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CS183 Unix System Administration Spring ‘08

CS183 Unix System Administration Spring ‘08. WeeSan Lee <weesan@cs.ucr.edu>. WARNING!. Unix/Linux can be additive Can’t win a cash prize and a laptop  http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/03/28/pwn-to-own-final-day-and-wrap-up Lots of MS jokes Lots of fun .

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CS183 Unix System Administration Spring ‘08

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  1. CS183Unix System AdministrationSpring ‘08 WeeSan Lee <weesan@cs.ucr.edu> http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  2. WARNING! • Unix/Linux can be additive • Can’t win a cash prize and a laptop  • http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/03/28/pwn-to-own-final-day-and-wrap-up • Lots of MS jokes • Lots of fun  http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  3. Who are Unix System Administrators? • Those who tell you to reboot your machine? • 1st line technical supports • Those who manage their own machines running heavy duty OS without Internet access? • Windows users who fear the virus infection from the Internet http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  4. Course Information • 10-week course • 3 lectures / week * • 1 lab / week • Lecture • MWF 5:10 - 6:00pm @ WAT 2240 • Office hours: Thursday 1-3pm @ Bourns B246 or by appt. • Lab • TW 2:10pm - 5:00pm @ Engr2 135 • TA: Glenn M. Bernstein & Inci Cetindil • Office hours: TBA http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  5. Course Information (cont) • Textbook • Linux Administration Handbook (2nd edition) • By Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein • ISBN: 0131480049 • Reference (optional) • Programming Perl (3rd edition) • By Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant • ISBN: 0596000278 • Moodle (https://moodle.cs.ucr.edu/) http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  6. Topics • Linux on a single machine • Installation and kernel recompilation • Boot and shutdown sequence • User account management • Process monitor and management • File systems • Package management • Periodic processes (crontab) • Security • Logging • Backups http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  7. Topics (cont) • Linux on multiple machines • TCP/IP networking • Routing • HTTP, Web Cache, FTP, DNS, SMTP, NIS (Yellow Page), NFS, Samba, SSH, … • Security • Misc • Shell (Bash) programming • Perl programming http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  8. Grading • Labs 40% • Programming Assignments (2) 30% • Final Project 20% • Pop Quizzes & Attendance 10% • Final 0% • Total: 100% • I reserve the right to make any changes! http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  9. Labs • Reports are in HTML format • Objective • Introduction • Procedures • Conclusion • Further Reading • Glossary • Questions & Answers • Will be graded based on the quality of the report • Sample report • http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/lab_report_sample.html http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  10. Labs (cont) • Collect as many outputs & screenshots as possible during the lab • Feel free to google answers for the questions, but make sure to paraphrase them • Due on Friday before midnight (11:55pm) • Late turn-ins will be marked down 20% for 1st day, and additional 30% the day after • For example, max. score is: • 100% on Fri by 11:55pm • 80% on Sat • 50% on Sun http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  11. Programming Assignments • PA 1 - Shell programming • Poor-man package management • Given at the beginning of the 4th week • Due on Friday of the same week • PA 2 - Perl programming • Web log analysis/accounting • Given at the beginning of the 6th week • Due on Friday of the same week http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  12. Final Project • Individual or group of 2 • Related to Unix System Administration • Proposal • 1 page (at most) in PDF • Problem description • Proposed solution • Expected deliverables • Latex & bibtex • Due on the beginning of 5th week http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  13. Final Project (cont) • Report • 4 pages (at least) in PDF • Introduction • Related work • Technical details • Result • Conclusion • References • Latex & bibtex • Due in last class (6/6) • 8-10 mins in-class presentation • About 6-8 slides http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  14. Final Project Examples • Automation • Kick-start install • Package management/update • Scripting • Web front-end of user account management • Network • Web cache performance enhancement using multiple network interfaces • Security • How to setup a secure network? • Misc • Asterisk PBX (http://www.asterisk.org/) • Linux PVR (http://www.mythtv.org/) http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  15. No Cheating! • Cheating will result 0% on the assignment or ‘F’ in this class • So get your hands dirty • Do your own lab • Write your own report • Paraphrase in your lab report • Having said that, I encourage group study/discussion, but … • Don’t read/debug somebody else scripts http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

  16. No more calls to the technical support Geek-only party conversation Power-Linux users Resume looks good Get a job easier! Homepage looks professional Know some hackings Will be able to do this Have fun  Bottom Line Source: http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html

  17. Question? http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~weesan/cs183/

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