Rich's Cabrillo College CIS Classes

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Instructors Programming Master Ed Linux Master Jim Web Master John Network Master Gerlinde Network Master Rick Clubs GNU Linux Users Group Departments CNSA CIS CS Crib Sheets Ollie Wright (CIS 90)

Getting Linux Linux ISOs Kernels RPMs Tools and Software Apache Bastille cygwin DIAG, diagnostics DOS boot disks John the Ripper Netfilter Putty SSH Tools Tripwire VMserver Wireshark

Documentation TLDP LINFO Commands Summary vi summary Howtos email DNS NIS PPP NFS Student Howtos Michael Wicherski (/bin/mail)

Rich's Howtos

General

• Basic network configuration
• Kernel update with yum (pdf)
• Make bootable pen drive using Fedora 9 (pdf)
• Make boot diagnostics floppy (pdf)
• Mount CD ISO and floppy image files with loopbacks
• OpenSUSE 11 custom root file system (pdf)
• Trouble City (pdf)
• Use Middle Earth VM's on Opus
• Using Linux at Cabrillo College

Installing Linux Distributions

• Dual boot DOS and Fedora 8 with VMware Tools (pdf)
• Dual boot DOS and Fedora 9 (pdf)
• Debian 4 installation of VM (pdf)
• Fedora 9 installation on VM (pdf)
• OpenSUSE 11 installation on VM (pdf)
• Install Ubuntu 8.04 into a new VM
• Ubuntu dual-boot with Windows

Partitions

• Partitions, File Systems and Mounts

Putty

• Installing PuTTY on Windows
• Configuring the appearance of PuTTY

Reference Implementations

• Windows XP and Linux

VMware Server

• VM's - add USB controller (pdf)
• VM's - create a new one
• VM's - using virtual floppies

From Jim Griffin's Linux Book Shelf

Introduction

• Linux User's Guide: Using the Command Line and GNOME with Red Hat Linux 9.0
  • by Carolyn Z. Gillay
  • Franklin Beedle & Associates ISBN: 1887902988
  • Required textbook for CIS 90

System Administration

• Linux Administration Handbook (Second Edition)
  • by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein
  • Prentice Hall PTR ISBN: 0131480049
  • Required textbook for CIS 191AB, CIS 192, CIS 193AB
• Running Linux (Fifth Edition)
  • by Matt Welsh
  • O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN: 0596007604

Scripting

• Unix Shell Programming (Third Edition)
  • by Stephen G. Kochan
  • Sams ISBN: 0672324903
  • Recommended textbook for CIS 130
• Linux and Unix Shell Programming
  • by David Tansley
  • Addison-Wesley Professional ISBN: 0201674726
• Sams Teach Yourself Shell Programming in 24 Hours (Second Edition)
  • by Sriranga Veeraraghavan
  • Sams ISBN: 0672323583
• UNIX and Shell Programming
  • by Behrouz Forouzan and Richard Gilberg
  • Brooks/Cole ISBN: 0534391559

Networking

• TCP/IP Essentials: A Lab-Based Approach
  • by Panwar, Mao, et.al.
  • Cambridge University Press ISBN: 052160124X
• Linux TCP/IP Network Administration
  • by Scott Mann
  • Prentice Hall PTR ISBN: 0130322202

Security

• Practical Unix & Internet Security (Third Edition)
  • by Simson Garfinkel et. al.
  • O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN: 0596003234
• Hacking Linux Exposed (Third Edition)
  • by ISECOM
  • McGraw-Hill Osborne Media ISBN: 0072262575
• Linux Security Cookbook
  • by Daniel Barrett et. al.
  • O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN: 0596003919