UIINK13 Operating systems I

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/8/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Šárka Vavrečková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Šárka Vavrečková, Ph.D.
Institute of Computer Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(B)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to unify the students' experience with operating systems and extend them to the level of knowledge and skills with a focus on Windows and Linux systems in the most widely used versions. Students learn advanced graphics mode administration, basics of text-mode administration and other techniques related to installation, maintenance, and repair of systems.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- work in a graphical environment of administration of Windows and Linux operating systems.
- perform basic tasks in the text-mode administration of operating system administration.
- address issues related to the installation, maintenance, and repair of operating systems.
Syllabus
  • 1. We use MS Windows - file system orientation, versions, and editions.
  • 2. Managing Windows in graphics mode - getting information, hardware and performance, security, user management, services, network management.
  • 3. Windows registry - registry files, registry access options, backup, registry key contents.
  • 4. Command-line - help, working with directories and files, searching, routing, variables.
  • 5. About operating systems - most commonly used licenses, UNIX and UNIX-like systems.
  • 6. We use Linux - Linux distribution, basics of operating Linux in a graphical environment.
  • 7. Properties of UNIX systems - orientation in the file system, users, processes, files, devices, access permissions, and file properties.
  • 8. Text mode in Linux - introduction to using text shell in Linux. Get help, work with directories and files, routing, variables, aliases.
  • 9. Introduction to operating system security - automatic system and application updates, common forms of attacks and defense against them.
Literature
    required literature
  • VAVREČKOVÁ, Šárka. Operační systémy I, Windows. Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2017.
  • VAVREČKOVÁ, Šárka. Operační systémy I, Linux. Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2017.
  • VAVREČKOVÁ, Šárka. Operační systémy I, Bezpečnost a pořádek. Slezská univerzita v Opavě, 2017.
    recommended literature
  • www.root.cz, www.ABCLinuxu.cz, www.Sysinternals.com, www.Microsoft.com, www.Secunia.com, www.ProcessLibrary.com, www.File.net, www.av-comparatives.org, www.av-test.org
  • SARWAR, Syed Mansoor a Robert KORETSKY. UNIX: the textbook. Third edition. Boca Raton: Taylor, 2016. ISBN 978-148-2233-582. info
  • ELENKOV, Nikolay. Android Security Internals. 1. San Francisco, USA: No Starch Press, 2014. ISBN 1-593-227581-1. info
  • NEMETH, Evi. UNIX and Linux system administration handbook. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2013. ISBN 978-013-1480-056. info
  • KAMENÍK, Pavel. Příkazový řádek v Linuxu: praktická řešení. Brno: Computer Press, 2011. ISBN 978-80-251-2819-0. info
  • kol. Linux: Dokumentační projekt. 4. aktualizované vydání. Brno: Computer press, 2008. info
  • Jirovský, Václav. Kybernetická kriminalita: nejen o hackingu, crackingu, virech a trojských koních bez tajemství. Praha: Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1561-2. URL info
Teaching methods
Demonstration
Projection (static, dynamic)
Group work in the computer room
Assessment methods
Compulsory attendance at seminars min. 75%.
Two tests (one from Windows, one from Linux), each at least 50% points
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Cvičení 8 HOD/SEM.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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