SUN CERTIFIED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR FOR SOLARIS 8

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 PART I EXAM OBJECTIVES

SYSTEM CONCEPTS:

 - Match selected system administration terms to their respective definitions: daemons, shell, file system, kernel, operating system.

 - Define the effect of using various man command options when viewing online manual pages.

THE BOOT PROM:

 - State or recognize the combination of actions required to interrupt a non-responsive system.

 - State the command strings used to manipulate custom device aliases.

INSTALLATION:

 - Describe the sequence of steps required to perform the Solaris 8 Operating Environment software installation on a networked standalone system.

 - Identify the function of the following package administration commands:

            pkgadd

            pkginfo

            pkgchk

            pkgrm

 - Identify the steps required to install a patch, verify which patches are currently installed, and remove a patch using these commands:

             patchadd

            patchrm

            showrev

INITIALIZATION AND SHUTDOWN:

 - Match the Solaris run levels to their intended functions.

 - State the function of the following files or directories and the relationships between them: /etc/inittab, /etc/init.d, /etc/rc#(where # falls in the range of 0 to 6, or S), or    

   /etc/rc#.d(where # falls in the range of 0 to 6, or S).

- Identify the commands used to change the run level of a system to a specified state.

USER ADMINISTRATION:

 - Identify the following login procedures: log into a system, log out of a system, and changing login passwords.

 - State the command used to identify which users are currently logged into the system.

- State the steps required to create user accounts on the local system using the admintool utility.

 - State the command syntax to add, modify, or delete user / group accounts on the local system with these commands:

            useradd

            groupadd

            usermod

            groupmod

            userdel

            groupdel

 - Given a user's login shell, list the shell initialization files used to set up a user's work environment at login.

SECURITY:

 - Identify how to search for regular expressions in the contents of one or more files.

 - List command sequences used to display or modify file and directory permissions. 

- Differentiate the effect of selected umask values on the permissions assigned to newly created files and directories.

 - List in sequence the steps to create, modify, and delete access control lists (ACLs) on files.

PROCESS CONTROL:

 - List the commands which display information for all active processes on the system. 

 - State the effect of sending a specified signal to a process.

 - List the commands used to terminate an active process.

FILE SYSTEMS:

 - List the different types of file systems in the Solaris Operating Environment.

 - State the effect of the commonly used options of the mount command.

 -  Differentiate between the purpose of the /etc/mnttab and /etc/vfstab files.

 - Select correct statements about the intended purpose of the /etc, /opt, /usr, /export, and /        (the root) directories.

 - List the steps required to access data on diskettes or CD-ROMs.

FILES AND DIRECTORIES:

 - State the commands used to reduce the size of files and directories for storage to tape.

  - Match the file types of regular files, directories, symbolic links, device files, and hard links to their respective functions.

THE BOOT PROCESS:

 - Match the boot command options to their respective functions.

 - Select the command that reports the current run level of a Solaris System.

 - Given a sample run control directory, differentiate between the basic activity in a script whose name begins with an upper case S and a script whose name begins with an upper case K.

DISK CONFIGURATION:

 - Select the command used to add device configuration information for a new disk device without requiring a reboot of Solaris.

 - Differentiate between the uses of a character (raw) disk (/dev/rdsk) and a block disk (/dev/dsk).

FORMAT:

 - Identify the correct usage of the format command.

 - Select correct statements about the use of the menu selections for the format command.

  - Select correct statements about the use of the menu selections for the partition subcommand under the format command.

BACKUP AND RECOVERY:

 - Match listed backup, archive, and restore utilities to their respective functional capabilities.

 - Identify the commands and steps required to backup a file system to tape.

 - Identify the commands and steps required to restore a file system from tape.

BASIC COMMAND SYNTAX:

 - Using absolute or relative pathnames, select valid command strings to move between specified points within a given directory tree.

 - Select the metacharacter combinations necessary to construct pathname abbreviations for access to files and directories within the directory tree.

 - State the commands needed to list the contents of directories and determine the file types within a directory.

 - List the commands used to create or remove directories.

 - State the commands used to copy, create, rename, or remove files.

EDITOR:

 - List the keyboard sequences that are required to switch between the three modes of operation used by the vi editor.

 - State the vi editor commands used to position and move the cursor, create and delete text, and copy or move text.

 - Match the correct vi command sequences with their respective search and replace functions.

REMOTE CONNECTION:

 - State the command to perform remote system operations such as remote login, remote copy, and remote shell commands.

 - State the subcommands that are used by the ftp utility to transfer files between a local system and a remote system.

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