Linux Club Server Lab

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Which port each unit listens on once it is running. Check yours with sudo ss -tlnp.

These only work once more than one unit is up. They're the best part.

Three ways to share a filePut the same file into FTP, Samba, and NFS. Fetch it each way. Which one asked for a password? Which one was encrypted? Which one cared about your user ID?
Names for everythingAfter BIND9 is up, point your laptop at it and reach every service as something.lab.local.
Watch a password go byWireshark an FTP login, then an SFTP login. Find the password in one. Try to find it in the other.
The proxy goes quietRoute your laptop through Squid and watch the log. Then connect to the VPN. Explain what happened.
Fifteen steps vs. one commandRun the hand-built Nextcloud and the Docker Compose one side by side. Where did the config file go?
Same question, two brainsAsk Gemma 4 on your VM and Claude Code the same thing about your vsftpd config. One of them can read the file.

Wednesdays
2:00 – 3:00 PM · Room 206

San Antonio College. Bring a laptop; the lab VM lives on it.

What a meeting looks like

Spring 2027
first meetings begin

The club kicks off with the Spring 2027 semester. Events will be posted here and in the newsletter once the schedule is set.

Open to every SAC student, any major, any experience level. No dues. If you've never opened a terminal, you're exactly who this is for.

Register once with the form; you'll get the meeting calendar link and the monthly newsletter.
Students with a CIS or cybersecurity focus can log club hours for their program portfolio.
Officers are elected each fall. Ask at any meeting.

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