Welcome to the Unix Users Group

Next Meeting - 2010-03-18

Time: 10am

Location: SUB 168

Topic: TBD

Description:

Our Meetings Are Usually Scheduled for the 3rd Thursday of the Odd Months from 10am-Noon

Meeting Schedule through September 2010

Please check periodically for updates in case meetings have been rescheduled or a special meeting is being scheduled

Proposed topics for future meetings:
File Integrity
Use of utilities such as Fcheck and tripwire.
firewall,ssh,shells,ldap
how to work with firewalls and ssh, shells scripts, ldap and tutorials .
Gnome 2.0 Introduction
A brief overview to Gnome 2.0.
ipv6
Implementing Ipv6
PHP
What is PHP? Use of php with apache, php to database interfaces, general dynamic web content.
RAID Options
What different RAID Options are there? Compatibility with Unix environments. A little on setup and use.
Solaris (General)
General Solaris tips and administration.
StarOffice/OpenOffice
A little about the Star Office suite by Sun Microsystems. What about the Open Office clone of the comercial Star Office?
Unix Editors
What editors are there for the unix environment. A little on how they work.
Unix Word Processors
What word processors exist for unix? Pros and Cons, ease of use, compatibility issues.
Use of Cron to Schedule System Maintenance
How cron can be used to schedule system maitenance scripts/commands. Is this safe? How to maintain the crontab.
Window Managers
What window managers exist on the unix platforms? Compatibility with older versions of X.
Propose a new Topic

Meeting - May 19, 2005

Topic covered:Advanced Bash-Scripting discussion led by Chuck Hatfield


Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

Meeting - March 17, 2005

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Creating Solaris 10 ipf firewalls and also iptables firewall for Linux by Rich Shattuck

Meeting - January 16, 2003

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The Origins of UNIX and the Subsequent Creation of BSD

Meeting - May 16, 2002

Topic covered:

SUID, SGID, and fix-modes by Lisa Bogar

SUID, SGID and fix-modes

Meeting - March 28, 2002

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RAID and Mirroring by Alisdair Davey

Incorporating Virus Protection and Spam Detection into MTAs

Meeting - January 17, 2002

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An Overview of Cron

A link will be published soon.

Meeting - November 15, 2001

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RAID and Mirroring by Alisdair Davey

RAID/Mirroring

Meeting - September 20, 2001

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General Discussion with some Solaris administration tips

Meeting - Jul 19, 2001

Topic covered:

Introduction to File integrity checking using Tripwire/Fcheck

Link to the presentation web page

Note that tripwire examples will be up on the page in the coming days -thanks


Meeting - May 17, 2001

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Meeting - March 22, 2001

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Meeting - Jan 18, 2001

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Useful Unix Links

Please Contact Lisa Bogar with questions and meeting suggestions