| Lec. # | Date | Topic | Readings | Homework Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | ||||
| 1 | 24 Aug | Introductory Remarks Unix History | Nemeth Chapter 1 | |
| 26 Aug | No Lecture | Nemeth Chapter 2 | Christmas Comes Early | |
| Week 2 | ||||
| 2 | 31 Aug | Booting | Nemeth Chapter 2, §13.6, §13.9 | |
| 3 | 2 Sep | More on System Startup | Nemeth Chapter 2 | Homework: The Old Shell Game |
| 4 | 2 Sep | Files & Processes | Nemeth Chapters 3, 4 & 5 | |
| Week 3 | ||||
| 7 Sep | Hurricane Frances(probably caused by Steve) | |||
| 5 | 9 Sep | Essential Networking | Nemeth Chapter 13 | |
| 6 | 9 Sep | More Processes, Disks, and File Systems | Nemeth Chapters 4, 5, & 8 | |
| Week 4 | ||||
| 7 | 14 Sep | Backups | Nemeth Chapter 10 | |
| 8 | 16 Sep | Software Installation and More on Backups | Nemeth Chapter 23 | |
| 9 | 16 Sep | Adding Users | ||
| Week 5 | ||||
| 10 | 21 Sep | Some Security Issues | Parts of Nemeth Chapter 11 & 21 | |
| 11 | 23 Sep | SSL/SSH, Syslog, Inetd | Nemeth Chapter 11 | |
| 12 | 23 Sep | BIND and Name Service | Nemeth Chapter 16 | Birthing Pains |
| Week 6 | ||||
| 13 | 28 Sep | Sharing System Information with NIS | Nemeth Chapter 8 | |
| 14 | 30 Sep | Get Ready for the Libyan Terrorists, Doc! | ||
| 15 | 30 Sep | More Bind | Nemeth Chapter 16 | |
| Week 7 | ||||
| 16 | 5 Oct | Cron, etc. | Nemeth Chapters 9 & 21 | |
| 17 | 7 Oct | Port Forwarding & Packet Sniffing | Nemeth Chapters 9 & 21 | |
| 18 | 7 Oct | Host and Network Security | Nemeth Chapter 21 | |
| Week 8 | ||||
| 19 | 12 Oct | Tracking Down Problems | ||
| 20 | 14 Oct | Review | Powering Down Your Flux Capacitor | |
| 21 | 14 Oct | Review and CIFS/Sambs | Nemeth Chapter 27 | Exploiting a Loop in the Space-Time Continuum |
| Week 9 | ||||
| 19 Oct | Midterm Examination | |||
| 22 | 21 Oct | Test debriefing | ||
| 23 | 21 Oct | Email, &c. | Nemeth Chapter 19 | |
| Week 10 | ||||
| 24 | 26 Oct | Master of Your Domain | ||
| 25 | 28 Oct | Postfix | ||
| 26 | 28 Oct | Managing System Resources | Nemeth Chapter 26 | |
| Week 11 | ||||
| 27 | 2 Nov | Internet Service Provision | Nemeth Chapter 22 | |
| 28 | 4 Nov | Policies | Nemeth Chapter 29 and RFC 2196 | Where We're Going, We Don't Need Roads (Just New Addresses). |
| 29 | 4 Nov | We talked about various bind problems | ||
| Week 12 | ||||
| 30 | 9 Nov | More Bind issues and NTP | Western Union, I've got a 70 Year Old Telegram for Marty McFly. | |
| 11 Nov | ||||
| Week 13 | ||||
| 31 | 16 Nov | rdist and rsync | Nemeth Chapter 18 § 1 | |
| 32 | 18 Nov | Customizing the Kernel | Nemeth Chapter 12 | |
| 33 | 18 Nov | CVS, &c | ||
| Week 14 | ||||
| 34 | 23 Nov | Printing | Nemeth Chapter 24 | |
| Week 15 | ||||
| 35 | 30 Nov | Serial Devices | Nemeth Chapter 7 | We can't build a time machine out of a DeLorean, so we'll have to settle for software. |
| 36 | 2 Dec | Review of Relevant Material | Yikes! The DeLorean is surrounded by Apaches! | |
| 37 | 2 Dec | Review of Irrelevant Material | ||
| Week 16 | ||||
| 38 | 7 Dec | Final Review of Relevant and Irrelevant Material | Remote Driving Recovering Your Past Back to the Past | |
| Finals Week | ||||
| 15 Dec | Final Examination 17:30 - 19:30 PM | |||