UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Greetings, forgive me if this is listed in another thread somewhere, I am short on time.

I am being interviewed for the position of UNIX Database and Job code installer for a consulting firm. I have never installed or worked on a native UNIX system. I have been running Linux (RH,SuSE,Slackware) for close to five years. I have installed software, compiled drivers, installed MySQL, created DB's and imported and exported DB's. I have installed and troubleshot Perl, PHP, and MySQL error messages and sucessfully solved the problems. I have almost completely done all of this using command line interaction and conf editing.

My question is...

Does the experience that I have in Linux using these technologies provide me with the background needed to sucessfully install database and job code running on a UNIX system? I do not know what type of database system is being or the type of UNIX that is being run. Does the command line in UNIX vary drastically over the Linux bash command line?

My goal is to eventually become an UNIX admin. I just do not want to jump too far in to the deep end from the get go.

Hi,
You should have no problems as I see it..
Almost all the commands work the same
way on linux and unix (solaris, hp-ux, *BSD, etc).

/Peter

Hi,

Don't worry Unix is Unix. That linux runs on a intel based server, or one of the many other variants of course, does not mean it's totaly different from an official Unix OS.

Of course each variant has it's own specs and habbits. I think AIX is the most far from Linux and Solaris is the clostest one.
This doesn't mean you will not make it to do some administation tasks, it's just that you need to use the man-command a little more for the correct flag.

If you're used to use the gui, then don't make the step.


Regs David

Thank you, that was the confidence that I looking for before I jump in to this interview.