Course Syllabus

Network and System Administration (Spring 2012)

Schedule of Reading and Homework

Date Topic Reading

Week 1 (J 9-13)

• Introductory Remarks Nemeth Chapter 1
• Booting & Shutting Down Nemeth Chapter 2

Week 2 (J 18-20)

• Holiday
• More on System Startup Nemeth Chapter 2
• Superusers Nemeth Chapter 3
• Essential Networking Just to Get Started

Week 3 (J 23-27)

• Dealing with Processes Nemeth Chapter 4
• Filesystem Basics Nemeth Chapter 5

Week 4 (F 0-3)

• New Users Nemeth Chapter 6
• Disks & Filesystems Chapter 8

Week 5 (F 6-10)

• Installing Software
• Openssl/Openssh,
• Syslogd, & Inetd
• Networking Basics Nemeth Chapter 13
• (up to routing)
• BIND basics

Week 6 (F 13-17)

• Periodic Processes
• Cron Nemeth Chapter 9
• Backups Nemeth Chapter 10

Week 7 (F 20-24)

• More on Backups
• Yet More Still on Backups
• F 24 Midterm Exam

Week 8 (F 27-31) Networked Information

• NIS Nemeth Chapter 18
• More About NIS Nemeth Chapter 18
• Practical Matters Concerning NIS Setup
• Nemeth Chapter 18

Week 9 (M 5-9)

• NFS Nemeth Chapter 17
• More NFS and Automounting Nemeth Chapter 17

Week 10 (M 12-16) - Spring Break

Week 11 (M 19-23)

• Email &c Nemeth Chapter 19
• pp 537-562, 618-624
• Where do I get my printer?
• Printers and Spooling Nemeth Chapter 23
• Web Services Chapter 22

Week 12 (M 26-30)

• Some Security Issues Nemeth Chapter 21
• Security Organizations and Tools
• More Network Security & Network Tools

Week 13 (A 2-6) - Syslog and Log Files Nemeth Chapter 11

Week 14 (A 9-13) - Web Internet Service Provision Nemeth Chapter 22

Week 15 (A 16-20) - Policy and Politics Chapter 27

Week 16 (A 23-25) - Policy and politics

Final May 4 12-2:30