| Week 1
- Aug. 24
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Week 2 -
Aug. 31
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Week 3 -
Sept. 7 (College Closed Labor Day) |
Week 4 -
Sept. 14
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| Week 5 -
Sept. 21
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Week 6 -
Sept. 28
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Week 7 -
Oct. 5
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Week 8 -
Oct. 12
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| Week 9 -
Oct. 19
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Week 10 -
Oct. 26
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Week 11 -
Nov. 2
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Week 12 -
Nov. 9
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| Week 13 -
Nov. 16
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Week 14 -
Nov. 23
College Closes at 5pm Wed. Nov. 25 College Closed Nov. 26-29. |
Week 15 -
Nov. 30
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Week 16 -
Dec. 7
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- Course Introduction
- Using script and html to document your system and your activities
- using yum for software management
- The Linux Documentation Project
- Logging in and the su - command. Run man su
- Linux Distros Compared at Wikipedia
- System Administration 1
- System Administration 2
- The Login Process
Filesystem Hirearchy Standard
- passwd file
- man 5 passwd
- /etc/shadow
- man 5 shadow
- Modifying user accounts man usermod
- Creating user accounts man useradd
- Groups
- Groups
- Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
- Hard Disk Layout
Documentation Project : 25 Points
Create a website that you will use to document your system.
I will be grading this basic site on
Sept. 7
(College Closed Labor Day) .
I will talk about this on Wednesday.
Lab 1 - write a multiple choice question on one of the following utilities and post it to Angel Lab 1. Your question should have specific detailed information and feedback on which answer was correct and why. The utilities are:
useradd
groupadd
usermod
or any other utility for modifying user's accounts that you want. You will find them in the man pages at the bottom under
See Also:
To post this go to angel and under the labs tab you will see a discussion which will allow you to post and edit your answer. Due by midnight tonight.
Week 1 - 4 Participation
Get started on the discussion board for 10 points.
Due by Midnight Sept. 21 .
Exercise 1
Basic Administration and the FSH standard. You may take this as many times as you wish before
Aug. 31 at Midnight.
Exercise 2
Groups. You may take this as many times as you wish before
Aug. 31 at Midnight.
Week One Lesson:Installing and Partitoning Linux
- You never Know what you are going to miss
- Project 1: Installing Linux Fedora Core 6
- Browse the install Partitoning Folder
- Our Network Info
- Linux Partition HOWTO
- Looking at the mounted partitions on a local workstation.
Finishing Your Install and Attaching to the NetworkLabs and Assignments:
- Getting on the Network
You should be getting on by the end of class next week.- RedHat's Installing Fedora Core 6
Lab: Test Install - Select a Partner and install Linux according to the specifications given you in class. - 15 Points
Lab: Install Documentation - Work on your web site. I will be correcting your installation documentation next week.
Due by Sept. 21
Project: Base Install - Install Linux according to the specifications given you in class. You must make an account for me on your system and make sure that I have the correct group affiliations etc.
Due by the beginning of class on Sept. 14 . 50 Points.
Week 1-4 Participation
Discuss Linux on the discussion board for 10 points.
Due by: Sept. 21 at Midnight.
Install Project and Documentation Project 50 points each 100 total.
We are doing the install this week. You are expected to have an installed system ready to further configure BEFORE the Wednesday class on the week of
Sept. 21 .
Week 1-4 Participation
Discuss Linux on the discussion board for 10 points.
Due by: Sept. 21 at Midnight.
Lab useradd:
Make the following system changes - Lab useradd and system changes proj.
Due: Sept. 28 in Class
Project: aliases and skel files:
Make the following system changes - Project aliases and skel files
Due: Sept. 28 in Class
Lab Groups and Basic Administration:
Make the following system changes - Lab Groups and Basic Administration
Due the Second Class Meeting the Week of: Sept. 28 in Class
Quiz 1 and 2 - in class Week 6
There will be 2 25 point quizes covering what we have done thus far in class. It will be at the beginning of class On Week 6 and will be a 25 pointer asking questions, and a 25 pointer adding a user.
