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<strong>Unix</strong> Administration<br />

14. UNIX ADMINISTRATION<br />

Administration Topics<br />

1. Day-to-Day Tasks<br />

2. File System<br />

3. Backup<br />

4. Startup & Shutdown<br />

5. Cron<br />

6. Printing<br />

7. Networks<br />

8. Mail<br />

9. News<br />

A. Accounting<br />

B. Performance tuning<br />

C. Epilogue<br />

Systems Administrator tasks<br />

- install & maintain system<br />

- install & maintain applications<br />

- upgrade software & hardware<br />

- monitor hardware operation & performance<br />

- support & maintain system software<br />

- create new system software<br />

- manage file system<br />

- monitor system security<br />

- backup system data<br />

for users<br />

- put users on <strong>the</strong> system solve user problems<br />

- establish user groups<br />

- educate users<br />

- educate operations staff<br />

for management<br />

- interact <strong>with</strong> management<br />

- state of <strong>the</strong> system reports advise on<br />

technical aspects<br />

for network (upto 50% of time)<br />

- maintain all network files<br />

- caring for network daemons domain name<br />

servers<br />

- file servers<br />

- printer servers<br />

- mail servers<br />

- monitoring network security<br />

Also make all machines run whatever version of UNIX<br />

AT&T, BSD, XENIX ===> Standards, P<strong>OS</strong>IX, SVID<br />

Day-to-day Administration<br />

Between meetings and user interrupts<br />

- First tasks of <strong>the</strong> day:<br />

- test local network loading<br />

- check life of file servers<br />

- check file systems (block & inode limits)<br />

- read "root's" mail for error messages<br />

- status of system daemons<br />

- look for large user files<br />

- process console log and restart<br />

Critical file systems<br />

/ # check disk space<br />

/usr<br />

# contains accounting<br />

/usr/spool, /var/spool # log files, prints, etc<br />

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