OPS105 Course Index

• Week 11
  • Mar 25:
    • Scripting - I
    • Introduction to Scripting - II.

    • Reference ~mark.fernandes/ops105/notes on matrix:

      • scripts/all-scripting-examples

      
      

  • Period 2:
    • Additional Scripting Reference on matrix use ~mark.fernandes/ops105/notes/scripts:
      • all-scripting-examples and
      • all-scripting-examples/yet-more-examples
    • To handle user input, and error handling in scripts take a look at:
      • 01-if_else-needs_3_arguments
      • 02-if_else-find_car
      • 03-if_else-is_directory
      • 04-for_in-animals
      • 05-for_in-countdown + 06a-for_in-list_files
      • 07-for_in-list_dirs
      • 08-howto_add

    • Complete /home/ops105/labs on matrix:

      
      

  • Notice:

    • Practical submission of project requires completion of a checklist of tasks based on Initial Project Specifications. The practical submission will be held during the first lecture of Week 12. At project submission time: one minimal Ubuntu 24.04 LTS VirtualBox VM will be given. Configure that VM to be file server and gateway to the CIDR/29 network prepared earlier. Student's are expected to have their CIDR/29 network containing both Kali and Ubuntu VirtualBox VMs that were configured as reboot persistent nodes with users and groups according to Initial Project Specifications. Full credit requires submissions be done: quickly; to spec; with the first and only submission happening on campus during the scheduled class time. Multiple submissions; additional time; or submissions only meeting minimum specs is available for lower credit.

      
      

• Week 10

  • Mar 19:

    • Permissions (User,Group,Other)
    • Reference ~mark.fernandes/ops105/notes on matrix:
      • 93-introducing-grep.txt
      • 94-introducing-grep-2.txt
      • 95-sed-and-awk.txt

    
    

• Week 9

  • Mar 12:

    • Permissions (User,Group,Other).
    • Reference: file 05-chmod-and-number-conv.txt in ~mark.fernandes/ops105/notes on matrix
    • OPS105 Course Outline and Promotional Policy

    
    

• Week 7

  • Feb 18:

    • Practice Test: Practical Midterm held during first lecture after study week requires configuring two minimal Ubuntu VMs correctly and efficiently on a first submit. As practice during study week, configure these two VMs (link in Practice Test) to be transient and reboot persistent networks using these notes:
      • Networking - I (transient/permanent static ip)
      • Networking - II (transient CIDR/30 network)
      • Networking - III (permanent CIDR/30)
      • Quick reference-nftables in 10 minutes

    
    

  • Period 2:

    • Project: Initial specifications for project.

      
      

• Week 6

  • Feb 11:

    • Networking - III (permanent CIDR/30)
    • Reference for nftables pages on
      • (recommended) nftables Wiki
      • nftables (Arch Wiki)
      • Moving from iptables to nftables
      • (legacy) iptables

    
    

• Week 5

  • Feb 4:

    • Use Ubuntu 24.04 Server ISO to install a minimal Ubuntu VM. Connect this minimal CLI server VM to the GUI client VM installed in Week 2 using Networking - II (transient CIDR/30 network)

    
    

• Week 4

  • Jan 28:

    • Networking - I (transient/permanent static ip)
    • Networking on Ubuntu (Canonical)

    
    

• Week 3

  • Jan 21:

    • Post Install Configuration
    • Absolute and Relative Pathnames

    
    

  • Period 2: Study material/recommended reading

    • Ubuntu Desktop Guide
    • Linux Basics for Hackers (recommended book)
    • Debian Reference

    
    

• Week 2

  • Jan 14:

    • Install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Desktop
    • Addenda: Winter 2025
    • Post Install Configuration
    • OPS105 Labs on available on matrix until midnight, Friday, Apr 4. To access ops105 labs, login to matrix and run: /home/ops105/labs

    
    

• Week 1
  • Jan 07:
    • Welcome to OPS105. A demonstration on how to get started will be done in the first week of classes.
    • Curriculum plan and instructor notes on matrix.
    • Connect to matrix for course work
      1. Connect to Student Virtual Private Network (Windows/macOS/Linux)
      2. Next use command line to ssh to matrix

Sequence of topics and depth may vary slightly from that given below but will be within OPS105 Learning Outcomes

• Winter 2025