1. Course Information CSCI N321 – System and Network Administration Copyright © 2011, 2012 by Scott Orr and the Trustees of Indiana University

2. Section Overview Topics Course Areas Grading UNIX System Administration Resources

3. References CSCI N321 Syllabus Course Web Site http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~sorr/n321/

4. `whoami` Scott Orr IUPUI for over 20 years Founding member of E&T CNC group CS and Science Contact info Email: sorr@cs.iupui.edu, smorr@iupui.edusorr@cs.iupui.edusmorr@iupui.edu Phone: 274-9734 Office: SL263 Hours: M-F 9-4

5. Course References CQU COIT13146 Student Guide (SG) David Jones, Central Queensland University http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~sorr/n321/class/coit13146-sg_pdf3.pdf References UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4 th Ed. (LAH) Evi Nemeth et al Fedora 15/16 Documentation Books 24x7

6. N321: Linux?!?!?!

7. Why UNIX/Linux? Get you out of your “comfort zone!” Focus is on Practice not Tech Howtos SW/Tools either included and downloadable Can see “under the hood” Open architecture GUI and command line interfaces Microsoft will also be discussed in lecture but will not be part of lab projects

8. N321 Course Topics Intro to Sysadmin Command Line Basics Shell Basics OS Installation Software/Patch Mgmt Process Mgmt Resource Access Mgmt User/Group Mgmt Device/Printer Mgmt Backup Mgmt Booting/Shutdowns Task Scheduling/Logging Networking Network Services Security Auditing Troubleshooting See Schedule for details and slides

9. N499 Course Topics Network Services DNS/DHCP Mgmt Web Server Mgmt Email Server Mgmt Spam Mitigation Resource Sharing Database Server Mgmt Directory Services and Centralized Authentication Networking and Security Network Devices Firewalls/VPN Intrusion Detection Systems Incident Response/Forensics Administrative Processes Doc. & Request Mgmt Policy/Procedure Mgmt Scripting/Automation Data Center Mgmt Virtualization

10. N321 Exams and Quizzes 2 Exams – Midterm and Final Written Mostly short answer Dates on class Schedule 6-8 Quizzes Online Will be available for 48-72 hours Announcements will be made via Oncourse Roughly every 2 weeks.

11. N321 Lab Projects Based on RH Fedora 15/16 Virtualized Systems Projects include OS Installation Manage accounts/permissions/programs Install/configure services Security Checks Assigned as “tickets” Can work in teams of 2

12. N321 Lab Practicum Applied Troubleshooting Each student/team will be assigned 2 Will need to install practicum program Makes 1 change to your system Reboots system immediately Details and sample practicum walk through later in semester

13. Recitation Times Catch up on lecture material Lecture Examples Lab help Advanced Topics (Honors?) Days listed on Schedule

14. Honors Option Digs deeper into topics Added reading Additional Lab work Special Project? See me after class if interested

15. Class Participation Expected! Includes recitation times Oncourse Forums Course Q&A Digging Deeper Articles Please keep cells on silent or vibrate during class.

16. Grading Exams Midterm: 20% Final: 20% Quizzes: 15% Labs Assignments: 25% Practicum: 15% Class Participation: 5%

17. Grade Scale A: 90.0 – 100.0 B: 80.0 – 89.9 C: 70.0 – 79.9 D: 60.0 – 69.9 F: 59 and Below Top/Bottom 2.0 reserved for +/- grades

18. Lecture Video Lectures will be recorded this semester Good for review Not an excuse to miss class Feedback welcome and encouraged

19. N321 Online Resources RedHat Fedora Documentation Books 24x7 Linux Documentation Project Google! Unix Guru Universe IU Knowledge Base (KB)