CS 480-M01 Linux System Administration - CRN 60315 - Fall 2022
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CS480 Lecture Notes

Note: The topics listed below, their order, and how many will be covered each day will keep changing. If listed, the future topics reflect a plan that will be adjusted according to the progress made in class and per needs of the students.

Date  Lecture / Lab / Chapter(s) / Notes
Wed, Aug 17     Introduction, Syllabus, and Lab 1 - Linux Installation
Thu, Aug 18     Assignment 1 posted
Mon, Aug 22     Lab 1 notes , and Lecture 1 / Ch 1: Where to Start
Wed, Aug 24     Lecture 2: Ch 1: Where to Start Continued; Ch 3: Access Control and Rootly Powers
Wed, Aug 24     Assignment 1 due
Fri, Aug 26     Assignment 2 posted
Mon, Aug 29     Lecture 3: Ch 3: Access Control and Rootly Powers Continued
Wed, Aug 31     Lecture 4: Perl Warm-Up
Mon, Sep 5     Labor Day Holiday - no class
Tue, Sep 6     Assignment 2 due
Wed, Sep 7     Lecture 5: Ch 4: Process Control
Mon, Sep 12     Lecture 6: Ch 4: Process Control Continued
Wed, Sep 14     Lecture 7: Ch 5: File System, and Ch 8: User Management
Sat, Sep 17     Assignment 3 posted
Mon, Sep 19     Lecture 8: Ch 7: Scripting and the Shell
Wed, Sep 21     Lecture 9: Ch 7: Scripting and the Shell Continued ...
Sat, Sep 24     Assignment 3 due
Mon, Sep 26     Lecture 10: Ch 2: Booting and System Management Daemons
Wed, Sep 28     Assignment 4 posted
Wed, Sep 28     Lecture 11: Ch 2: Booting and System Management Daemons Continued, Ch 10: Logging
Mon, Oct 3     Lecture 12: Ch 10: Logging Continued
Tue, Oct 4     Assignment 4 due
Wed, Oct 5     no class
Mon, Oct 10     review before Midterm exam
Wed, Oct 12     Midterm exam - Instructions
Fri, Oct 14     Last Day to Drop Course with "W" (no refund)
Mon, Oct 17     Lecture 13: Ch 20: Storage
Wed, Oct 19     Midterm Notes
Mon, Oct 24     Lecture 14: Ch 20: Storage Continued
Tue, Sep 25     Assignment 5 posted
Wed, Oct 26     Lecture 15: Ch 20: Storage Continued and Ch 13: TCP/IP Networking
Mon, Oct 31     Lecture 16: Ch 13: TCP/IP Networking Continued
Tue, Nov 1     Assignment 5 due
Wed, Nov 2     LANL visit and Lecture 17: Ch 13: TCP/IP Networking Finished
Wed, Nov 2     Assignment 6 posted
Mon, Nov 7     Lecture 18: DNS: The Domain Name System
Wed, Nov 9     Lecture 19: Ch 21: The Network File System
Wed, Nov 9     Assignment 6 due
Mon, Nov 14     Lecture 20: Chosen Topic: Security
Wed, Nov 16     Lecture 21: Chosen Topic: Security
Fri, Nov 18     Assignment 7 posted
Mon, Nov 21     Thanksgiving Holiday - no class
Wed, Nov 23     Thanksgiving Holiday - no class
Fri, Nov 25     Assignment 7 due
Mon, Nov 28     review before Final exam
Wed, Nov 30     Final exam - 8:00-10:00 am - Instructions
Mon, Dec 5     8:00 - 10:00 am - would be the exam time per Final Examination Schedule