CIS 90 (Fall 2008) Course Calendar

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Class and Linux Overview

  • Understand how this course will work
  • High-level overview of computers, operating systems and virtual machines
  • Overview of UNIX/Linux market and architecture
  • Learn first commands and how to navigate between terminals
  • Use a remote Linux server
  • Use Linux running on a local virtual machine

Materials

Assignment

 1.1-1.15 
29/10

Quiz 1

Commands

  • Understand the UNIX login operation works
  • Meet John the Ripper and learn how vulnerable a poor password is
  • Understand basic command syntax and operation
  • Understand program files and what happens when they are run
  • Understand how the shell works and environment variables
  • Understand how to get documentation when online

Materials

Assignment

 2.3-2.7
2.11
3.7-3.20
4.19-4.22
9.1-9.2		 Lab 1
 9/13 Last day to add CIS 90    
39/17

Quiz 2

Electronic Mail

  • Learn how to use the UNIX communication tools write and /bin/mail
  • Overview on end-to-end email

Materials

Assignment

  Lab 2
49/24

Quiz 3

The UNIX File System

  • Become familiar with the UNIX file hierarchy
  • Be able to navigate the hierarchy using cd, ls and pwd commands
  • Understand the key elements of a file
  • Be able to distinguish the different UNIX file types
  • Learn appropriate commands to view file contents

Materials

Assignment

 2.1
2.10
2.17
4.1
4.8
4.11-4.12
 Lab 3

5 posts
510/1

Quiz 4

Review

  • Review lessons 1-4
  • Practice skills
  • Learn about filename expansion characters

Materials

Assignment

  • NA
  Lab 4
610/8

Test #1

Managing Files

  • Creating
  • Copying
  • Moving
  • Renaming
  • Removing
  • Linking

Materials

Assignment

 5
8.13-8.16		 
710/15

Quiz 5

File Permissions

  • inode fields: uid, gid, rwx
  • Relevant commands
  • Commands that require file permissions
  • Defaults

Materials

Assignment

 8Lab 5
810/22

Quiz 6

Input/Output Processing

  • stdin, stdout, stderr
  • Redirection
  • Filters and tees
  • Miscellaneous commands
  • Pipes

Materials

Assignment

 7Lab 6

5 posts
910/29

Quiz 7

Review

Materials

Assignment

  • NA
  Lab 7
1011/5

Test #2

UNIX Processes

  • Definition
  • Lifecycle
  • Process information
  • Job control
  • Signals
  • Load balancing

Materials

Assignment

 9 
1111/12

Quiz 8

Editing with vi

  • Moving around the file
  • Reading and writing
  • Input mode
  • Cut, copy, paste
  • Miscellaneous

Materials

  • Presentation slides (download)
  • Reference sheet (vi)

Assignment

 6Lab 8
1211/19

Quiz 9

The Shell Environment

  • Variables
  • Environment
  • .bash_profile
  • .bashrc

Materials

Assignment

 9Lab 9

5 posts
1311/26

Quiz 10

Printing and Shell Scripting

  • . and exec commands
  • UNIX printing

Materials

Assignment

Extra Credit Lab

 9Lab 10
1412/3

More Shell Scripting

  • Commands
  • Command categories
  • Script topic ideas

Materials

Assignment

 10 
1512/10

File Transfer and Review

  • Commands
  • Command categories
  • Project presentations

Materials

Assignment

 10Project
1612/17

Test #3 and Project Presentations

  5 posts
Lab X1