What is Systems Administration?
The job, the root user, the su command, customising root's environment.
Administration by menus
Setting up the system after installation
Setting the date and time, the nodename and passwords.
Managing users and groups
Adding users and groups, managing passwords, customising user environments, deleting users and groups.
Managing printers
Basics, the spooler, printer operations, adding printers, fixing problems with printers.
System shutdown
Run states, ho- to shutdown.
System startup
/etc/inittab and other startup files, the login sequence.
Filesystems
Partitions and filesystems, using floppy disks.
Backups
Backup mediums, backup strategies.
UNIX utilities for backup.
Restoring from backups
Automating tasks
The cron process. Setting up cron tables.
Simple monitoring
What's going on in your system, disk space, log files.
Miscellaneous
Package management.
System log books.
A grounding in UNIX administration, enabling delegates to competently perform simple administration tasks using menus. As well as using the menus, the administration commands underlying the menus are introduced for the more technical delegates.