Tag Archives: system admin

System admin lecturecast, epsiode 8

I figured out a way to post my audio files, so the lectures will continue. Here’s episode 8. Users and passwords. The assignment is to read chapter six. In this episode we cover: passwd and group files, shells, captive accounts, .profile, adduser command line, removing account and looking for left over logic bombs, picking good […]

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System admin lecturecast, episode 6

Episode six is a review of how to read and use Linux man pages. This is covered in depth in chapter three. That’s the assignment for the week, read chapter three. [podcast]http://www.skoda.net/podcast/cis2230-ep6.mp3[/podcast]

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Lectures recorded but not posted

There seems to be a little issue with ftp credentials on my web hosting site. As soon as those are fixed, you’ll see episode 6 and 7 posted to the blog.

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System admin, lecturecast 5, part 1

[podcast]http://www.skoda.net/podcast/cis2230-ep5.1.mp3[/podcast] I’ve broken episode 5 into two parts to make it easier to download and listen to.  In part one I cover the rest of chapter 2’s file discussion.  I posted some notes in the forums rather than producing slides.  It will help to have the book handy to, I reference the picture on page […]

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System admin lecture, episode 3

[podcast]http://www.skoda.net/podcast/cis2230-ep3.mp3[/podcast] In episode three we talk about kernels and do a little more history.   I also talk about how I’d like to run the participation part of everyone’s grade.

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System admin lecture, episode 2

[podcast]http://www.skoda.net/podcast/cis2230-ep2.mp3[/podcast] There are no slides for episode 2, please use chapter 1 of the book and follow along.  This episode talks about the duties of a system administrator.  I also introduce the idea that many decisions a system admin makes will not be based on technology (or achieving the best technical solution.)  Many decisions will […]

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System admin lecture, episode 1

Ethics and some historical perspective here.  We have to talk about ethics because as sysadmins you’ll have powers that normal users don’t.  Using those powers for self gain and evil will result in criminal charges in this day and age.   We talk about some history in order to provide some context to the concepts […]

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System Admin lecture, episode 0

[podcast]http://www.skoda.net/podcast/cis2230-ep0.mp3[/podcast] This is the first lecturecast for system admin.  It’s lecture zero because it is the introduction stuff that we typically do on day 1 of lecture.  Look for the syllabus and slides in the forums.  I’ve got another lecture hot on the heels of this one.  I want to keep the segments shorter this […]

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CIS 2230, System Admin in an on-line class

I realize there is a time and location setup for CIS 2230.  Please do not go to class for lecture.  Please go to http://www.skoda.net/smf/ and read the forums for CIS 2230.  If you do not have an account on the forums, please register and I’ll put you in the appropriate group so you can get […]

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