Summer 2006: CS 344 - Unix Operating System Fundamentals

Course Syllabus

Course Instructor Hui Wu (wuh@cis.uab.edu?subject=CS-344)

Office: CH123C

Office Hours: Wednesday 08:00AM - 12:00 PM (Other times by appointment only).

Course Session Monday 11:20 AM - 12:44 PM Room CH145

Course Homepage http://www.cis.uab.edu/cs344

Prerequisite CS 330 with a grade of C or better

Description UNIX OS fundamentals, utilities, scripting, files and directories, access

control/permissions, process and user management.

Objectives 1. Introduce UNIX OS principles.

2. Provide hands-on experience using UNIX through assignments.

Textbook UNIX Made Easy by John Muster.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 3rd Edition. ISBN: 007219314X.

Grading Policy Homework 50%

Mid Term Exam 20%

Final Exam 30%

Class Conduct 1. Students are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner.

2. Students must turn their cell phones/pagers OFF during the class.

Class Attendance 1. Attendance is mandatory for this course. If you know you will be absent for a

legitimate reason, let the instructor know. If you are sick bring a doctor's excuse or a

written university excuse to resolve the absences.

2. Students auditing this course are expected to attend the lectures. Auditing students

with more than three unexcused absences will receive a failing grade.

3. There will be NO make-up exams. A student anticipating an excused absence from

an exam should make arrangements in advance to sit for the exam at another time.

Academic Honesty

Students who plagiarize a computer program (or parts of a program), get others to write a program (or parts of a program), or are found cheating on a quiz/exam, will be reported for academic dishonesty. Anyone who is caught cheating will receive a 0 on a given test or assignment. If a second offense occurs, the student will receive an F in the class. This includes both the provider of the information as well as the receiver of the information. Any student who violates the university's academic honesty policy will be reported for academic discipline. All university and department policies related to students are included here by implication.

Add/Drop Policy 1. A student can add the course through June 8, 2006.

2. A student can drop the course without paying full tuition by June 7, 2006.

3. A student can withdraw with a "W" by July 11, 2006.

4. For more details about add/drop policies check with Registration/Academic Records.

E-mail

Every student will be required to use his/her official email address that is blazerid@uab.edu. New students must login and configure their email addresses (For more details on obtaining a blazerid and configuring email please see: http://www.uab.edu/blazerid). All email communications will be made using this address. Additional instructions or announcements will be sent by e-mail, so check your mail often. Also check the course web page for up-to-date information and announcements. The instructor will check email frequently, so e-mail is often the best way to contact the instructor.

Tentative Schedule:

Date	Topics	Comments
June 5	Introduction and Overview
June 12	Chapter 2 and 3 - Touring the Features of UNIX/Linux and Editing with the Visual Editor	Assign Homework-1
June 19	Chapter 4 and 5 – Using Basic UNIX Utilities and Using Multiple Utilities in Scripts	Assign Homework-2 Homework-1 Due
June 26	Chapter 7 and 9 – Accessing and Changing Previous Commands and Setting File and Directory Permissions
July 3	Mid Term Exam	Assign Homework-3 Homework 2 due
July 10	Chapter 8, 11, and 12 – Specifying Instructions to the Shell, Controlling User Processes and Managing, Printing, and Archiving Large Files
July 17	Chapter 13 and 14 – Shell Programming	Assign Homework-4 Homework-3 Due
July 24	Chapter 15 and 16 – grep & sed
July 31	Miscellaneous Topics and Review	Homework-4 Due
Aug 7	Final Exam