Introduction / 1: |
What Is System Administration? |
Evolution of the UNIX System |
The System Administrator |
The Importance of Being Root |
Using a Logbook |
Configuration Files and Scripts |
Daemon Processes |
Tour of the File System |
Using UNIX Documentation |
A Handful of Tools |
Some Basic Terminology |
Account Management / 2: |
Accounts |
The Password File |
Account Groups |
The Group File |
The newgrp Command |
The Working Environment |
Adding a New Account |
Removing an Account |
Helpful Utilities for Account Management |
File System Backup / 3: |
Introduction to Backup Strategies |
Backing Up with dd |
Backing Up and Restoring with tar |
Backing Up and Restoring with cpio |
Backing Up and Restoring with volcopy |
The UNIX File System / 4: |
Parts of a File System |
Making File Systems |
Reorganizing File Systems |
Checking and Repairing File Systems |
The Race for (Disk) Space |
System Startup and Shutdown / 5: |
You Can't Just Turn It Off |
System Startup Procedures |
Log-ins and the getty Program |
init, The Starter Program |
System Shutdown, or Going Single-User |
The UNIX LP System / 6: |
The Hardware Connection |
Adding A Printer to the LP System |
Interface Scripts |
Maintaining the LP System |
UNIX System Accounting / 7: |
Moment-to-Moment Records |
Configuring for System Accounting |
Fixing Accounting Problems |
Running the runacct Script |
Analyzing Accounting Reports |
Billing Users |
UUCP Communications / 8: |
Introducing the UUCP System |
Using the UUCP System |
Setting Up UUCP Communications |
Securing the UUCP System |
System Security / 9: |
Locking the Door |
Checklist for Securing Access |
File and Directory Permissions |
Understanding the System Breaker's Tactics |
Creating Your Security Watchdogs |
Summary of Security |
System Problems / 10: |
Terminal Problems |
Runaway Programs |
Interpreting Error Messages |
Using Alternate Root File Systems |
Appendices |
Environment Variables / A.: |
Predetermined C Shell Variables / B.: |
Utilities for Account Management / C.: |
Determining the Number of Floppies / D.: |
tar, cpio Options, and the tarskip Program / E.: |
Using fsdb / F.: |
Two Versions of the strings Program / G.: |
A Restricted Environment for Guests / H.: |
A Terminal lock Program / I.: |
Index |
Introduction / 1: |
What Is System Administration? |
Evolution of the UNIX System |
The System Administrator |
The Importance of Being Root |
Using a Logbook |