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CS183Unix System AdministrationSpring 08

• WeeSan Lee ltweesan_at_cs.ucr.edugt

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WARNING!

• Unix/Linux can be additive
• Cant win a cash prize and a laptop ?
• http//dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/03/28/pwn
  -to-own-final-day-and-wrap-up
• Lots of MS jokes
• Lots of fun ?

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Who are Unix System Administrators?

• Those who tell you to reboot your machine?
• 1st line technical supports
• Those who manage their own machines running heavy
  duty OS without Internet access?
• Windows users who fear the virus infection from
  the Internet

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Course Information

• 10-week course
• 3 lectures / week
• 1 lab / week
• Lecture
• MWF 510 - 600pm _at_ WAT 2240
• Office hours Thursday 1-3pm _at_ Bourns B246 or by
  appt.
• Lab
• TW 210pm - 500pm _at_ Engr2 135
• TA Glenn M. Bernstein Inci Cetindil
• Office hours TBA

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Course Information (cont)

• Textbook
• Linux Administration Handbook (2nd edition)
• By Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein
• ISBN 0131480049
• Reference (optional)
• Programming Perl (3rd edition)
• By Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant
• ISBN 0596000278
• Moodle (https//moodle.cs.ucr.edu/)

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Topics

• Linux on a single machine
• Installation and kernel recompilation
• Boot and shutdown sequence
• User account management
• Process monitor and management
• File systems
• Package management
• Periodic processes (crontab)
• Security
• Logging
• Backups

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Topics (cont)

• Linux on multiple machines
• TCP/IP networking
• Routing
• HTTP, Web Cache, FTP, DNS, SMTP, NIS (Yellow
  Page), NFS, Samba, SSH,
• Security
• Misc
• Shell (Bash) programming
• Perl programming

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Grading

• Labs 40
• Programming Assignments (2) 30
• Final Project 20
• Pop Quizzes Attendance 10
• Final 0
• Total 100
• I reserve the right to make any changes!

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Labs

• Reports are in HTML format
• Objective
• Introduction
• Procedures
• Conclusion
• Further Reading
• Glossary
• Questions Answers
• Will be graded based on the quality of the report
• Sample report
• http//www.cs.ucr.edu/weesan/cs183/lab_report_sam
  ple.html

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Labs (cont)

• Collect as many outputs screenshots as possible
  during the lab
• Feel free to google answers for the questions,
  but make sure to paraphrase them
• Due on Friday before midnight (1155pm)
• Late turn-ins will be marked down 20 for 1st
  day, and additional 30 the day after
• For example, max. score is
• 100 on Fri by 1155pm
• 80 on Sat
• 50 on Sun

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Programming Assignments

• PA 1 - Shell programming
• Poor-man package management
• Given at the beginning of the 4th week
• Due on Friday of the same week
• PA 2 - Perl programming
• Web log analysis/accounting
• Given at the beginning of the 6th week
• Due on Friday of the same week

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Final Project

• Individual or group of 2
• Related to Unix System Administration
• Proposal
• 1 page (at most) in PDF
• Problem description
• Proposed solution
• Expected deliverables
• Latex bibtex
• Due on the beginning of 5th week

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Final Project (cont)

• Report
• 4 pages (at least) in PDF
• Introduction
• Related work
• Technical details
• Result
• Conclusion
• References
• Latex bibtex
• Due in last class (6/6)
• 8-10 mins in-class presentation
• About 6-8 slides

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Final Project Examples

• Automation
• Kick-start install
• Package management/update
• Scripting
• Web front-end of user account management
• Network
• Web cache performance enhancement using multiple
  network interfaces
• Security
• How to setup a secure network?
• Misc
• Asterisk PBX (http//www.asterisk.org/)
• Linux PVR (http//www.mythtv.org/)

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No Cheating!

• Cheating will result 0 on the assignment or F
  in this class
• So get your hands dirty
• Do your own lab
• Write your own report
• Paraphrase in your lab report
• Having said that, I encourage group
  study/discussion, but
• Dont read/debug somebody else scripts

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Bottom Line

• No more calls to the technical support
• Geek-only party conversation
• Power-Linux users
• Resume looks good
• Get a job easier!
• Homepage looks professional
• Know some hackings
• Will be able to do this
• Have fun ?

Source http//www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down
-ternet.html
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Question?