Lectures

Lecture 19: Misc Topics

This lecture covers misc topics such as manually building packages by hand, and using Linux in the workplace.

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Lecture 18: CFEngine

This lecture covers the basics of CFEngine and the uses of configuration management tools.

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cs312-lecture18_slides.odp

cs312-lecture18_slides.pdf

resources:

lecture18_resources.tar_.gz

This lecture covers a variety of topics related to security on Linux. Some include account policies, attack vectors, database security, firewall, operating system security, and various security tools.

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cs312-lecture17_slides.odp

cs312-lecture17_slides.pdf

Lecture 16: Security - Passwords & Software Updates

Lecture 16 is part 1 of 2 on security. It covers password security, software security patches and vendor (distribution) provided updates.

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cs312-lecture16_slides.odp

cs312-lecture16_slides.pdf

Lecture 15: Mysql, Apache, and Webapps

This lecture covers setting up mysql, apache, and a web application in Linux.

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cs312-lecture15_slides.odp

cs312-lecture15_slides.pdf

resources:

resources15.tar_.gz

Lecture 14: Services -- Email & DNS

This lecture covers the basics of setting up email servers and a DNS server.

notes:

cs312-lecture14_slides.odp

cs312-lecture14_slides.pdf

resources:

resources14.tar_.gz

Lecture 13: RPMs and yum (continued)

Lecture 13 continues to talk about RPMs and yum. How to build RPMs, what is a yum repository, and more.

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cs312-lecture13_slides.odp

cs312-lecture13_slides.pdf

Lecture 12: RPMs and yum

Lecture 12 will introduce RPMs and yum. For more info, see:
http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/
http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/RepoCreate

notes:

cs312-lecture12_slides.odp

cs312-lecture12_slides.pdf

Lecture 11 - Networking & Kernel Settings

This lecture covers the basics of networking in Linux as well as how you can adjust kernel settings during runtime.

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cs312-lecture11_slides.odp

cs312-lecture11_slides.pdf

Lecture 9 - Cron, Backups, & Syslog

Lecture 9 covers the basics of cron, backups, and some of syslog. More of syslog will be covered in Lecture 10 on Tuesday.

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cs312-lecture9_slides.odp

cs312-lecture9_slides.pdf

Lecture 8 - LVM, RAID, & System Performance

Lecture 8 covers Logical Volume Management, Software RAID, and System Performance. We'll also touch on ZFS for Solaris towards the end if we have time.

notes:

cs312-lecture8_slides.odp

cs312-lecture8_slides.pdf

resources:

LVM-HOWTO.pdf

mdadm.pdf

resources8.tar_.gz

Lecture 7 - Filesystems

Lecture 7 covers various aspects of filesystems, setting up disks, monitoring disk usage, etc.

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cs312-lecture7_slides.odp

cs312-lecture7_slides.pdf

resources:

resources7.txt

resources7.pdf

Lecture 6 - Processes

Lecture 6 covers the basics of processes in UNIX and how to monitor them.

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cs312-lecture6_slides.odp

cs312-lecture6_slides.pdf

resources:

lecture6.tar_.gz

Lecture 5 - Users and Permissions

Lecture 5 will cover Linux users and standard file permissions as well as a quick introduction to LDAP and NIS. Slides are available as a .odp or .pdf below.

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cs312-lecture5_slides.odp

cs312-lecture5_slides.pdf