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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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