Computer Information Science American River College
Courses

CISN 121: Network Administration with Linux: LAN Services

Units: 2.00
Prerequisite: CISN 120 (Beginning Network Administration with Linux) with a grade of "C" or better
Advisory: CISN 119 (TCP/IP Protocols)
Hours: 27 hours lecture, 27 hours laboratory
Description: This course covers Linux network administration of local area network (LAN) services. Topics focus on server and LAN services including the network file system (NFS), share resources between Linux and Microsoft Windows using Server Message Block (SaMBa), network information service (NIS), virtual network computing (VNC), remote network access, the secure shell (SSH) vs. telnet, X-windows as a network service, and dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP). The course also covers the command scheduler (cron), monitoring and logging system activities and system events (syslog), as well as installing and configuring MySQL Structured Query Language (SQL) database management service.

Section 3: Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • discuss core Linux intranet services and daemons.
  • configure and troubleshoot core Linux intranet services and daemons.
  • install and configure services to allow a Linux system to share network resources with other Linux systems and Microsoft Windows systems.
  • customize and maintain auditing and system logs.
  • analyze auditing and system event logs.
  • install and use a MySQL SQL Server.
Certificates requiring this course: