Cisco Networking Academy Program Fundamentals of Unix Lab Companion

The only official lab companion to be used within the Fundamentals of Unix Networking Academy course Lab Companion provides students the opportunity for hands-on activities Labs map to the most current version of the online course Labs developed by the course developers and subject matter experts The lab manual and course will address the demand for Information technology professionals with UNIX training and experience. It is an introduction to the UNIX operating system. This course will provide a strong foundation for those who wish to move on to more advanced courses in UNIX system administration such as the IT Essentials II: Network Operating Systems. This manual will be the lab activities book for a one-semester course on UNIX Fundamentals. The course and book are co-sponsored by Sun Microsystems. A primary focus of the Fundamentals of UNIX, Second Edition is on the Linux operating system, a popular variant of UNIX. Linux has been integrated into every chapter of the Second Edition while maintaining compatibility with the Fundamentals of UNIX course. The second edition describes general Linux characteristics and covers some of the key basic objectives of the CompTIA Linux+ exam. Students will become familiar with powerful UNIX command line utilities as well as the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and GNOME graphical user interfaces. The manual provides some new generic UNIX information on subjects such as the Emacs editor, working with disks and CDs, advanced string searching, Bash shell features and customization, etc. that will be reflected in the up-to-date labs. A new lab on shell scripting has been added. Dan Myers, is an international program manager for the Cisco Networking Academy Program. He is responsible for the international implementation of Academy curriculum. Dan was the curriculum and operations manager for the Sun Microsystems Academic Initiative and the Subject Matter Expert in the development of the Sun sponsored Fundamentals of UNIX course. Jim Lorenz is an instructor, a senior technical writer, and curriculum developer for the Cisco Networking Academy Program. He has over 20 years of experience in information systems and has held various positions ranging from programming and system administration to network support and program management.Cisco Press Staff is the author of 'Cisco Networking Academy Program Fundamentals of Unix Lab Companion', published 2004 under ISBN 9781587131394 and ISBN 1587131390.