COURSE INFORMATION (First Handout)
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
| Week |
|
| WEEK1: Jan 16 |
- |
| WEEK2: Jan 23 |
Introductory
class (syllabus, UNIX & OS intro, laptops, mailing list, etc.) |
| WEEK3: Jan 30 |
Fedora Installation - 1: BIOS, Partitions & File Systems, DHCP, Packages |
| WEEK4: Feb 6 |
Fedora Installation - 2: Completed |
| WEEK5: Feb 13 |
Root/user accts, virt desktops & consoles
(Ctrl/Alt/F*), first steps (ls/cd/less/pwd/top/mount/df), UNIX file tree, RPM update, X (setup: resolution change), desktop customizations (applets & terms) |
| WEEK6: Feb 20 |
ps (-aux), kill(all), |, grep,
system-config-users, chsh, t-shell, tcshrc, ifconfig, install pine/pico from rpmfind.net, ssh (-X), locate/updatedb |
| WEEK7: Feb 27 |
echo $SHELL, which/where, rehash, netstat -a,
xterm, ssh/scp (port 22), download Netscape |
| WEEK8: Mar 6 |
MIDTERM |
| WEEK9: Mar 13 |
SPRING
BREAK |
| WEEK10: Mar 20 |
Midterm review, networking, libraries, ldd, Mozilla composer |
| WEEK11: Mar 27 |
Mozilla composer, /etc/inittab, runlevels, /etc/rc.d, httpd/Apache (port 80) |
| WEEK12: Apr 3 |
system-config-services, system-config-securitylevel, xnmap |
| WEEK13: Apr 10 |
Networking: system-config-securitylevel, iptables,
xnamp, ping, traceroute, netstat, arp, nslookup |
| WEEK14: Apr 17 |
Kernel recompilation (kernel.org, linuxdoc.org, uname
-a, GRUB) |
| WEEK15: Apr 24 |
up2date/yum/rpm, rpmfind.net, new kernel discussion |
| WEEK16: May 1 | Public/private
key cryptography, ssh logins without password, final overview, laptop return |
| FINAL
Monday, May 8, 5:30-7:30 (RI-376) |
|
A = Assigned
D = Due