IST280 SpTp: Intro to Linux

Syllabus

Lectures

1. Introduction
2. Will be posted
3. Will be posted
4. Will be posted
5. Getting and Installing Software Packages
6. Office applications
7. Internet applications
8. Intro to system administration
9. User administration
10. Shell scripts: Part one and Part two
11. System initialization
12. Samba: installation and configuration. In-class lab.
13. Apache installation and configuration. In-class lab.
14. vsFTP installtion and configuration in-class project.
15. Setting up MySQL database server
16. Installation and testing PHP.
17. Windows domain authentication.

Assignments

• Project 1: Setting accounts in Thinderbird and KMail. Due by 11:59 Saturday, February 23, 2008.
• In-class project: Windows applications in Linux.
• Project 2: Backup script. Due by 11:59 Monday, March 31, 2008.
• In-class project: vsFTP installtion and configuration.
• Final project: Apache secured directories. Due by 11:59 Wednesday, April 30.
• In-class project: PHP installation.
• In-class project: Linux backup tools.