LINUX OPERATING SYSTEMS (IST 130)
Term: 2019-2020 Spring
Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs
Mon-Wed, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM (1/22/2020 - 5/15/2020) Location: MAIN 3 325
PREREQUISITES: IST 110 and ENG 101 eligible This course is designed to introduce students to Linux and UNIX. Students will install, setup, and operate standard tools and learn how they operate together. The course addresses management of the Linux file system and utilities; file editing; file permissions; pipes, redirection, and filters; text handling utilities; mail facility; BASH shell, variables, and basic scripts; process management; and shell programming basics. Students will be exposed to Linux/Unix principles through hands-on lab assignments utilizing a Linux server. By course end students will have installed a fully functional Internet server while understanding its structure. Security issues of operating systems will be covered in the course.