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<p>Created page with &quot;== Catalog Description == Includes installation and configuration of Unix/Linux operating system software; set-up of hardware and software for Unix/Linux networking including...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Catalog Description ==<br /> Includes installation and configuration of Unix/Linux operating system software; set-up of hardware and software for Unix/Linux networking including TCP/IP, FTP, Telnet, DNS, DHCP, and Apache; Unix/Linux administration tasks including directories, users, tuning, backup, security, and networking. Prerequisite - C or better in CS 201.<br /> <br /> == Prerequisites ==<br /> Basic Unix skills, some prior programming experience<br /> <br /> == Standard Content ==<br /> ===Course Outline ===<br /> * Wild-cards and regular expressions<br /> * Files and directories:<br /> * The file-system tree, path traversal, links<br /> * Unix permissions and ACLs<br /> * The FHS standard: where things go in the file-system<br /> * Bash scripting<br /> * Invocation and startup, job control<br /> * Command lists, pipelines, redirection<br /> * Positional parameters and special variables, data types, the environment<br /> * Functions, variable scope<br /> * Conditionals and loops<br /> * Bash built-ins: read, printf, alias, etc<br /> * The core-utilities: sed, col, grep, tr, basename, dirname, etc.<br /> * Processes and threads:<br /> * Attributes of processes: understanding ps,top, etc output<br /> * /proc filesystem<br /> * Signals<br /> * Resource limits<br /> * Memory layout: security issues: buffer overflows, ASLR<br /> * Libraries<br /> * The boot process: boot loaders, the kernel, init, runlevels, init scripts<br /> * Disks: Block devices, partitioning, making file-systems, mounting/unmounting them, checking them, configuring fstab<br /> * Swap and virtual memory<br /> * RAID: levels, MD devices and mdadm<br /> * Basic MySQL administration: DB and user administration and backing up/archiving databases<br /> * Common Administrative tasks:<br /> * User/group administration<br /> * Log files, accounting files and reporting<br /> * Quotas<br /> * Networking:<br /> * SSH and related tools for key generation and management, scp, rsync<br /> * Various networking terms / OSI model<br /> * SSL/TLS certificates (openssl), creating signed certificates, setting up a CA purpose of certs, anatomy of a cert<br /> * IPv4 networking: Packets, Ethernet, ARP, DNS, CIDR, basic routing<br /> * The Linux Firewall (iptables) (time permitting)<br /> <br /> ===Learning Outcomes===<br /> * Comprehensive overview of command line tools used by a system administrator<br /> * More advanced bash scripting<br /> * Ability to install and configure a Linux system<br /> * Some Virtual Machine experience<br /> <br /> ===Important Assignments and/or Exam Questions===<br /> * Various man page reading assignments<br /> * Bash scripts: iterate over command line parameters and do something with them, find the largest file in a directory tree, etc.<br /> * Create a Virtual Machine and install Linux onto it.<br /> * Root administration tasks on a provided VM:<br /> * Setup and configure accounts<br /> * Setup and configure services: http and mysql<br /> * Install and web service(s) requiring a working web server and mysql instance<br /> * Create a certificate authority and sign other students cert requests<br /> <br /> === Standard resources === <br /> * The Unix man pages<br /> * Tutorials Point</div>

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