CT320: Network and System Administration

What

CT320: Network and System Administration

When

Lecture: August 27–December 12, 2019; Tue/Thu 11:00ᴀᴍ–12:15ᴘᴍ
Recitation: L01: Wed 11:00ᴀᴍ–12:50ᴘᴍ, L02: Wed 2:00–3:50ᴘᴍ
Last drop: September 11, 2019; Last withdraw: October 21, 2019

Where

Clark C 248 (lecture), CSB 315 (recitation)

Textbook

Unix and Linux Administration Handbook, Prentice Hall (2010),
ISBN: 0131480057, Nemeth, Snyder, Hein and Whaley (4th edition)

Instructor

Jack Applin <Applin [snail] ColoState [period] Edu> (email tips)

Office Hours

CSB 246:
Tuesday 12:45–2:00ᴘᴍ,
Wednesday 10:00–11:30ᴀᴍ,
Thursday 1:30–2:30ᴘᴍ,
and by appointment

GTA

Saptarshi Chatterjee <Saptarshi [period] Chatterjee [snail] ColoState [period] Edu>

Office Hours

Linux Lab: Monday 5:00–7:00ᴘᴍ, Wednesday 5:00–6:00ᴘᴍ, 8:00–9:00ᴘᴍ

Grading

• The GTA grades everything. If you don’t like your score, talk with the GTA first, then to the instructor if you still disagree.
• Assignments are done individually.
• Homework is submitted & graded via ~ct320/bin/checkin and ~ct320/bin/grade, not Canvas. You can also check in homework via the web.
• Class participation will be measured with weekly iClicker quizzes. Get one; register it via Canvas.
• Recitation participation is necessary to complete the class successfully, since system administration is primarily a hands-on activity. Part of the class grade comes from successfully finishing the assigned lab work.
• Tests are curved, homework is not, so, for example, you will see both MIDTERM and MIDTERM-curved versions. Tests are not returned, but you can schedule time with the instructor to review them.
• There is no extra credit.

Late and Makeup Policy

Midterm and Final:

Recitations:

Assignments:

Contact

• Reliable ways to contact the CT320 staff:
  • Lecture
  • Recitation
  • Office Hours
• Unreliable techniques:
  • Email (we don’t all keep the same hours)
  • Piazza (anybody can answer if they want to, or perhaps nobody)
  • Lurking at doors (this is a part-time job)

Closures

I will announce cancellations on Piazza. However, I don’t decide when to cancel classes, CSU does. If the weather looks interesting, go to https://safety.colostate.edu. If that site says that CSU is closed, then classes, labs, office hours, etc., are cancelled. If it doesn’t, then they’re not.

Conduct in Class

Don’t distract the students. I can’t force you to learn, but you must allow others to do so. This means:

• Do not distract others with conversation.
• Do not distract others with your phone.
• Do not distract others by using your laptop in front of the class.
• If you snore, I will wake you up.

Policies

Review the CSU Honor Pledge and follow it.

Policies on cheating, plagiarism, incomplete grades, attendance, discrimination, sexual harassment, and student grievances are described in the Student Information Guide. All other matters follow the policies set in the current CSU General Catalog, the Student Conduct Code, and in the CS Dept. Code of Conduct.

Writing a program comprises two phases: design and implementation. You must do both on your own. It is unacceptable to have joint design but separate implementations.

• You may not copy or use, all or in part, someone else’s work.
• You may not give your work, all or in part, to someone else for any reason.
• You may not collaborate to produce one product turned in multiple times.
• You may not use work done in a previous semester by someone else.
• You may not post assignments on the internet.
• It is your responsibility to keep your work private from all others.

You MAY discuss assignments but the work you turn in must be your own. You have crossed the line if you start comparing someone else’s work to your own (or vice versa). You have crossed the line if you cannot explain/understand the work you submit. “I copied it from the internet” is not an explanation.