Com Sci 501
System Administration in Linux

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[18 December] I turned in final grades yesterday. I assigned 4 As, 4 A-s, 3 B+s, 8 Bs, 4 B-s, and 1 C.

[18 December] Somebody left a grey notebook in my office. I put it on top of your mailboxes.

Autumn 1997, 29 September through 1 December, Mondays 5:30-8:30 PM, Cobb 214 (room subject to change).
Instructor: Michael J. O'Donnell (odonnell@cs.uchicago.edu)
- Office: Ryerson 165B. Lab: Ryerson 165A
- Office hours: Monday 3:00-5:00 PM, or by appointment. Contact me by email (odonnell@cs.uchicago.edu), phone at the office (773-702-1269) or lab (773-702-1676), or phone at home (847-835-1837 between 9:30 and 5:30 on days that I work at home). You may drop in to the office any time, but you may find me out or busy if you haven't confirmed an appointment. Check my personal schedule before proposing an appointment.
Assistants:
- Ilia Bisnovatyi (ilia@cs.uchicago.edu)
- Narayan Desai (nldesai@cs.uchicago.edu)
CMP Tutors:
- Elisabetta Molinari (molinari@cs.uchicago.edu)
  - Office: Ryerson 402
  - Office hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 8:30-10:30 PM.
- Andrew Gilmour, Linux advice (ajgilmou@midway.uchicago.edu)
  - Office: Maclab
  - Office hours: Thursday 5:30-8:30 PM.
- Behfar Bastani-Booshehri (behfar@cs.uchicago.edu)
  - Office: Ryerson 163
  - Office hours: Fridy 4:00-6:00 PM and by appointment.

Last modified: Thu Dec 18 17:05:30 CST

Required Text: Running Linux by Matt Welsh and Lar Kaufman (Cowboy), O'Reilly & Associates, 2nd edition 1996, ISBN 1-56592-151-8, $29.95.
Recommended (for anyone without UNIX experience): Learning the UNIX Operating System by Grace Todino, John Strang, and Jerry Peek (Owl), O'Reilly & Associates, 3rd edition 1993/1994, ISBN 1-56592-060-0, $9.95. This is a very short ``Single Session Overview'' of the use of UNIX.
More books

USAIL, at Indiana University
IC368, Systems Programming, at National University of Singapore
Channel 25, Basic Linux Theory for Beginners at Spectrum Virtual University
Channel 26, Practical Linux Installation at Spectrum Virtual University
Introduction to Unix at Ohio State University
Unix System Administration at Ohio State University
IFSM 498B, Introduction to Unix Systems Administration at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
85321, Systems Administration at Central Queensland University
Unix Systems Administration at Kent State University
CIS-178:330 UNIX System Administration at Front Range Community College

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