*100072* *100072* COIT 13146 Systems Administration (An Introduction to Linux Systems Administration) Study Guide Systems Administration Edition 2003 Copyright (Study Guide) Central Queensland University, 2003 Developed by staff of the Faculty of Informatics and Comminication. Produced and printed by the Distance and Flexible Learning Centre Central Queensland University Rockhampton, Queensland Copyright material herin is reproduced under the provision of the Copyright Act 1968. Material copied with the permission of thecopyright holder has been duely identified DEVELOPED BY David Jones, Kieren Jamieson, Damien Clark, Nathaniel Fitzgerald-Hood and Anthony Ferguson Chapter .............................................................................................................................................................................19 The Overview................................................................................................................................................................................19 Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................................19 Other Resources ............................................................................................................................................................................19 The Course ....................................................................................................................................................................................20 LAMENT OF A LINUX STUDENT .................................................................................20 THE RATIONALE ........................................................................................................21 WHAT YOU WILL LEARN............................................................................................21 WHY NOT WINDOWS?...............................................................................................23 Course Material.............................................................................................................................................................................23 STUDY GUIDE ...........................................................................................................24 THE COURSE WEBSITE..............................................................................................24 Solving Problems ..........................................................................................................................................................................24 Computers in the Real World ........................................................................................................................................................24 WHAT YOU THINK COMPUTERS ARE ..........................................................................24 SOME ALTERNATIVES................................................................................................26 An Overview of Linux...................................................................................................................................................................28 BOOTING...................................................................................................................28 RUNNING ..................................................................................................................29 SHUTTING DOWN.......................................................................................................30 LAYERS.....................................................................................................................30 Conclusions...................................................................................................................................................................................32 Chapter .............................................................................................................................................................................33 The What, Why and How of Sys Admin .......................................................................................................................................33 Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................................33 What Systems Administrators do ..................................................................................................................................................33 WHY WE NEED THEM ................................................................................................34 WHAT THEY DO.........................................................................................................34 Home and the real world ...............................................................................................................................................................37 What Systems Administrators need to know .................................................................................................................................37 Why UNIX? ..................................................................................................................................................................................39 Unix past, present and future.........................................................................................................................................................40 Linux.............................................................................................................................................................................................40 The relationship between Linux and UNIX...................................................................................................................................41 Some more sys admin theory.........................................................................................................................................................41 Daily operations ............................................................................................................................................................................42 AUTOMATE, AUTOMATE AND AUTOMATE .................................................................42 SYSTEM MONITORING ...............................................................................................42 Hardware and software..................................................................................................................................................................43 EVALUATION ............................................................................................................43 PURCHASE.................................................................................................................44 INSTALLATION ..........................................................................................................44 HARDWARE...............................................................................................................44 DOCUMENTATION .....................................................................................................45 Policy ............................................................................................................................................................................................48 PENALTIES ................................................................................................................48 TYPES OF POLICY......................................................................................................48 CREATING POLICY.....................................................................................................48 Code of ethics................................................................................................................................................................................49 SAGE-AU CODE OF ETHICS......................................................................................49 SAGE-AU CODE OF ETHICS......................................................................................49 People skills ..................................................................................................................................................................................50 COMMUNICATING WITH USERS .................................................................................50 HOW NOT TO COMMUNICATE WITH USERS.................................................................53 Conclusions...................................................................................................................................................................................53 Chapter .............................................................................................................................................................................54 Information Sources and Problem Solving ....................................................................................................................................54 Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................................54 Other resources..............................................................................................................................................................................54