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batch admitted in July 08

LINUX ADMINISTRATION (CSE-43)

(One Paper: 3 Hrs., Theory: 100 Mks., Lec:3/week, Tu.:1/week, Prac:2/week, Practical: 50, TW: 25, Credit: 6) Teaching And Examination Scheme: Scheme L.Pr./Cr.
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Scheme of Instructions and Periods per week Subject Lecture Pract. or Drg. Tutorial

Scheme of Examination WorkSessional Pract. Exam No. of Papers, duration & Marks Detailed Syllabus Ref. No.

Term work

Paper

LINUX ADMINISTRATION

1, 3 Hrs., 100 Mks.

20

80

25

50

175

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CSE-43

Rationale: This course is designed to provide overview of Linux Administration. Linux Operating System is widely used in industry, it is reliable, secure and flexible. Most of the Web applications are developed and deployed on Linux Operated PCs. Objectives: The students will be able to:

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Install Linux Operating System. Create users and super users, assigns access permissions. Configure LAN and IP addresses. Install CUPS and LPD for printing.

Theory Contents: 1) Installation and Hardware Configuration (Period 6 Hrs, Marks 18) Creating an Installation Diskette, Booting Linux Installation Program Partitioning Hard Drive(s), Setting up Swap Space, Choosing Partitions to Format, Choosing Desired Packages to Install, Hardware Configuration, Multi-boot with Other Operating Systems, Downloading and Installing Red Hat Updates 2) General System Administration Issues (Period 8 Hrs, Marks 26) Root Account, Creating User Accounts, Changing User Passwords , Disabling User Accounts, Removing User Accounts, Linux Password & Shadow File Formats, System Shutdown and Restart 3) Managing package with RPM (Period 11 Hrs, Marks 40) Upgrading Linux and Other Applications, Using the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM), Installing or Upgrading Without RPM, Strategies for Keeping an Up-to-date System, Linux Kernel Upgrades , Upgrading a Red Hat Stock Kernel, Building a Custom Kernel, Moving to the Linux 2.2.x Kernels, Configuring the Apache Web Server 4) Setting Up a Linux network (Period 9 Hrs Marks 32) TCP/IP, configuring with ipconfig, arp, The hostname commands, network configuration files, 5) Working with DNS and DHCP (Period 7 Hrs, Marks 24) Configuring a DNS server, using DNS client, Setting up a DHCP server, Basic configuration, 6) Printing with CUPS and LPD (Period 7 Hrs, Marks 24) Printing system overview, CUPS: Building and installation, managing printers, Line Printer Daemon protocol, Commands, Usage Sr. Main Topics No. of Marks No. Contact Hrs. 1. Installation and Hardware Configuration 06 18 2. General System Administration Issues 08 26 3. Managing package with RPM 11 40 4. Setting Up a Linux network 09 32 5. Working with DNS and DHCP 07 24 6. Printing with CUPS and LPD 07 24 _____ ____ Total 48 164 (# M=Most Essential,E=Essential, D=Desirable) Weightage % 10 15 25 20 15 15 _____ 100% #M/E/D E D M M E D ____ #

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Section I 1. Installation and Hardware Configuration 2. General System Administration Issues 3. Managing package with RPM Section II

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Setting Up a Linux network Working with DNS and DHCP Working with DNS and DHCP Total Theory Hours = 48 hrs. Total Practical Hours =32 hrs.

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List of Practicals: 1. Installation of Red Hat Linux 2. Create an user , super user and various operations on user account 3. Install a RPM package and upgrade the package 4. Configure a web server 5. Configure a LAN in Linux 6. Configure DNS server 7. Install and manage printer Reference Books:

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Christopher Negus - Red Hat Linux 9 Bible - John Wiley & Sons Michael Jang - Mastering Red Hat Linux 9 - BPB Publications

Additional References:

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Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins - Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition - O'Reilly & Associates

Web Sites: 1. http://www.linux.org 2. http://www.cups.org

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