CS480 Home

Instructor: Ivan Strnad, Science Hall, Rm 137, phone: 575-646-6831
    E-mail: Use my CS (istrnad@cs.nmsu.edu) or NMSU (ivstrnad@nmsu.edu) e-mails only.
    Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00-11:00 a.m. and any other time by appointment

Teaching Assistant: none 😞

Course Web Site: https://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~istrnad/cs480 and https://learn.nmsu.edu
Textbook:

Title: UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, Fifth Edition (August 8, 2017) Author(s): Nemeth, Snyder, Hein, Whaley, MacKin Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN-10: 0134277554 ISBN-13: 978-0134277554 Table of Contents

• Be able to properly set up, configure, and maintain a Linux-based set of networked computers with shared resources
• Understand the significance of proper administration of systems and its impact on users, their data and computational resources, and the security of the overall installation

• Administrator's Tasks, Linux/Unix Relationship, Linux Distributions
• Installing Linux, PC's HW, BIOS, Disk Formatting and Partitioning
• Scripting and the Shell, Booting and Shutting Down, Controlling Processes
• Linux Filesystem, Access Control, Regular User v. Superuser, User Management
• Periodic Processes, Syslog and Log Files, Software Installation and Management
• Networking Basics (TCP/IP, Ethernet, Routing), Domain Name System, Network File System
• some of: Backups, Kernel Configuration and Building, Sharing System Files (LDAP), E-mail, Security Basics, Web Server, Services for Windows