UNIX Workshop at SIBILL 1

Venue: SIBILL 1
       (Singapore Bioinformatics Learning Lab One, Level 4 MD7)
       Location Map of MD7

Date: UNIX workshop schedule undecided as yet. Will be held over 10 sessions of 2 hours each

Course Coordinators:
	Mark De Silva
	Lim Kuan Siong

Programme : For latest info, please contact sysadmin@bic.nus.edu.sg

 Basic Unix
 History of Unix
 Unix Structure
   - The operating system
   - The file system
   - UNIX directories, Files and Inodes
   - UNIX programs
 Unix Command Line Structure
 Control Keys
 Terminal Control
 Getting Help - The 'man' command
 Directory Navigation and Control
 File Manitenance Commands
 Display Commands
 System Resources and Printing
 Shells
   - sh
   - csh
 Editors
   - vi
 Unix Command Summary

 UNIX System Administration
 Part 1 - Basic Necessities
 Overview
 Disk Structure and Partitions
 Devices
 File System Management
 Startup and Shutdown
 Operating System Installation (LINUX, SOLARIS)
   - Package installation
 Kernal Configuration (LINUX)
 System Directories
 Admistrative Tools and User Accounts
 Backup Procedures

 Part 2 - Network Services
 The Network
 Network Administration
 Distributed File System Administration
  - nfs
  - samba
 Internet Tools
  - ssh, telnet, ftp, wget
 
 Part 3 - Advanced Networking
 Sendmail
  - Setup and configuration
 Protecting the system
  - System logs
  - Securing services
  - Patching the system
  - Good security procedure
 
 Summary of UNIX System Administration


Useful documentation:

An Introduction to UNIX
A Beginners Guide to UNIX Shell Scripting
UNIX System Administration