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Designing a Course in Linux System Administration (Linux Journal)
Linux Journal has this
report on how one professor designed a class on Linux system
administration. "Assessment itself should be another learning
experience. So instead of the traditional tests where students get to fill
in the blanks, be creative! After class one day, go in and "break" the
students machines. That way, when they all get to class the next day, they
won't be able to log on. Give them 30 minutes to fix the problem, and at
the end of the time, give them some hints or explain the
problem. Troubleshooting can be fun unless, of course, it is your own
machine. When Dr. Moorman and I last ran the class, it was only a matter of
days before a student had his machine cracked from the outside. Luckily, we
had planned a demonstration on security that day, so it worked out
perfectly."
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Breaking students machines... Posted Apr 26, 2005 6:42 UTC (Tue) by eaman (guest, #21123) [Link] I remember some of this sort...This year having the classroom working on lilo I (evilly ) made them download an exercise script that simply blasted away the mbr (with dd ) and erased /etc/lilo.conf . They had to rebuild a working one as long the machine was on, if they gave up the machine would not boot.
Real Fun ;-)
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