Unix Class

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Based on: http://www.geekcomix.com/classnotes/ by Samuel Hart (hart@physics.arizona.edu) in 2005 released under Creative Commons Attribution, Share Alike Generic License 2.0

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1 UNIX01 - Unix Foundations
2 UNIX02 - System Administration
3 UNIX03 - System Security

[edit] UNIX01 - Unix Foundations

This course will introduce the student to the fundamentals of the Unix operating environment, within the context of using Red Hat Linux. Students will acquire understanding of basic Unix concepts, and will have extensive hands-on experience with the "shell", which is the command-line environment common to all Unix implementations. The class will focus on giving the student the ability to function as a knowledgeable user in the Unix environment. This course will also teach skills critical to acting as a systems or network administrator. Students who bring a computer to class can have Linux loaded on it as a practice tool.

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These classnotes are organized by topic. More often than not, these topics will also coincide with particular days in the class. The topics will be presented in the following order:

[edit] Day One

Introduction
History
Basic Commands
Filesystem

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[edit] Day Two

more history
users and groups
file processing
editors
process management
shell scripts

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[edit] Day Three

even more history
more bash scripting
introduction to perl scripting
installing from source

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[edit] Day Four

more unix history
networking
command line web applications
remote access
X
gnu screen

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[edit] Day Five

init, shutdown, halt & reboot
at & cron
package management with rpm
cgi scripts
compiling linux kernel

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[edit] UNIX02 - System Administration

This course will provide the student with the skills of basic system and network administration within the Unix environment. We will start with basic concepts that apply to all varieties of Unix, and will proceed to implementation and use of popular network technologies and administration tools. Finally, basic Unix security concepts will be discussed. Students are encouraged to have access to a computer (laptop or desktop) on which they can load Linux in order to practice the techniques between classes. Linux will be used as the learning environment in the classroom, but techniques applicable to all Unix variants will be emphasized.

These classnotes are organized by topic. More often than not, these topics will also coincide with particular days in the class. The topics will be presented in the following order:

[edit] Day One

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[edit] Day Two

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[edit] Day Three

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[edit] Day Four

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[edit] Day Five

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[edit] UNIX03 - System Security

This course will introduce the student to major concepts and techniques involved in securing a Unix server or workstation. Linux is used as the learning environment, but concepts will be applicable to all Unix environments. The book for this course is "Real World Linux Security" by Bobn Toxen (with associated website, http://realworldlinuxsecurity.com/)..

These classnotes are organized by topic. More often than not, these topics will also coincide with particular days in the class. The topics will be presented in the following order: