CIS68C1 UNIX System Administration

LinksMon, Apr 16 2007, 9:20am

The links below may be useful in helping you with the course. If you would like to have any additional links place on this site, please let me know.

UNIX for New Users
eXtropia's UNIX Introduction	Another good introduction to UNIX (stated as for Web developers).
The UNIX Reference Desk	A good site from Geek Girl
Various UNIX Commands	Information on a variety of common UNIX commands.
Editing and Examining	Information on editing and examining files in UNIX.
Regular Expressions Help	A fine overview of regular expressions.
UNIX Shell Help
UNIX Shell FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions about UNIX Shells.
Bourne's Tutorial	A formatted text version of Steven Bourne's original shell tutorial.
SHELLdorado	An excellent shell scripting resource... a must see.
Bourne Shell for Beginners	Another overview of the Bourne shell with examples.
UNIX is a Four Letter Word	A nice looking UNIX help site
Networking Help and Information
Online RFCs	Request For Comments documentation - the definitive TCP/IP specifications.
IANA TCP/IP Port Numbers	Table of TCP/IP port numbers (well-known, registered, dynamic and private).
Charles Spurgeon's Ethernet	Excellent Ethernet info by the author of O'Reilly's Ethernet: The Definitive Guide book.
Network Calculator	A very helpful network address calculator site, with explanations.
10 Subnet Calculators	10 Different network calculators at Subnets Online (Warning: site includes popups)
Subnet Online	Excellent networking information and tools site; includes some nice PDF posters (Warning: site includes popups)
CIDR Overview	Easy to understand overview of CIDR by Pacbell Internet.
UNIX System Administration
USAH Site	UNIX System Administration Handbook textbook website.
SAGE - Sysadmin's Corner	System Administration Guide - resources for system administrators.
Principles of system administration	An excellent resource that should be read by all aspiring system administrators.
Sysadmin Job Information	Job information for aspiring system administrators (job descriptions, salary profiles, ...).
Search the Web for UNIX Information
Linux Search @ Google	Search Linux-specific information on Google.
comp.unix	Search comp.unix for general UNIX answers
comp.unix.shell	Search comp.unix.shell for UNIX Shell answers.
comp.unix.admin	Search comp.unix.admin for UNIX System Administration answers.
Linux Help and Documentation
Linux Network Administrators Guide	Excellent online Linux administration book.
IBM's Linux Tutorials	Excellent tutorials on Linux and Open Source software from IBM.
Linux Documentation Project	The primary site for Linux documentation and HOWTOs.
TrinityOS	Excellent Linux server configuration references, especially networking, performance and security.
Linux on Laptops	Definitive site for installing and running Linux on a laptop.
/var/proc network variables	Description of Linux's /var/proc/net/ipv4 network variables.
Quick References
vim Quick Reference	A printable quick reference of vim commands.
vi Quick Reference	A printable quick reference of vi commands.
Miscellaneous Information
Operating System Resource Center	Excellent OS related references (boot process, devices, BIOS, partition format, etc.).
Virus Myths	Learn about various computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, and hysteria.
Recommended Reading
THINK Unix	Excellent coverage of UNIX for beginners who want some depth.
UNIX: For Programmers and Users, 2/e	Another good book, geared towards programmers and those desiring a deeper understanding of UNIX.
UNIX System Administration Handbook, 3/e	Classic UNIX system administration book, covering Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, and FreeBSD.
Linux Administration Handbook, 1/e	By the authors of USAH, an outstanding new Linux-specific system administration book.
TCP/IP Network Administration, 3/e	The third edition of the excellent book on TCP/IP network administration.
DNS and BIND	An easy to read, extensive and outstanding book on DNS and BIND.
Managing NFS and NIS	The classic book on NFS and NIS, now covering NFS V3 and Solaris 8.
Red Hat Linux 7.2 Unleashed	Popular Unleashed series continues with new material (previous versions are also good).
Vi IMproved - Vim	Great book explains vim in all its glory - a must have for serious vi users.
Linux Network Administrator's Guide, 2/e	Online version of O'Reilly's Linux Network Administrator's Guide.
UNIX Unleashed, System Administrator's Edition	Online version of SAM's book on system administration (see Ch. 20, Networking).
Internetworking w/TCP/IP V1: Principles, Protocols, & Architecture/4e	Excellent in-depth introduction to TCP/IP.
Organizations
USENIX	The Advanced Computing Systems Association - the premiere UNIX organization.
LISA	Large Site System Administration (affiliated with USENIX / SAGE).
Mike's UNIX Courses
CIS68A	Introduction to UNIX (Summer 2002). An in-depth introductory course.
CIS68B1	UNIX Shell Programming (Winter 2002).
CIS68C1	UNIX System Administration (Fall 2001).
CIS68C2	UNIX Network Administration (Spring 2002).
Foothill
CTIS	CTIS department home page.
CTIS Lab	CTIS Lab Room maps and hours.
Foothill College	Foothill College home page.
UNIX Software
Sudo	Sudo - The quintessential replacement for su
PC Software
CRT	Excellent telnet client
SecureCRT	Excellent telnet/SSH client
PuTTY	Very good telnet/SSH client (free)
Telnet	Launch your telnet client (the Windows telnet client is not recommended).
WinZip	The standard for creating/extracting Zip files
Acrobat Reader 5.0	Utility to read PDF files
FTP Voyager	Another excellent graphical FTP client
Mac Software
MacTelnet	Very good Telnet client for the Mac
Acrobat Reader 5.0	Utility to read PDF files
Interarchy	Outstanding FTP client
Fetch	Good FTP client