Email either of us if you wish to schedule an appointment. Introduction to Unix Systems Administration using Linux. Topics include hardware and devices, file systems, user management, backup and recovery, application management, and network services such as NFS, NIS, DNS, electronic mail, and web servers. Problem solving and diagnostic methods, performance tuning, legal and professional issues, ethics and policies, and security aspects of hosts on the Internet are discussed.
Students gain hands-on experience and complete a project.
Students will learn how to administer a server running Linux. During the course, students will learn how to install and configure a Linux server, perform system configuration and maintenance, debug and fix problems, write programs to automate tasks, learn how to configure a network and learn about the internals of the Linux operation system. This course will involve quite a bit of reading and some research using the Internet. A computer at home running Linux or Unix is encouraged. A computer may be provided by the Department for use by students in this class.