ULI101 Weekly Schedule

Week	Objectives and Tasks	Course Notes / Assigned Lab Section
Week 1	Introduction to ULI101 & UNIX / Seneca Servers Introduction *nix Overview Open Source Philosophy Linux GUI and the Terminal The Matrix Server
Week 2	Unix File System / Common Commands / Text Editing Unix File System File Types and File Naming Basic File System Commands: pwd, cd, tree, mkdir, rmdir, mv, cp, rm, man Vi Text Editor Common File Utilities: cat, more, less, touch, file, find
Week 3	Shell Basics Absolute and Relative Pathnames File Name Expansion Shell Basics: Command Execution in Detail Recalling and Editing Previous Commands Quoting Special Characters
Week 4	Data Representation Data Representation: Binary, Octal, Decimal and Hexadecimal Numbering Systems Numbering System Conversions Practical Applications: File Permissions
Week 5	Working with Partitions / User & Group Management Creating / Managing Virtual Partitions Mounting / Unmounting File Systems Automatically Mount File Systems Upon Boot-up User and Group Management	Lab 1 Due Introduction to Unix / Linux Commands Basic Unix / Linux Commands Directory Management Permissions and Customizing the Shell Environment Practice Using the vi Text Editor
Week 6	Running Live Linux / Miscellaneous Running Live Linux Sending Email From Command Line scp and sftp Utilities Linux on Your Desktop (Virtualization?) Installing Linux Basic Linux System Administration	init vs systemd
Week 7	Evaluation Practical Test 1 (covering weeks 1-6) Written Test 1 (covering weeks 1-6)
Study Week
Week 8	Configuring a Network Using Virtual Machines Static Network Configuration Network Configuration with a DHCP client Basic TCP/IP network commands: ping, ifconfig, netstat Assignment 1 Due	Networking with Virtual Machines (Introduction) Virtual Network - Definition Important Linux Networking Commands (Also refer to lab 6 notes) Linux Network Configuration IPTables Reference Lab6 Notes: IPTABLES Firewall
Week 9	Setup and Configure Secure Shell Services, Using Virtual Machines Network Services SSH	Network services/ssh SSH Tutorial How to Make SSH More Secure IPTables Interest Topic: Linux Security Tips (See Areas involving Networking)
Week 10	Setting Up, Using & Maintaining a DHCP Server DHCP Server	DHCP Server Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol
Week 11	Assignment 2 released Review for Practical Test
Week 12	Practical Test 2
Week 13	Assignment 2 Due Review for Exam
Exam Week