Week 1  8/27,8/29

  A Brief History of System Administration (pp. 1264-1273 ULSA)
  Chapter 1 -- Where to Start (pp. 1-28, ULSA)
  Chapter 2 -- Scripting and the Shell (pp. 29-76, ULSA) 

  The Evolution of the Unix Timesharing System (here)


Week 2  9/1,9/3

  Chapter 3 -- Booting and Shutting Down (pp. 77-102 ULSA)
  Chapter 4 -- Access Control and Rootly Powers (pp. 103-119 ULSA)
  Chapter 5 -- Controlling Processes (pp. 120-139 ULSA)


Week 3  9/8,9/10

  Chapter 6 -- The Filesystem (pp. 140-173 ULSA)


Week 4  9/15,9/17

  Chapter 7 -- Adding New Users (pp. 174-205 ULSA)
  Chapter 8 -- Storage (pp. 206-281 ULSA)


Week 5  9/22,9/23

  Chapter 14 -- TCP/IP Networking (pp. 447-509 ULSA)
  Chapter 16 -- Network Hardware (pp. 531-551 ULSA)


Week 6  9/29,10/1

  Chapter 17 -- DNS: The Domain Name System (pp. 552-688 ULSA)
  Chapter 18 -- The Network File System (pp. 690-718 ULSA)



Week 7  10/6,10/8

  Chapter 19 -- Sharing System Files (pp. 719-741 ULSA)
  Chapter 20 -- Electronic Mail (pp. 742-858 ULSA)



Week 8  10/13,10/15

  Chapter 21 -- Network Management and Debugging (pp. 859-894 ULSA)

  Chapter 23 -- Web Hosting (pp. 956-979 ULSA)

  (midterm)


Week 9  10/20,10/22

  Chapter 22 -- Security (pp. 896-954 ULSA)

  Chapter 24 -- Virtualization (pp. 983-1010 ULSA)
  Chapter 26 -- Printing (pp. 1032-1084 ULSA)



Week 10  10/27,10/29

  The Real World

  Chapter 27 -- Data Center Basics (pp. 1085-1096 ULSA)
  Chapter 30 -- Cooperating with Windows (pp. 1135-1161 ULSA)



Week 11  11/3,11/5

  Chapter 9 -- Periodic Processes (pp. 283-291 ULSA)
  Chapter 10 -- Backups (pp. 292-337 ULSA)



Week 12  11/10,11/12
  Chapter 12 -- Software Installation and Management (pp. 362-414 ULSA)
  Chapter 13 -- Drivers and the Kernel (pp. 415-444 ULSA)


Week 13  11/17,11/19
  Chapter 11 -- Syslog and Log Files (pp. 340-361 ULSA)


Week 14  11/24
  Chapter 29 -- Performance Analysis