Network and System Administration (EE4301 Semester A 2009/2010)
Preliminary Schedule
Put First Things First. ~ S. R. Covey

Week
 Date Topic Notes Reading Related Video Submission
1 1/9 Course Overview
 pdf Linux Fundamentals
Sys_Admin: Chapter 1 		The Code Linux
Freedom & Licenses 		-
2 8/9 1. Basic Unix Commands
2. Unix Account Administration 		1, 2 Unix Tutorial
Sys_Admin: Chapter 5
VI Tutorial (1)
VI Tutorial (2) 		Project Selection
3 15/9 Lab1: Red Hat Linux Fedora Core 11 Installation pdf Sys_Admin: Chapter 2 Installing Ubuntu Linux Project Proposal
4 22/9 Shell Script pdf Shell Script
Shell Script Tutorial 		Shell Script A1
5 29/9 1. Adding Disks to Unix Systems
2. Backups and Restore 		1, 2 Sys_Admin: Chapter 3 - -
6 6/10 Lab2: Filesystems and Backups pdf Sys_Admin: Chapter 4 - Lab1
7 13/10 1. Booting and Shutting down
2. Process Control and Automation 		1, 2 Linux Internals:
Chapters 2, 3 & 4 		- -
8 20/10 1. Mid-Term Exam (One and half hours)
2. Kernel and Drivers
 pdf Linux Internals: Chapters 6 & 8 - A2
9 27/10 Lab3: Linux Networking Configurations A, B Net-Admin - -
10 3/11 1. Syslog and Daemons
2. Unix Networking 		1 2 Net-Admin - Lab2
11 10/11 Lab4: BIND, Sendmail and NIS pdf Elective - -
12 17/11 1. DNS and BIND
2. Email and Sendmail		 1, 2 Elective - Lab3
13 24/11 Session 1: Projects 1 to 4 (10.00am to 12.00nn)
Session 2: Projects 5 to 10 (1.30pm to 4.20pm) 		- - - -
14 1/12 - - - - Lab4
Project report

Last Updated: 8 Sep 2009
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