Times, People and Places Instructor: Jeff Bauer, jtbauer@cs.fsu.edu Time and place: Tuesday, Thursday, 9:30 AM -11:00 AM in 103 LOV Office hours: Tuesday, Thursday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 120 MCH Class home page:
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~jtbauer/cis5406
Course Description
Computer and Network System Administration is an increasingly complex and essential field. As the reliance of industry and government on computer systems increases so does the number and importance of System Administrators. The field has matured to the stage where professional bodies are being formed and tertiary institutions are being asked to provide courses in System Administration. This course is an attempt to provide a practical problem-solving approach to the field of UNIX and Windows NT Computer and Network System Administration.
Prerequisites COP 4610 - Operating Systems UNIX Systems Programming (strongly desired) Working knowledge of the C programming language User-level knowledge of UNIX User-level knowledge of Windows 95 or Windows NT
Aims: To produce students who are capable of administering a multi-user networked computer system. This will include providing students with practical experience of: Setting up, maintaining and extending a multi-user computer system Development of administrative policy and procedure User assistance and education of users Advanced UNIX commands and management Windows NT procedures Networking and communication Independent problem solving
Required Texts The Complete Windows NT and UNIX System Administration Pack by Aeleen Frisch, et al, 1998, O'Reilly and Associates. (See "http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hp12pack for information on these books) Assessment
| ITEM | POINTS |
| Midterm | 15 |
| Final Exam | 20 |
| Problem Solving Assignments ( 8) | 55 |
| System Emergency Week | 10 |
Class Outline (tentative)
| WEEK | TOPIC |
| Week 1 | Introduction, daemons, booting the system |
| Week 2 | Policy, politics and rootly powers |
| Week 3 | Hi-level view - processes, users |
| Week 4 | The file system - NFS, NIS |
| Week 5 | Devices - serial lines, disks, kernel configuration |
| Week 6 | The network - hardware, TCP/IP SLIP, PPP, DNS |
| Week 7 | The Internet - USEnet, WWW, FTP |
| Week 8 | SA tools |
| Week 9 | Electronic mail |
| Week 10 | Resource management - network, disk space |
| Week 11 | Performance analysis |
| Week 12 | Accounting and system logging |
| Week 13 | Security - backups, hackers, and padlocks |
| PLUS: System emergency week! | |
| Final Exam | Friday, August 6 (last day of classes) |