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CS 491 / 591 Special Topics Summer 2008
Advanced Linux System Administration
Catalog Description
This course is intended as a follow on to a first course on Linux system
administration, or for students with previous Linux experience (installing,
configuring, and maintaining single-user desktop machines). This course
will focus on multi-user networked machines, servers, and machines in mixed
networks (Linux, Windows, etc.). Among the software systems to be studied
are: NIS, NFS, Samba, DNS/Bind, Apache, Sendmail, Postfix, etc. Network
security systems such as Nessus and Snort will also be included. The course
will involve some lectures, but also student-led class sessions and hands-on
sessions in the lab.
Prerequisite:
CS406 or previous Linux experience
(talk with the instructor if you are uncertain about your Linux background).
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