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).