ITI 481: UNIX Administration (Section 01 - 2001)
Rutgers University Internet Institute

Instructor: Christopher Uriarte <chrisjur@cju.com>

Meetings: (18 hrs): (Section 01) Wednesdays (6:00p-9:00p); Feb 21, 28, Mar 7, 14, 21, 28, 2001; Rutgers II Possumtown Road Facility, Room 125, Piscataway, NJ

Description:
In this course, participants will install the Unix operating system and will perform system administration activities in a hands-on environment. Topics covered include: Installing Unix. Unix startup and setup. Window managers and desktops: X-Windows. Systems administration, network administration, configuring the X-Windows system, account creation, server management.

Prerequisites: Either ITI-480 Unix Fundamentals or equivalent user-level knowledge of Unix. You MUST have basic knowledge of a UNIX text editory (pico, emacs, vi etc.)

Course Textbook: Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Steve Shah - McGraw Hill, 2000.

Optional Books: Essential System Administration : Help for Unix System Administrators (Nutshell Handbook), Aeleen Frisch - O'Reilly (1996)

Syllabus: MS Word version.


Notes and Announcements:

  • (April 14, 2001) - Here are materials we may use for last class:
    - Sendmail Overview
    - UNIX Security Overview
    - SAMBA Overview

  • (April 14, 2001) - The FINAL PROJECT is here.

  • (March 25, 2001) - Here are the slides for Class #5. They are also available here in Microsoft PowerPoint format.

  • (March 25, 2001) - Here are notes from Class 4 on filesystems, partitioning, mounting and NFS (NFS to be covered this week).

  • (March 20, 2001) - Here are the slides for Class #4.They are also available here in Microsoft PowerPoint format.

  • (March 20, 2001) - here are part 1 to the notes for Class 3 covering account and group management.

  • (March 4, 2001) - The class slides for Class 3 are here. They are also available here in Microsoft PowerPoint format.

  • (March 4, 2001) - Here are some notes from class 2 on installing software. Also refer to the class slides for some good details on run levels and the Linux boot process. I will be posting more notes and some practice questions laster in the week.

  • (Feb 25, 2001) - Here are the slides for Class #2. They are also available here in Microsoft PowerPoint format.

  • (Feb 25, 2001) - Here are some KEY NOTES from materials covered in Class 1 that briefly touch upon Linux distributions, hardware compatibility, partitioning, and X-Windows.

  • The newest versions of most Linux distributions (Red Hat, Mandrake, etc.) are available for just a few bucks at Cheap Bytes.

  • This class does not cover the installation or configuration of a web server. Once this class is complete, you should have enough competence to install a web server on a UNIX system. Apache is the most popular web server software on the web today, and it's free! You can read more about Apache at http://www.apache.org. I highly recommend Apache, The Definitive Guide, Second Edition (Ben and Peter Laurie - O'Reilly, 1999).