Franske ITC-2480

This is the homepage for the ITC-2480 classes taught by Dr. Ben Franske.

Current Course Materials

General Course Information

• Course Syllabus
• Course Schedule
• Assignment List
• Lab Report Format
• Forum Posting Format

Online Readings Used in this Course

• DH refers to the Debian Administrator's Handbook by Raphaël Hertzog and Roland Mas
• LCL refers to The Linux Command Line by William Shotts
• The Bash Programming HOWTO
• [Python Instant Hacking http://hetland.org/writing/instant-hacking.html]
• dreamsys Python Scripting Tutorial

Software Used in this Course

• PuTTY
• FileZilla

Resources

Major Linux Distributions

• Debian
  • Ubuntu
• Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • CentOS
  • Fedora
• Gentoo
• OpenSUSE (Novell)

General Help

Online Linux Tutuorials

• Beginning Linux from Linux.org
• Postfix Basic Setup
• Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control (Advanced Networking)

Command Guides

• Inroduction to basic BASH shell commands
• The One Page Linux Manual

Specific Topic Help

Debian Preseeding

A Debian preseed file works in a similar way to a Fedora kickstart file for automating Linux installation. Note that even though it's no longer mentioned in the documentation you can supply a preseed file on a floppy disk in much the same manner as on a CD or USB flash drive by specifying the preseed file location during the installer boot process. For more information see:

• Debian Wiki Page on Preseeding
• Debian Installer Manual - Appendix B. Automating the installation using preseeding

System Startup

• Linux Startup Process - Wikipedia
• Linux Init Process
• Debian System Initialization

GRUB2

• Ubuntu Community Documentation - GRUB2
• GRUB2 Bootloader Full Tutorial
• The GRUB2 Guide

Runlevels

• IBM Learn Linux, 101: Runlevels, shutdown, and reboot
• An introduction to services, runlevels, and rc.d scripts
• Runlevel - Wikipedia

Init, Upstart and Systemd

• Here We Go Again, Another Linux Init: Intro to systemd
• Manage System Startup and Boot Processes on Linux with Upstart

Partitioning, Formatting and Mounting

• Linux Partition HOWTO
• RedHat Documentation Mount Points
• Fedora Documentation: An Introduction to Disk Partitions

SSH

• David McNett: using ssh public key authentication
• Ubuntu SSH Keys Documentation
• Linux Tutorial Blog: SSH and SCP: Howto, tips & tricks

Network Configuration

• Debian-style Network Configuration (Ubuntu Server uses the same style)
• Fedora Nekwork Interface Configuration Files

Regular Expressions, Grep and SED

• Regular Expressions - A Simple User Guide
• Tao of Regular Expressions

Shell Scripting

BASH

• BASH Scripting Tutorial - Linuxconfig
• An Introduction to BASH Programming
• Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial
• BASH Scripting Introduction Tutorial with 5 Practical Examples
• Linux Command - Writing Shell Scripts
• Udemy BASH Scripting Course

Python

• dreamsys Python Scripting Tutorial
• Stanford - Python Shell Scripting
• Python Scripting for the Operating System
• Python Scripts as a Replacement for Bash Utility Scripts

Archived Course Materials

General Course Information

• Lab List
• Summer 2011 Lab List
• Spring 2012 Lab List

Chapter Project Notes

CNT-2311-Chapter 2 Notes
CNT-2311-Chapter 3 Notes
CNT-2311-Chapter 4 Notes
CNT-2311-Chapter 5 Notes
CNT-2311-Chapter 7 Notes
CNT-2311-Chapter 8 Notes
CNT-2311-Chapter 9 Notes
CNT-2311-Chapter 10 Notes

CNT-2311-Chapter 21 & 24 Notes

• Linux SSH and Samba Notes
• Linux Job Management Notes

Projects

• Dual Booting Ubuntu and Windows 7
• GUID Partiton Table
• Linux VLAN Trunking
• Installing Webmin
• Nat Masquerading and Firewall
• Control Web Access With Squid
• Installing MyBB Forum
• openvpn
• Zoneminder
• Understanding Linux Permission Sets
• Spring 2010 Commands by Session
• Converting VMWare .vmdk To VirtualBox .vdi Using Qemu+ and VBoxManage
• Linux command guide
• Windows File Sharing and Printer Sharing with SAMBA
• How to Setup NAT
• Linux-command-list