Lab cron arpwatch and passwords:
Make the following system changes - Lab cron arpwatch and passwd
Due: Oct. 12 in Class
Project: su and mail:
Write a shell script and make it as a cron job as follows: Project su and mail
Due: Oct. 12 before Class
Week 5-8 Participation
Due by Midnight Oct. 19 .
Quizzes Next Week
Lab cron arpwatch and passwords:
Make the following system changes - Lab cron arpwatch and passwd
Due: Oct. 12 in Class
Project: su and mail:
Write a shell script and make it as a cron job as follows: Project su and mail
Due: Oct. 12 before Class
- Lab CUPS setting up cups printing
Due by the beginning of class on
Oct. 12 .- shell scripting TBA
- Lab Documentation - have your system documentation updated to include up through CUPS.
Due by Oct. 12 in class.
For Next Week:Lab ssh-keygen. Deploy ssh-keygen so that you can automatically login to your machine from shaula AND so that you can automatically login to shaula from your machine.
Due Oct. 12
Week 5-8 Participation
Due by Oct. 19 at Midnight.
Lab - user and group quotas
Due by Oct. 19 at the beginning of class.
Lab manpage - managing system Documentation, man pages
Due by Oct. 26 at the beginning of class.
Week 9-12 Participation
Due by Midnight Nov. 16 .
Lab tar and rsync - practicing using utilites in prep for a disaster
Due by Nov. 2 at the beginning of class.
Disaster Recovery
- In-class Service Level Agreement Discussion,
Show up ready to discuss and participate in this discussion: Lab Service Level Agreement10 points- Disaster Recovery at RedHat's Web Site
- tar
- Here is our Service Level Agreement (SLA) NOTE see SLA again.
Project - Disaster Recovery Plans: 25 Points - You will formulate -in writing- a disaster recovery plan for your system, including what is to be backed up, how you will acomplish your plan and how you will recover your system in the event of a crash.
Due by the beginning of class next week.
Participation Week 9-12
Due by Nov. 16 at Midnight
Labs and Assignments:
Week 9-12 Participation
Discuss Linux on the discussion board for 10 points.
Due by Midnight Nov. 16 .
We will continue with your backup scripts for the lab.
Lab for next week. You will show me breaking into your system through the console without having to know the password. You will be required to mount the / partition in read and write mode.
10 points. Due at the beginning of class.
Nov. 9 .
Exercise 3 - mount and filesystems:
Due by Midnight Nov. 23
College Closes at 5pm Wed. Nov. 25
College Closed Nov. 26-29. .
Week 9-12 Participation
Discuss Linux on the discussion board for 10 points.
Due by Nov. 16 at Midnight.
Lab fstab and zipdrive - Edit your /etc/fstab so that you and I can mount a zipdrive on /mnt/zipdrive. It should automatically detect the fstype and have the options noauto,owner,user,noexec,nosuid set.
Due by the beginning of class Nov. 16 .
Lab - ulimit: Change the ulimits for all users who login to your system. You will set the following ulimits: Max Processes 300, max File Locks 100, Max open files 400.
Due by: Nov. 23
College Closes at 5pm Wed. Nov. 25
College Closed Nov. 26-29. at the beginning of Class
Lab - chage: Change user account settings
Due by: Nov, 19 at the beginning of Class
Week 13-16 Participation:
Discuss Linux on the discussion board for 10 points.
Due by Midnight May, 11 .
Labs and Assignments:
Week 13-16 Participation
Discuss Linux on the discussion board for 10 points.
Due by Midnight May, 11 .
Labs and Assignments:
Week 13-16 Participation
Discuss Linux on the discussion board for 10 points.
Due by Midnight May, 11 . A
Lab - Web Server: Apache
Due by Dec. 7 at the end of class.
Labs and Assignments:
Lab mkfs: Make an ext2 filesystem on a zipdrive with a block size of 4096. Place a file on the filesystem a file called "yournetid". Give me the disk and I will correct it.