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    This document provides an overview of the System Administration course CSNB113. It outlines the course objectives which are to provide an introduction to operating systems, how they work with hardware, and tasks for installation, configuration and maintenance of operating systems. Students will learn both Windows and Linux operating systems. Assessment includes labs, quizzes, assignments and exams. Topics covered are system administration roles, essential tools, Linux and Windows backgrounds, user and file management, shell scripting, backup and recovery, networking, services, security and more. Reference books and consultation hours are also provided.

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    This document provides an overview of the System Administration course CSNB113. It outlines the course objectives which are to provide an introduction to operating systems, how they work with hardware, and tasks for installation, configuration and maintenance of operating systems. Students will learn both Windows and Linux operating systems. Assessment includes labs, quizzes, assignments and exams. Topics covered are system administration roles, essential tools, Linux and Windows backgrounds, user and file management, shell scripting, backup and recovery, networking, services, security and more. Reference books and consultation hours are also provided.

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    This document provides an overview of the System Administration course CSNB113. It outlines the course objectives which are to provide an introduction to operating systems, how they work with hardware, and tasks for installation, configuration and maintenance of operating systems. Students will learn both Windows and Linux operating systems. Assessment includes labs, quizzes, assignments and exams. Topics covered are system administration roles, essential tools, Linux and Windows backgrounds, user and file management, shell scripting, backup and recovery, networking, services, security and more. Reference books and consultation hours are also provided.

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    This document provides an overview of the System Administration course CSNB113. It outlines the course objectives which are to provide an introduction to operating systems, how they work with hardware, and tasks for installation, configuration and maintenance of operating systems. Students will learn both Windows and Linux operating systems. Assessment includes labs, quizzes, assignments and exams. Topics covered are system administration roles, essential tools, Linux and Windows backgrounds, user and file management, shell scripting, backup and recovery, networking, services, security and more. Reference books and consultation hours are also provided.

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    The key takeaways are that the course provides an overview of system administration, which involves managing and configuring multiple operating systems, hardware architectures and software suites to work together using shared network resources.

    The aim of the course is to give students an overview of operating systems and how they work with other hardware in a computer system.

    The objectives of the course are to provide an overview of operating system installation, configuration and maintenance, differentiate between operating systems types, and introduce basic shell scripting.

    System Administration

    CSNB113
    Lecture 1:
    Course Overview
    Course Objectives
    Reference Books
    Consultation Hours
    Assessment
    Topics Outline
    Rationale
    System administration is
    management and configuration
    of one or more computers with
    ◦ Multiple operating systems,
    ◦ Multiple hardware architecture,
    ◦ Multiple software suites,
    Together with the shared
    resources necessary, such as
    networks, to make them work
    together.
    Course Overview:

    The aim of this course is to give


    the students an overview of
    operating system and how OS
    works with other hardware in a
    computer system. The lab will
    cover the tasks involved in
    installing, configuring and
    maintaining different types of
    operating systems. Both Windows
    and Linux operating systems will
    be covered. This course also will
    provide an introduction to
    The objectives of this
    course are:
    To give an overview of operating
    system and how OS works with
    other hardware in a computer
    system
    To provide an overview of the
    tasks involved in operating
    system installation, configuration
    and maintenance
    To differentiate between different
    types of operating systems.
    To introduce a basic knowledge of
    At the end of this course,
    students should be able to:
    Perform installation of Unix and
    Windows
    Perform basic configuration and
    maintenance of both operating
    systems (Unix and Windows)
    Write the simple shell scripts.
    References Book
    Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christine
    Hogan, Strata R. Chalup, “The
    Practice of System and Network
    Administration”, Addison-Wesley,
    2007.
    Nicholas Well, The Complete
    Guide to Linux System
    Administration, Thomas Course
    Technology, 2005
    Dan Dinicolo, Hands-on-Microsoft
    Windows Server 2003
    Administration, 2003.
    Consultation Hours:
    Please email me to arrange for
    the consultation appointment :
    [email protected]
    Assessment:
    Labs = 15%
    3 Quizzes & 3 Group Assignments
    = 25%
    Mid-Semester Exam = 20%
    Final Examination = 40%
    Total = 100%
    Topics Outline
     Introduction to System Administration, Roles and
    responsibilities, policies, procedures & security,
    documentation, Essential tools such as KNOPPIX
    & VMPlayer & VMWare.
     Background of LINUX & Windows, variation of
    LINUX & Windows, Managing Users: Group,
    Individual, Process: Adding, Deleting, Modifying
    User Attributes, Password, The Login Process,
    /etc/profile and .profile.
     File System, Structure, File and Directory, Shared
    File & Directory, Process: create, delete, rename
    file and directory, vi Editor
     Shell Scripting, Shell Programing, Example
    scripting, Advanced Sripting
     Backup & Recovery, Backup Strategies, Essential
    Tools, tar, cpio and dump command, network
    Backup Strategies
    Topics Outline (continue)
    Introduction to Networking, Internet
    Administration, TCP/IP Interface,
    Network Interface and Mac & IP
    Address
    Routing, Domain Name Services,
    Example, Internet Services
    Install and configure services, Start
    up the system at different runlevel
    control and manage system
    services
    File Server, File Sharing & Network
    File System
    Security system, Plan, Tools,

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