Module
1: Introduction to the Solaris 8 Operating Environment
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Main hardware components of the computer system
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Desktop OSs,PCs, and workstations
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Unix history
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Solaris Operating Environment - software components
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Introduction to Unix/Linux components - file system, kernel,
shell, GUI
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Benefits of Unix and Linux and their differences
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Default user shells
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2: Accessing the System
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Logging into the system
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Accounts (user,root)
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Style Manager for customized desktop
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Password manipulations from the command line and CDE
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Subpanels
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GNOME and KDE basics
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GNOME customization
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3: Graphical User Applications
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Built-in CDE applications
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GNOME and KDE applications
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Mail and calendar tools
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4: Using the Help System
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CDE Help
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Answer Book and HowTo's
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Command line help
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Linux HowTo's
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Troubleshooting
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5: Accessing Files and Directories
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File systems (ext2,ext3,reiserfs,nfs,etc.)
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Directory paths (relative, absolute, related commands)
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Listing commands
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File system exploring
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Using metacharacters
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6: Directory and File Management
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Basic directory and file management using the console
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Directory and file management using CDE tools
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Directory and file management using KDE and GNOME tools
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Naming conventions
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7: Advanced Directory and File Management
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Copying, linking, renaming, moving
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Input/output redirection
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Piping
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File management in GUI (CDE, GNOME, KDE)
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8: File Systems and File Utilities
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Disk technologies overview
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Partitioning and file system statistics
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Finding files using console
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Grep, egrep, fgrep, sed
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Sorting output and multilevel sorting
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Multiple piping
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GUI find tools
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9: Text editing
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The vi editor
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The emacs editor
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Graphical editors and word processors
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10: File Security
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Security overview
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File system permissions
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Setting default permissions
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Working with symbolic mode and octal mode permissions
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Umasking
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11: Printing
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Unix printing process
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Print spoolers
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Queue managing
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Graphical printing tools
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Advanced printer configuration
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12: Backup and Restore
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Backup strategies overview
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Backup media overview
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Working with CD-ROMs and various floppy media
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Combining backup and compression (jar, tar, cpio)
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Alternate backup and compression tools
Module13:
System processes
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Unix system processes
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Display and manipulate processes (kill, foreground, background,
scheduling)
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Process communication and signalling
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Pgrep and pkill, PIDs, UIDs, IDs, PPIDs
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14: Shell Features and Environment Customization
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Shell features - definition and manipulation
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Aliases, history, CL completion in ksh and csh
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Shell variables - local variables, environmental variables
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Custom prompts and shell initialization (system wide and user
specific for ksh and bash)
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15: Instroduction to Shell Scripting
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Script executing and debugging
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Variables in scripts
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Positional parameters and user interaction
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Flow control, if, case, test commands
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Advanced shell scripting
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16: Unix in Networked Environment
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Client-server computing
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Network and remote access utilities
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Ping, traceroute, ftp, telnet, rlogin, rcp, ssh
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Remote X sessions
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Naming services (DNS, NIS and NIS+, LDAP)
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Network resource sharing (NFS, SMB, CIFS, etc.
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