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 :
mohdhakim@uniten.edu.my
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,