Basic HP UX Admin Course

by Vibrant Technologies & Computers

Module

Title

Contents

Module 1:

Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials

• Course Structure and Agenda

• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Module 2:

INTRODUCTION TO THE HP-UX OPERATING SYSTEM

• A brief history of UNIX

• The UNIX kernel

• The UNIX file system

• A login session

• Getting started navigating the file system

• The file system structure

• Directories and files

• Pathnames

• Navigating the file system

• Exercise: Logging on to the system

• Exercise: Navigating the file system

Module 3:

BASIC COMMANDS

• Command line syntax

• Basic file handling commands

• Basic Directory handling commands

• Filename wildcard characters

• Exercise: Manipulating files and directories

Module 4:

REDIRECTION AND PIPES

• Input redirection

• Output redirection

• Pipes

• Exercise: Using redirection and pipe facilities

Module 5:

INTRODUCTION TO THE vi EDITOR

• Overview of the vi editor

• Basic functions

• Switching to input mode

• Other useful commands

• Exercises: Using the vi editor

• Exercise: Using more advanced vi features

Module 6:

SEARCHING AND REPLACING TEXT

• Replacing text

• Using the vi editor

• Using sed for search and replace

• Searching for text with grep

• Exercises: Searching and Replacing Text

Module 7:

RECALLING AND EDITING COMMANDS

• Overview

• The Bash shell

• The Korn shell

• Exercises: Recall and Edit Commands

Module 8:

FILE PERMISSIONS AND ACCESS CONTROL

• Users and user groups

• File access permissions

• Changing file attributes

• Switching users and user groups

• Linking files

• Exercise: Setting and access permissions

Module 9:

PROCESSES

• What is a process?

• Monitoring processes

• Killing processes

• Background processes

• Job Control

• Grouping commands

• Exercise: Monitoring an controlling processes

Module 10:

THE USER ENVIRONMENT

• Customising the .profile or .bash_profile

• Customising the .kshrc or .bashrc

• Exercise: Setting up an environment

Module 11:

MORE BASIC COMMANDS

• The find command

• The cut command

• The sort command

• The finger command

• Exercise: Using file handling commands