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==Lecture 0==
==Lecture 0==
February 09th 2016 [http://enos.itcollege.ee/~kloodus/opsys/lecture00%20-%20Introduction%20-%202016.odp Lecture 0 - Introduction to subject (OpenDocument)] [http://enos.itcollege.ee/~kloodus/opsys/lecture00%20-%20Introduction%20-%202016.pdf (PDF) ]


==Lecture 1==
==Lecture 1==
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Lecture will be on the February 12th at 8:15 in room 219
Practice will be on the same day at 10:00 in room 410 </span>


==Lecture 2==
==Lecture 2==

Revision as of 13:34, 9 February 2016

Operating systems subject related info

Lecturer:

Katrin Loodus (katrin.loodus@itcollege.ee)

Room 516 (5th floor), phone (6285) 834

All subject related infotmation will be put up on Wiki page, due to the possibility to have access to the materials even after the subject has concluded. Materials, such as tests, lectures and links to additional materials, will remain available throughout the subject teaching period.


Aim of this course

The aim of this course is to introduce the basics of operating systems and IT system life cycle from the viewpoint of the IT system administrator of operating systems. This subject provides hands-on skills needed to complete other field specific subjects in the curriculum.

Lectures give a theoretical background and the labs give hands-on skills on the same topic using Ubuntu Linux Server.


This subject is oriented on hands-on practical assignments to compliment the theoretical side of the subject.

Learning outcome 1:

A student who has completed the subject is able to perform the most common administrative tasks (user management, software management, disk usage, process management) in at least one of the most popular operating system on a server.

Learning outcome 2:

A student who has completed the subject understands and is able to explain orally the basic concepts of operating systems and its security aspects.

Learning outcome 3:

The student is able to document an operating system's service from an IT systems administrator's viewpoint.

Deadlines for assignments 2016

03.04.2016 - Submission of wiki article's topic (Sending an e-mail with the chosen topic is mandatory!)

10.05.2016 - Pre practical test for students, who have done all of their labs

08.05.2016 23:59 - Submission of wiki article and sending an e-mail to the lecturer in order to get it graded

23.05.2016 - Last option to defend lab work (Lab1 and/or Lab2)

24.05.2016 - Practical test

??.06.2016 - Exam in room ???

All dates are inclusive.

(Occasional) Homework

Week 0 & 1

Get familiar with the Unix command line by trying out this Codeacadamy short course.

Timetable for lectures 2016

Public chat for any subject related questions that were left unasked during the lecture: https://chatlink.com/#osadmin_ITKolledz

Link to lecture and lab captures: [will be added here after the first lecture]

Lecture 0

February 09th 2016 Lecture 0 - Introduction to subject (OpenDocument) (PDF)

Lecture 1

Lecture will be on the February 12th at 8:15 in room 219

Practice will be on the same day at 10:00 in room 410

Lecture 2

Lab works

Lab 0

Installing Ubuntu Server 14.04.3 LTS

Introduction to Unix command line (cd, ls, cat, full path, relative path etc)

Lab 1

3 points - Managing users (adduser, addgroup, passwd, /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow)


5 points - Managing files (mkdir, cp, mv, rm, touch, nano, less, chmod, chown, rwx, 644 etc)


4 points - Processes and environment variables (kill, using directing input/output/error: |, <, >, >>; env, PATH, HOME etc)


3 points - Managing software (installation, updating, deleting, apt and dpkg utils)

Lab 2

7 points - Managing disks by creating partitions (fdisk, mkfs, blkid, mount, umount)

5 points - Managing swap (mkswap, swapon, swapoff)

Practical tests

2016

Exams

2016

Wiki article information