Real World UNIX

This Real World Unix curriculum enables students to achieve real goals in the Unix environment. It teaches not only the basics of Unix, but also enables graduates to direct their own advanced research.

Administration

Boot and shutdown 
Understanding the boot process
Runlevels
Single user mode
Rebooting


                        
Manage users and groups
The superuser, users, and groups
The user and password database
Creating, suspending, and deleting user accounts
Creating new user accounts
Managing group accounts
Basic account security
Managing users


                        
Logging system events 
Understanding syslog and system logs
Configuring the system log daemon
Rotating and archiving logs


                        
Automating system tasks 
Scheduling jobs in using at
Scheduling jobs in using cron
Using cron
Configuring user access to scheduling services


                        
Backups 
Unix backup issues
Planning a unix backup strategy
Implementing backups


                        
Documentation 
Understanding Unix documentation
Providing technical assistance for Unix

Unix Shells/Scripts

Using the shell
The shell user interface
Navigating the filesystem
Basic shell utilties


                        
Writing script files
Preparing a script file
Input and output
Standard output
Standard input
Appending to files
Redirection of standard io


                        
Advanced scripting
Shell variables
Quoting mechanisms
Command substitution
File name generation
Writing simple scripts
Conditional statements
Checking file status
Writing a simple script
Looping statements
Processing files
Functions

Filesystems

Navigating the filesystem 
Unix Files 
Filesystem hierarchy standard
Exploring the filesystem hierarchy
Finding files and commands
Identifying files
Using hard and symbolic links


                        
File permissions and ownership 
Setting permissions on files
Setting permissions on directories
Using special permission modes
Managing Unix file ownership


                        
Filesystem mounting 
Mounting filesystems
Configuring filesystems for mounting
Mounting and unmounting filesystems manually


                        
Filesystem management
Monitoring filesystem usage
Checking filesystems
Reporting your Unix system's file usage
The role of partitions in a Unix filesystem
Creating partitions and filesystems in Unix


                        
Disk quotas
Understanding disk quotas
Managing Unix disk quotas

Kernel Configuration

Working with the kernel
Understanding the kernel
Preparing for kernel installation
Configuring kernel parameters
Compiling and installing a new kernel
Installing a new kernel in Linux


                        
Managing kernel modules
Kernel modules in Linux
Loading and unloading kernel modules in Linux

Network Basics

Using basic TCP/IP network utilities
Understanding TCP/IP networking in Unix I 
Understanding TCP/IP networking in Unix II 
Primer on IP subnetts 


                        
TCP/IP configuration
TCP/IP configuration files in Unix
Configuring Unix network interfaces using 'ifconfig' 
Routing in Unix
Monitoring a network using Open Source software

Network Services

Configuring inetd
Using inetd configuration files 
Managing Internet services
Using TCP Wrappers 


                        
DNS services 
DNS services (ISC BIND) 


                        
Managing sendmail
E-mail protocols and terminology
Sendmail configuration 
Sendmail Management 


                        
Apache
Apache configuration files 
Configuring a web site


                        
NFS and Samba
Overview of the Unix NFS 
Exporting and mounting Network Filesystems in Unix 
Configuring Samba
Running smbd, nmbd, and smbclient

Basic Security

Introduction to security
The threats of no security
Physical security and access control in Unix
File and directory security in Unix
System logs and intrusion detection
Unix Security Software


                        
User-level security 
Password policies
Setting user limits with 'umask'
Securing shells with ssh

About Unix Genius Japan

Unix Genius Japan is dedicated to tailoring our curriculum to our students needs. We teach our students the basic curriculum and give them an advantage by showing them how to focus their learning to obtain their goals. We do this by individualized counseling, and followup sessions. Experience the advantage of Unix Genius Japan.