Course Information

CSCI N321 – System and Network Administration

Copyright © 2011 by Scott Orr and the Trustees of Indiana University

Section Overview

Topics Course Areas Grading UNIX System Administration Resources

References

CSCI Syllabus Course Web Site  http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~sorr/n321/

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Scott Orr IUPUI for over 20 years   Founding member of E&T CNC group CS and Science Contact info    Email: [email protected]

Phone: 274-9734 Office: SL263 Hours: M-F 9-4

Course References

CQU COIT13146 Student Guide (SG)   David Jones, Central Queensland University http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~sorr/n321/class/coit13146-sg_pdf3.pdf

References  Linux Administration Handbook (LAH) Evi Nemeth et al   Fedora 15 Documentation Books 24x7

N321: Linux?!?!?!

Why UNIX/Linux?

Get you out of your “comfort zone!” Focus is on

Practice

not

Tech Howtos

SW/Tools either included and downloadable Can see “under the hood” Open architecture GUI and command line interfaces

Microsoft will also be discussed in lecture but will not be part of lab projects

N321 Course Topics

Intro to Sysadmin Command Line Basics Shell Basics OS Installation Software/Patch Mgmt Process Mgmt Resource Access Mgmt User/Group Mgmt Device/Printer Mgmt Backup Mgmt Booting/Shutdowns Task Scheduling/Logging Networking Network Services Security Auditing Troubleshooting

See Schedule for details and slides

N421 Course Topics

Network Services        DNS/DHCP Mgmt Web Server Mgmt Email Server Mgmt Spam Mitigation Resource Sharing Database Server Mgmt Directory Services and Centralized Authentication Networking and Security     Network Devices Firewalls Intrusion Detection Systems Incident Response/Forensics Administrative Processes  Doc. & Request Mgmt     Policy/Procedure Mgmt Scripting/Automation Data Center Mgmt Virtualization

N321 Exams and Quizzes

2 Exams – Midterm and Final  Written   Mostly short answer Dates on class Schedule 6-8 Quizzes  Online    Will be available for 48-72 hours Announcements will be made via Oncourse Roughly every 2 weeks.

N321 Lab Projects

Based on RH Fedora 15 Virtualized Systems Projects include     OS Installation Manage accounts/permissions/programs Install/configure services Security Checks Assigned as “tickets” Can work in teams of 2

N321 Lab Practicum

Applied Troubleshooting Each student/team will be assigned 2 Will need to install practicum program   Makes 1 change to your system Reboots system immediately Details and sample practicum walk through later in semester

Recitation Times

Catch up on lecture material Lecture Examples Lab help Advanced Topics (Honors?) Days listed on Schedule

Honors Option

Digs deeper into topics Added reading Additional Lab work Special Project?

See me after class if interested

Class Participation

Expected!  Includes recitation times Oncourse Forums  Course Q&A   Digging Deeper Articles Please keep cells on silent or vibrate during class.

Grading

Exams  Midterm: 20%  Final: 20% Quizzes: 15% Labs  Assignments: 25%  Practicum: 15% Class Participation: 5%

Grade Scale

A: 90.0 – 100.0

B: 80.0 – 89.9

C: 70.0 – 79.9

D: 60.0 – 69.9

F: 59 and Below Top/Bottom 2.0 reserved for +/- grades

Lecture Video

Lectures will be recorded this semester Good for review Not an excuse to miss class  Feedback welcome and encouraged

N321 Online Resources

RedHat Fedora Documentation Books 24x7 Linux Documentation Project Google Usenet Search Engine Unix Guru Universe IU Knowledge Base (KB)