CSCI 4113 - Unix System Administration

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Once upon a time, there was a non-conforming sparrow who decided not to
fly south for the winter.  However, soon after the weather turned cold,
the sparrow changed his mind and reluctantly started to fly south.
After a short time, ice began to form his on his wings and he fell to
earth in a barnyard almost frozen.  A cow passed by and crapped on this
little bird and the sparrow thought it was the end, but the manure
warmed him and defrosted his wings.  Warm and happy the little sparrow
began to sing.  Just then, a large Tom cat came by and hearing the
chirping investigated the sounds.  As Old Tom cleared away the manure,
he found the chirping bird and promptly ate him.

There are three morals to this story:

1)     Everyone who shits on you is not necessarily your enemy.

2)     Everyone who gets you out of shit is not necessarily your
       friend.

3)     If you are warm and happy in a pile of shit, keep your mouth
       shut.

Below is a tentative schedule for the course. Changes made will reflect progress made in class, and may change the schedule at any time. If we don't get to cover all of the topics I have listed for the day, we will simply continue the next lecture day where we finished the previous class. Slides for the day are available via links below as well.

©2009 Chris Schenk - Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado