I was investigating schools just a lil bit ago and Mesa community college= seemed to provide the best community college experience when asking abou= t *nix. They had an entire program built around *nix instead of just the = one class of the other c.college I looked into (Chandler-Gilbert). :-)Mike(-: Listed below is what I found easily: UNIX / SOLARIS=99=20 =20 Classes are held at the Business & Industry Institute (in the Downtown Ce= nter) at 145 N. Centennial Way, Mesa, just east of the public library and= adjacent to the Mesa Sheraton. =20 =20 =20 CIS126AA UNIX Operating Systems Level I 1 credit =20 CIS126DA Use of the UNIX operating system: system components, built-in commands, f= iles and directories, editors and UNIX Shell and command lines. No open l= abs for this class. This is on-line distance learning. You must have Inte= rnet access and meet CBT (Computer- Based-Training) system requirements. = PR: CIS105. CBT courses are closed to registration. To register call 480-= 461-6100.=20 CIS126DA UNIX Operating Systems 3 credits =20 =20 Introduction to the UNIX operating system for end users and is complement= ary to the other Cisco networking courses, such as routing and switching.= Broadens the skills of Cisco academy students to include a major network= operating system. Provides a strong foundation for those who wish to mov= e on to more advanced courses in Unix system administration. Familiarizes= students with the powerful UNIX command line utilities and the graphical= Common Desktop Environment (CDE). PR: CIS105.=20 =20 CIS238 UNIX Systems Administration 3 credits =20 =20 Basic system management tasks of Solaris UNIX. Other UNIX systems are cov= ered in lecture. Lab exercises are done on Solaris=99 UNIX. Topics includ= e: installing an operating system, imaging filesystems, configuring perip= herals, security, monitoring system performance, networking with TCP/IP, = troubleshooting problems. PR: CIS126DA (Solaris=99/Unix course).=20 CIS238US UNIX Security 3 credits =20 =20 Unix system administration and security management including directory st= ructure, access control and authentication mechanisms, password managemen= t,system logs and monitoring, process accounting, configuring public serv= ices, restricted environments, the sudo command, SSH (Secure Shell), file= system mount options, file integrity management, immutable/append-only f= iles and system security levels, loadable kernel modules, rootkits, non-e= xecutable stacks, backups, common vulnerabilities and exposures, and fire= wall filtering. PR: CIS238, or permission of instructor.=20 NETWORK SECURITY AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE=20 =20 Click here to find out more about the Information Assurance Program =20 Classes are held at the Business & Industry Institute (in the Downtown Ce= nter) at 145 N. Centennial Way, Mesa, just east of the public library and= adjacent to the Mesa Sheraton. =20 =20 CIS238US UNIX Security 3 credits =20 =20 Unix system administration and security management including directory st= ructure, access control and authentication mechanisms, password managemen= t,system logs and monitoring, process accounting, configuring public serv= ices, restricted environments, the sudo command, SSH (Secure Shell), file= system mount options, file integrity management, immutable/append-only f= iles and system security levels, loadable kernel modules, rootkits, non-e= xecutable stacks, backups, common vulnerabilities and exposures, and fire= wall filtering. PR: CIS238, or permission of instructor.=20 =20 This message has been scanned for viruses by the VEI Internet Automatic Email Spam and Virus Scanner, and is believed to be free of spa= m or viruses. Please report spam to spamtrap@vei.net. If you would like 98.9 % spam blo= cked from your E-mail then go to VEI Internet for details. Anti-spam/Anti-virus is FREE = with every account.=20 http://www.vei.net/ mailtospamtrap@vei.net