UNIX Administration (NSWI106)
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News
- The first lab takes place 2010-09-29 15:40 SU2.
- The first lecture takes place 2010-10-07 15:40 S9.
Slides
Current Lectures
| Volume | Topic | Download |
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| Part 0 |
Administrative information, Remote attacks and cracking (Know Your Enemy!) |
slides-0.pdf |
| Part 1 |
OS installation, file systems, runlevels, software installation, user management, additional details |
slides-1.pdf |
| Part 2 |
Routing, logging, Domain Name System |
slides-2.pdf |
| Part 3 |
E-mail |
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| Part 4 |
NFS, AMD, NIS/YP |
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| Part 5 |
Firewall, NAT/RDR, CARP |
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Last Year's Lectures
| Volume | Topics | Download |
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| Part 1 |
OS installation, file systems, runlevels, software installation, user management, additional details |
old/slides_1.pdf |
| Part 2 |
Routing, logging, Domain Name System |
old/slides_2.pdf |
| Part 3 |
E-mail |
old/slides_3.pdf |
| Part 4 |
NFS, AMD, NIS/YP |
old/slides_4.pdf |
| Part 5 |
Firewall, NAT/RDR, CARP |
old/slides_5.pdf |
Annotation
This course is intended to provide the student with an understanding of the fundamental concepts and tools necessary to administer a multiuser, networked computer under *nix operating system. This course covers installation and management of several *nix-like systems (BSD family, Linux). Configuration of daemons (apache, sendmail, bind, etc.). Firewall and NAT configuration.
Syllabus
- Unix Way: Filesystem layout, devices, processes.
- Startup, Shutdown: Boot process, startup scripts.
- Security: Protecting filesystem, user authentication.
- System performance: CPU, disk, memory.
- Disks: Mounting and adding disks, striped disks.
- Automating tasks: cron jobs.
- Backup, Restore.
- Printers.
- Networking: NAT, firewall, daemons.
- Kernel configuration.
- Logging.
Lab
The purpose of the lab is to provide students with a hand-on experience with the OpenBSD UNIX-like operating system.
Homework assignments
The lab teachers publish the assignment tasks on the corresponding lab home pages. It is the students' responsibility to either attend the labs or consult their lab teacher's web site regularly.
Grading
Grading is based on an automatized exam test. An online version of the test is available here. You can score up to 100 points in the test. Points will be converted to grades as follows:
| Points | Grade |
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| 85–100 | Excellent |
| 70–84 | Very Good |
| 55–69 | Good |
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