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UNIX01

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Instructor: Sam Hart (hart@physics.arizona.edu)

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This course will introduce the student to the fundamentals of the Unix operating environment, within the context of using Red Hat Linux. Students will acquire understanding of basic Unix concepts, and will have extensive hands-on experience with the "shell", which is the command-line environment common to all Unix implementations. The class will focus on giving the student the ability to function as a knowledgeable user in the Unix environment. This course will also teach skills critical to acting as a systems or network administrator. Students who bring a computer to class can have Linux loaded on it as a practice tool.

These classnotes are organized by topic. More often than not, these topics will also coincide with particular days in the class. The topics will be presented in the following order:

DAY ONE

What is UNIX?
/Overview of UNIX
History
/From BESYS to UNIX
/From UNIX to GNU
Linux : an Introduction
/Do not fear the Command Line
/Choice is Good
/UNIX Shells
/Usernames and Passwords
/Entering Commands I
/Entering Commands II
/Pipes and Redirects
PROJECT : /Searching for Processes
UNIX File System and File Security
/UNIX Standard Tree Structure
/Exploring the Root File System
/There's no place like Home
/Understanding Paths and Pathnames
[/Navigating the File System]?
PROJECT : /Creating a chroot structure

DAY TWO

UNIX History II
/BSDs and Forks
/Enter the Penguin
/Overview of Linux
UNIX Users and Groups
/UIDs and GIDs
UNIX File Processing
/Understanding UNIX Files
/File Ownership and Security
/Setting Ownership and Permissions
PROJECT : /Create a simple tree
UNIX Editors
/The simplest editor
/Introduction to vi
/Using the vi editor
PROJECT : /Use vi to edit a file
/Introduction to Emacs
/Using the Emacs editor
PROJECT : /Use Emacs to edit a file
UNIX Shell Scripts
/Introduction to Shell Scripting
PROJECT : /Create a simple shell script

DAY THREE

UNIX History III
/Open Source and Conflict
/Modern UNIXes
/The POSIX Standard
/Current Uses of Linux
More UNIX Scripting
BASH Scripting Continued
/Aliasing and Exporting
/Conditionals
/Iteration
/Advanced Piping
PROJECT : /Coding our own Add User script
/BASH Configuration
PROJECT : /Updating your .bashrc
Introduction to Perl Scripting
/Introduction to Perl
/Starting a Perl script
/Common Perl Commands I
/Common Perl Commands II
/Perl Regular Expression Matching
/Perl Modules
PROJECT : /Gathering information by user
Installing New Applications from Source
/Application Building under UNIX
/Dealing with tar files
/Dealing with ZIP files
/Building an Application
PROJECT : /Introduction to Nano
[/Installing Perl Modules]?
PROJECT : [/Install a Perl Module]?

DAY FOUR

UNIX History IV
/More Praise for Linux
[/Recent UNIX Events]?
/UNIX History Links
Linux Networking & Commands
/Networking Overview in Linux
/The Loopback Interface
/inittab and Boot Scripts
/Name Resolver
/Configuring Network Servers and Services
/Other Misc Networking Files
/Red Hat's Netconfig
/ifconfig Overview
Accessing the Web from the Command Line
/Introduction to Lynx and Links
/wget and curl
Remote Access
/telnet
/SSH
Introduction to XFree86
/What is XFree86?

Introduction to the RPM System

PROJECT : /Install Apache

Apache CGI Scripting Overview

PROJECT : [/Create a Simple Perl CGI]?

DAY FIVE

Linux Installation

Introduction to Kernel Recompilation

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