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* December 11: Partitioning and File Systems




'''Current:'''
Previous:  
We're studying IP Tables and secure server installation, admin, and configurations. Upcoming sessions should further explore iptables command arguments.
* December 4: X windows
 
* November 27: Users, Groups, Permissions  
'''Potential Upcoming Classes:
* Understanding Log Files
* Partitioning and Filesystems 2: EFI and GUID/Gpt Partitions
* Man Pages efficient usage and navigation (when to 'man-up' and when to cheat with gui edibles)
 
'''Previous:  
* Open-ended review of network configuration files typically found in the /etc directory.
* Git : Fourth class exercising the use of git on our local machines in sync with an internet-accessible git repository.
* Introduction to Git continues
* January 29: SSH into remote box, change password, clone git repo to local machine, create file and check git status [https://gist.github.com/4669506 Notes on github]
* Text files and their purposes along with an introduction to vi and vim features.
* December 11: Partitioning and File Systems
* December 4: X11/Xorg
                Xorg is not a GUI!  What is it? (and why the fuck do you have to compile it from source for FreeBSD???)
                Understanding X Server/Client
                Using Xnest, SSH, VNC
                Understanding framebuffers
                Users, Groups, Permissions  




'''General Info: '''
General:  


System administration topics include  
System administration topics include  
* managing users, groups, and permissions  
* managing users, groups, and permissions  
* monitoring and managing storage and file systems  
* monitoring and managing storage and file systems  
* understanding the Filesystem Hierarchical Standard as a global namespace
* understanding the Filesystem Hierarchical Standard  
* a tour of the Linux [https://github.com/torvalds/linux#slider directory tree], with emphasis on commands
* monitoring and managing processes  
* monitoring and managing processes  
* installing and configuring server software  
* installing and configuring server software  
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* kernel tuning  
* kernel tuning  
* network configuration  
* network configuration  
* introduction to compiling a C program and using make, using chkrootkit.c as the example
* writing shell scripts  
* writing shell scripts  
* command-line essentials  
* command-line essentials  


The principles are the same across all GNU/Linux distributions, but some  
The principles are the same across Linux distributions, but some  
distributions share common configuration approaches. The examples in these  
distributions share common configuration approaches. The examples  
classes will generally reference both the Debian and the Red Hat approaches.  
in these classes will generally reference both the Debian and the  
Red Hat approaches.  


Most of the above topics require a sequence of two or more classes for  
Most of the above topics require a sequence of two or more classes for  
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Because command-line skills are generally required, the command-line  
Because command-line skills are generally required, the command-line  
essentials class (a one-class introduction) may be presented from
essentials class (a one-class introduction) will be repeated.
time to time.
 
 
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