COIT13146  Systems Administration

Provides a practical introduction to the management and administration of a computer system. This course covers what it takes to keep a computer system going and how to ensure that users can and do use the computer efficiently. Topics covered include managing users, managing networks, hardware, operating systems and software management, developing administration policy, ethics and various related topics. The Unix operating system is used to provide practical demonstration of the topics covered. To complete this course it is necessary to have super user access to a Unix machine. If you do not have this access contact the Faculty. We will supply a version of Unix that can operate on a 386 or better machine. Students must also have access to the World Wide Web. Please contact the Lecturer if you do not have this access.