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He has been with Lucent and its predecessors for 25 years and has been using various forms of Unix since 1977. During his career, Darrell has been involved in a variety of projects, sup- porting both military and civilian organizations of the U.S. government. These projects involved Local Area Network (LAN) design, operation, implementation and troubleshooting, application development and systems integration, system security and intrusion detection, database design, system administration, system test, proposal development, acceptance test/sales sup- port, and software maintenance. Recently, Darrell has become involved in supporting Lucent’s corporate computer infrastructure including its Electronic Data Exchange (EDI) oper- ations and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) initiatives. In addition to being a Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7, Solaris 8, and Solaris 9, Darrell is also a Sun Certified Network Administrator for Solaris 8 and Solaris 9, a Novell Certified NetWare Engineer (CNE), a Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE), and a WebMethods Certified Business Partner Integration Developer. Darrell is a Third Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do under the training of Grand Master Seung Gyoo Dong of Richmond, VA. . 00 8699 fm/intro/assess 11/19/02 10:09 AM Page vi About the Technical Reviewers Grant Carstensen is a Senior Unix Systems Administrator with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a major IT services company that offers a broad range of capabilities, from consulting and systems integration to outsourcing. He has more than 17 years combined experience across numerous IT-related positions and skill sets. He has focused on Unix systems administration of pre- dominantly SunOS- and Solaris-based systems over the last seven years, with some Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) IRIX-based systems administration, Network Engineering, and Project Management roles wedged in as well. Additionally, over the last year an a half, his homogenous world has been sul- lied with his conscription into providing systems administration support for some Windows NT 4.0-based servers and Windows 2000 Professional-based workstations alongside the Unix systems he has been supporting. Grant has been a technical editor for the Solaris 7 System Administrator Certification Training Guide and the Solaris 8 System Administrator Certification Training Guide (published by New Riders Publishing). Edgar Danielyan is a self-employed consultant, author, and editor special- izing in Unix, security, and internetworking. He is the author of Solaris 8 Security published by New Riders Publishing in 2001 and is a Sun Certified System and Network Administrator. He can be contacted online at www.danielyan.com or at edd@danielyan.com. 00 8699 fm/intro/assess 11/19/02 10:09 AM Page vii . Acknowledgments Thanks to Jeff Riley, Ginny Bess, and others at Que Publishing who provid- ed guidance and assistance in the development and production of my third book. Thanks to my wife Lilli and my kids, Shane and Eva, for giving me the time to get it done. I love you. 00 8699 fm/intro/assess 11/19/02 10:09 AM Page viii We Want to Hear from You! As the reader of this book, you are our most important critic and commenta- tor. We value your opinion and want to know what we’re doing right, what we could do better, what areas you’d like to see us publish in, and any other words of wisdom you’re willing to pass our way. As an executive editor for Que, I welcome your comments. 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Type the ISBN (excluding hyphens) or the title of a book in the Search field to find the page you’re looking for. 00 8699 fm/intro/assess 11/19/02 10:09 AM Page ix . 00 8699 fm/intro/assess 11/19/02 10:09 AM Page x [...]... is true for other Solaris certifications, including: ➤ Solaris 9 Network Administrator, which concentrates on the networking aspects but requires only one exam The Solaris 9 System Administrator certification is a prerequisite 00 8 699 fm/intro/assess 11/ 19/ 02 10: 09 AM Page xxxv ➤ Solaris 8 System Administrator, which is similar to the Solaris 9, but addresses the previous version of Solaris and requires... 