NET 413 - Linux System Administration
Course Department: Business
Last Date of Approval: Fall 2022
4 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 30
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
Linux Operating system will teach you how to use Linux operating system and introduce you to the Desktop. The class is for new users of the Linux environment and CLI. You will learn fundamental command-line features of the Linux environment including file system navigation, file permissions, the vi text editor, command shells, and basic network use. This course will help students refine their critical thinking skills as they evaluate various technology topics and concepts while searching for underlying connections between the technology and how to apply those concepts in a lab setting, which is a skill that should be beneficial in any/all types of technology careers. This course will also help students gain hands-on technology literacy which will be of vital significance when making important work-related decisions.
Prerequisites: NET 110 - Microcomputer Fundamentals , NET 790 - PC Support I , NET 222 - CISCO Routers , NET 791 - PC Support II , NET 138 - Introduction to Networks or NET-191 and NET-211
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face, virtual, and/or online
Credit for Prior Learning: This course offers an opportunity for students to earn Credit for Prior Learning for skills that they have brought with them to Iowa Central. For more information, please ask the instructor and see the Iowa Central Community College catalog.
Course Fees: Face-to-Face: None; Online: 8-week online students will have a per credit hour e-book fee automatically charged to their account.
Common Course Assessment(s): None
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Student Learning Outcomes:
a. Demonstrate the basic DOS commands.
b. Copy, move, and delete files & directories.
c. Create, change and remove directories.
d. Create text files.
e. Create batch files for simple and complex tasks.
f. Understand directory structures.
g. Use basic network trouble shooting commands.
Objectives:
a. Configure file and directory ownership, and define, configure and change the Linux file and directory permissions to apply special file and directory permissions based on Lab conditions.
b. Identify and configure common filesystem types. Students will create, mount, and unmount partitions, along with monitoring for free space, errors and quota limits.
c. Categorize the different types of processes, view processes by using CLI and GUI utilities to modify the priority of a process, schedule commands by using the cron daemon.
d. Create, modify, manage and delete user and group accounts by using the CLI and GUI.
e. Use Compression utilities to compress and decompress files to perform a backup and restore of a server.
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