of UNIX commands
17.23............................................................................................. Complex conditionals
17.24............................................................................................. Additional Resources