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Table of Contents
About This Course ...........................................................................xiii
Instructional Goals............................................................................ xiii
Course Map......................................................................................... xiv
Topics Not Covered............................................................................ xv
How Prepared Are You?................................................................... xvi
Introductions .....................................................................................xvii
How to Use Course Materials ........................................................xviii
Conventions........................................................................................ xix
Icons ............................................................................................ xix
Typographical Conventions .................................................... xx
Notes to the Instructor...................................................................... xxi
Using the Desktop in the Solaris™ 9 Operating Environment.....1-1
Objectives ........................................................................................... 1-1
Introducing the Main Components of a Computer ...................... 1-2
Hardware Overview................................................................. 1-2
The Solaris Operating Environment ...................................... 1-4
Introducing the SunOS™ Operating System ................................. 1-5
The kernel................................................................................. 1-5
The Shell ..................................................................................... 1-6
The Directory Hierarchy .......................................................... 1-7
Logging In to the System .................................................................. 1-9
Selecting Login Options With the Options Button .............. 1-9
Logging In Using the CDE Login Screen............................. 1-11
Logging In Using the Command Line ................................. 1-11
Changing Your Password...................................................... 1-12
Using the CDE .................................................................................. 1-14
Securing Your CDE Session................................................... 1-14
Selecting CDE Login Sessions ............................................... 1-15
Changing the CDE Background............................................ 1-17
Accessing CDE Workspaces.................................................. 1-18
Adding a CDE Workspace..................................................... 1-18
Renaming a CDE Workspace ............................................... 1-19
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