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BSDI Unix Administration Course

Course Description

This course provides delegates with a detailed knowledge of the administration of a BSD UNIX operating system. It discusses many aspects of the system, including installation, administrative tasks, kernel configuration, the boot process and compilation.

Course pre-requisites:

Delegates should have a knowledge of Unix which meets the standards set by the PTR Unix Fundamentals course.

Topics covered on the 3 day BSDI Unix Administration course

Introduction to BSD UNIX



BSD distributions

  • Common distributions (BSDI, FreeBSD)


    • Installing BSD

  • Introduction to PC partitions


    • Basic BSD concepts

  • The console
  • Terminal types (Termcap and terminfo)
  • Manual pages
  • Basic commands


    • Configuring The X Windows System

  • Configuring X startup
  • Window Manager
  • Desktop environment


    • User accounts

  • User account files
  • Manually editing account files
  • Tools to add users
  • User home directories


    • The Unix filesystem

  • Filesystem security
  • BSD Unix filesystem layout
  • User quotas


    • Unix device files

  • Device names for various hardware devices
  • Creating new device files (mknod)


    • System log Files



    Scheduling tasks

  • The AT command
  • The CRON


    • Handling processes and memory

  • Listing running processes
  • Sending signals to a process
  • Process and memory utilities


    • The kernel

  • Kernel versions (stable and development)
  • Configuring the kernel
  • Compiling the kernel
  • Kernel modules
  • Tuning


    • Booting BSD UNIX

  • PC boot process and partitions
  • The BSD boot process in detail



    • Course Classification: 

    Course Fee = £915   (excl.VAT)

    Scheduled course dates

    March 2010April 2010May 2010June 2010July 2010

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    If you would prefer to run this course at your premises as you have several employees to place on the course perhaps, then we are also able to offer onsite Unix Training and bespoke Unix courses