291 Summary 291 Exam Prep Practice Questions 292 Need to Know More? 296 Chapter 13 Syslog and Auditing Utilities 297 Introduction 298 The syslog Facility 298 Source Facilities 298 Priority (Severity) Levels 299 Customizing System Message Handling Summary 303 Exam Prep Practice Questions 304 Need to Know More? 308 299 Chapter 14 Advanced Disk Management 3 09 Introduction 310 Virtual File Systems... Logging into a Solaris 9 System 82 Logging into a Remote Solaris 9 System 83 Failed Login Attempts 84 Logging Out of a Solaris 9 System 84 User Access and Administrative Information 85 00 8 699 fm/intro/assess 11/ 19/ 02 10: 09 AM Page xv Table.of Contents Identifying and Monitoring Users 85 File Permissions and Ownership 89 Standard File Permissions 90 Special... System Administrator for Solaris 9 Operating Environment, Part 1” and Exam 310-015, “Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 9 Operating Environment, Part 2” But before you tackle this self-assessment, let’s talk about the concerns you may face when pursuing a Solaris 9 System Administrator certification, and what an ideal candidate might look like Solaris 9 System Administrators in the Real... 6 File System Basics 125 Introduction 126 Basic File Systems 126 Default Solaris 9 File Systems 127 File and Directory Concepts 127 Types of Files 128 Types of Links 1 29 The Unix Directory Tree 1 29 Metacharacters 1 29 Directory Tree Navigation 130 Directories 132 Files 135 Solaris Pseudo-File Systems 138 Process File System (PROCFS) 1 39 Temporary File System (TMPFS) 140 Loopback File System (LOFS)... xxiii Self-Assessment xxxiv Chapter 1 Installing and Maintaining Solaris 9 1 Introduction 2 The Solaris 9 Distribution 2 Installing Solaris 9 3 Hardware Requirements 3 Installing Solaris 9 on a New System Using Web Start 4 Upgrading an Existing Solaris System 7 Preconfiguring System Configuration Information 9 Over-the-Network Installation 10 Software Package Administration 10 Package... Questions Chapter 19 Practice Exam 1 Answers 243 2 59 323 3 49 373 397 413 2 19 00 8 699 fm/intro/assess 11/ 19/ 02 10: 09 AM Page xii Chapter 20 Practice Exam 2 Questions Chapter 21 Practice Exam 2 Answers Appendix A What’s on the CD-ROM Appendix B Using the PrepLogic Practice Tests, Preview Edition Software 457 Glossary 465 Index 487 425 441 453 00 8 699 fm/intro/assess 11/ 19/ 02 10: 09 AM Page xiii Table... Software .457 Glossary 465 Index 487 00 8 699 fm/intro/assess 11/ 19/ 02 10: 09 AM Page xxiii Introduction Welcome to Solaris 9 System Administrator Exam Cram This book helps you get ready to take—and pass—the two exams required to obtain the Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 9 certification In this introduction, I talk about Sun’s... is the best teacher of all! 00 8 699 fm/intro/assess 11/ 19/ 02 10: 09 AM Page xxiv xxiv Introduction The Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 9 Certification The certification program currently includes two separate tests A brief description of each test follows: ➤ Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris 9 Operating Environment, Part I... 184 Solaris 9 Backup Up and Restore Capabilities 186 Logical Tape Device Names 187 The mt Command 188 The ufsdump and ufsrestore Commands 188 UFS Snapshots 191 Recovering the root or /usr File System 192 00 8 699 fm/intro/assess 11/ 19/ 02 10: 09 AM Page xvii xvii Table.of Contents Other Backup/Restore Utilities 192 The tar Command 192 The cpio Command 193 The . Indianapolis, Indiana 46 290 00 8 699 fm/intro/assess 11/ 19/ 02 10: 09 AM Page iii Taking You to the Solaris 9 System Administrator Finish Line! www.examcram.com Solaris 9 System Administrator Training. Solaris 9 System Administrator Darrell Ambro 00 8 699 fm/intro/assess 11/ 19/ 02 10: 09 AM Page i Solaris 9 System Administrator Exam Cram 2 Copyright © 2003. being a Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7, Solaris 8, and Solaris 9, Darrell is also a Sun Certified Network Administrator for Solaris 8 and Solaris 9, a Novell Certified