The first session of Indiana University’s EdCert class is down, with two more to go.
The first three days (last Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) were pretty interesting. The first day was spent in lecture mostly, although by the end of the day we did have Red Hat Enterprise Linux up and running (except for Jeff, who chose the Solaris track. The second day was spent doing lab exercises: turning off services, updating the boxes with the latest security updates, configuring security options (tcp wrappers, SSH restrictions, iptables, etc.), and various other sysadmin tasks. The third day everyone finished up their labs and documenting what we did, and then came the test (cue Jaws theme here).
The first test consisted of 50 (I think) multiple choice questions, going over some of what was covered in lecture and some of what wasn’t (there were additional reading materials that we were to read before the class). I ended up scoring 87 out of 100 points, though I complained about the way a question or two was worded. To pass the EdCert course, one needs an average of 70% across the board, so I’m doing good so far.
The next session is scheduled for October 18-20, 2005, and will cover such things as: - Unix shell scripting - Administering the filesystem - Administering peripherals - Administering backups - Automating tasks - Administering system software - Installing and using GNU software
Can’t wait for the next session. The guys over at the Unix Systems Support Group teaching the class are knowledgable, laid back guys who are happy to help. I’d encourage anyone in the area interested in Linux to check out the EdCert course. They’re usually “booked up” in advance, but you can always be put on a list for the next class or something.
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