Spring 2006 CMPT 495-01: Topics in CS:
Computer Hardware & OS Administration
(Fedora Core 4 Linux)
http://roman.montclair.edu/Teach/Spring2006/495

COURSE INFORMATION (First Handout)


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

 
Week
Monday
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