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Wed, 2007/10/17 - 07:46 — lufthans

Mesa Community College Network Academy
CIS238DL – Linux System Administration

NEWS: Future classes, except the final, will be adding a half hour by meeting at 17:30.

Section # 7120
5:30p.m. – 9:15 p.m. Monday and Wednesday
2007Oct15 – 2007Dec12

Textbook "Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide" Fifth Edition RHCE (ISBN-13 978-0-07-226454-8)

Instructor GPG Fingerprint: D551 6B3C D5DD E047 F8E8 0BD6 2F50 2C0E F58D 22BB

Class policies

  • Tests
    • All test work will be done via a text interface. No GUI or WebUI administration tools allowed. Use of X and GUI editors is allowed.
    • Test answers will be placed in an organized manner between the test questions.
    • Test answers will include copies of the commands given to complete the task.
  • Configuration files
    • All configuration file changes will use revision management.
  • User Accounts
    • New accounts get home directories unless they are only for mail or authentication.
    • New accounts will be set to have bash as the default shell.

Useful tools

When making changes to a file, you can show the differences between the old file ( you made a copy, right? ) and the new file using diff. For instance, "diff /etc/syslog.conf /etc/syslog.2007Nov30.conf"

File Repository

System Administration Resources