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Contents

• Why UNIX ?
  • Introduction
  • UNIX - What Is It?
    • UNIX is an operating system for computers
  • Why UNIX ?
  • UNIX is "multi-tasking"
  • Thousands of Business Applications
  • UNIX is "portable"
  • UNIX is "scalable"
  • UNIX systems are "Open"
  • UNIX Offers a Robust Programming Environment
  • Built-In TCP/IP Networking
  • Industry-Standard X-Windows and Motif GUI
  • History of the UNIX Operating System
    • How it started (MULTICS, C - 1970's)
  • Important Concepts Necessary to Understanding UNIX
    • Hierarchical File System
    • Virtual Memory
    • UNIX Shells
    • Multi-user
    • Multi-processing
    • The "root" User
  • Summary
• The UNIX Editor - vi
  • Introduction
  • The "vi" Editor
  • Key Points to Remember about vi
  • The Three Modes of vi
  • Opening a File For Editing
  • Leaving Your "vi" Session
    • Command Description
  • Exercise: Opening a File With "vi"
  • Entering Text Into A File
    • Command Description
  • Exercise: Inserting Text With "vi"
  • Deleting Text With "vi"
    • Command Description
  • Searching For Text
    • Command Description
  • Undoing Your Last Action
    • Command Description
  • Summary
• The Login Process
  • Introduction
  • Typical Tasks a User Will Perform
  • Logging In - As a "Typical" User
    • The Standard Login Prompt
  • Logging In - Entering Your Username and Password
  • Exercise: Logging in to the classroom computer.
  • Message of The Day
  • The "Menu"
  • Logging In - Without Seeing a Menu
    • Your Prompt
    • The Login Process
  • Exercise: Examining the "login" files.
    • Notes
  • Summary
• Fundamentals of TCP/IP Networking
  • Introduction
  • Objectives
  • TCP/IP Facts and Background
  • Overview
    • What is TCP/IP?
• Managing Print Services
  • Introduction
  • Objectives
  • Print Service Overview
    • Print System Terminology
    • Print System Configurations
    • The Print Spooler System
    • Print Service Administration
  • Adding a Parallel Printer to a Unix System
    • SCO Unix 3.2.4.2
    • Sending test data to a printer
    • SCO OpenServer 5.x
  • Lab Exercise
  • Adding a Serial Printer to a Unix System
    • SCO Unix 3.2.4.2
    • Installing a serial printer on SCO OpenServer 5.x
    • Lab Exercise:
  • Adding a Network Printer to an SCO Unix System
    • Adding a network printer to an SCO Unix 3.2.4.2 system
    • Configuring an SCO OpenServer 5 system as a TCP/IP Print Server
    • Configuring an SCO OpenServer 5 system to print to another OpenServer 5 system over a TCP/IP network
    • Lab Exercise
  • Print Service system files and directories
    • Contents of /usr/spool/lp on an OpenServer 5.x system, with a printer named "Sales" defined:
    • Location of the printer interface script
    • Location of configuration files for the "Sales" printer
    • Temporary files created during the printing process:
    • Exercise
  • Managing a printer queue
    • Print service commands for end-users
    • Commands used to manage the printer system
    • Commands and files for Network printers (SCO OpenServer 5.x)
  • Printing
    • Pipeline uses of the "lp" command
  • Checking the Status of Print Requests
    • "lpstat" examples
  • Cancelling Print Requests
  • Shutting down the scheduler
  • Starting the line printer daemon
  • lpsched Examples
  • Administering the print service
    • lpadmin Examples
  • Enabling a print spooler
    • enable Examples
  • Disabling a print spooler
  • Rejecting print requests
  • Accepting print requests
    • accept Examples
  • Moving print requests from one queue to another
    • lpmove Examples
  • Putting a request on hold
    • lp Examples
  • Troubleshooting Printing Problems
  • Troubleshooting - tricks of the trade for support centers
  • Print Services - Final Exam
• Shutting Down and Booting Up
  • Introduction
  • Shutting Down a UNIX Computer System
  • The 'shutdown' Command and the Proper Shutdown Procedure
    • The Proper Shutdown Procedure
  • Booting Up a UNIX Computer System
    • The Boot-Up Process
    • The Proper Boot-Up Procedure
  • Summary
• Tapes, Tape Drives, and Backups
  • Introduction
  • Backup Strategy
    • Creating a Backup Strategy
  • Summary of Key Questions to Ask Regarding Tape Backup Strategy
  • Backup Commands
  • Using "tar" For System Backups
  • Using the SCO "sysadmsh" For System Backups
  • Emergency Boot Diskettes
  • Summary
• FAQ’s - Frequently Asked Questions
  • Introduction
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    • "I need to cancel a print job. Can I do this?"
    • "Can I add a new user account to the system?"
    • "A user forgot their password. Can I change it?"
    • "A terminal appears to be locked up. What can I do?"
    • Clearing Up a Locked Terminal When the Terminal Device is Known
    • Clearing Up a Locked Terminal When Only the Username is Known
    • "I’ve lost a file on the system. How can I find it?"
    • "I want to copy some files to an MS-DOS computer system. Can I do that?"
• Installing the The Apache Web Server
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Objectives
  • Overview
    • What is the Apache web server?
  • Installing the Apache software
    • Pre-Installation Checklist
    • Locating the Apache software for SCO Unix systems
    • Installing the Apache-1.3.0-VOLS.tar package from SCO
  • The Apache Directory Structure
  • Configuring the Apache Software
    • The Apache Directory Structure
    • Apache "Directives"
    • Configuring the httpd.conf file
    • Configuring the access.conf file
    • Configuring the srm.conf file
  • Testing the Apache Installation
    • Starting the Apache Server
    • Accessing the Apache HTTP Server From a Browser
    • Sample Records from access_log
  • The Apache Log Files
    • Two Log Files - access_log and error_log
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C