Lab 15 Switching Users and Setting a Umask Goal: Become familiar with the use of several essential commands in useridentification and account switching. System Setup: A working, installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux system with an unprivilegeduser accou…
Goal: Practice using a variety of tools to transfer files between your system and a remote system. System Setup: A working, installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux system with an unprivileged user account named student with a password of student. Lab Setu…
Lab 17 Installation and Administration Tools Goal: Become familiar with system configuration tools and successfully install Red Hat Enterprise Linux Lab Setup: Ensure that a server1 repository is available. Provide students with boot.iso disk. Warnin…
Lab 9 Using vim Sequence 1: Navigating with vim 1. Log in as user student 2. [student@stationX ~]$ cp /etc/passwd ~ 3. [student@stationX ~]$ vim ~/passwd 4. First, try moving around using such as the arrows, PgUp, PgDn.They should all work as expecte…
Lab 6 Exploring the Bash Shell Sequence 1: Directory and file organization 1. Log in as user student with the password student. 2. [student@stationX ~]$ pwd/home/student 3. [student@stationX ~]$ touch {report,memo,graph}_{sep,oct,nov,dec}_{a,b,c}_{1,…
Lab 3 Getting Help with Commands Sequence 1: Using the Help Tools 1. man -f keyword whatis keyword list all man pages. 2. man -k keyword list all manual pages. 3. man -K keyword will be asked whether or not you would like to read it. 4. man 3 basenam…
Lab 4 Browsing the Filesystem Sequence 1: Directory and File Organization 1. Log in as user student with the password student. 2. [student@stationX ~]$ pwd/home/student 3. ls ls -a ls -al-a option includes files whose names begin with a period…
Lab 8 Introduction to String Processing Sequence 1: Exercises in string processing 1. Other than the man page, how could you get a summary of options for the aspell command,displayed one page at a time?aspell --help | less 2. How many files are in th…
Lab 11 Process Control Sequence 1: Job Control 1. [student@stationX ~]$ su - 2. Begin some jobs in the background:[root@stationX ~]# tail -n0 -f /var/log/messages &[root@stationX ~]# updatedb & 3. [root@stationX ~]# service syslog restart 4. [root…
Sequence 1: Configuring the bash Shell Deliverable: A system with new aliases that clear the screen, and produce a useful timesortedls listing. Instructions: 1. You have decided to create an alias so that when you type c, the system will run the clea…
Sequence 1: Using find Scenario: Log in as user student. Devise and execute a find command that producesthe result described in each of the following problems, then write down thecommand in the space provided. You may need to refer to the man page fo…
Lab 16 The Linux Filesystem Goal: Develop a better understanding of Linux filesystem essentials including: the creation and use of links, using locate and find, and archiving and compressing files. System Setup: A working, installed Red Hat Enterpris…
Lab 3 Securing Networking Goal: To build skills with the Netfilter packet filter Sequence 1: Applying simple packet filtering to a host Scenario: A host (stationX) requires protection by packet filtering. This host has only one network interface, so…
End of Unit 1 • Questions and Answers • Summary • Open source and the right to modify • The GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation • Linus Torvalds and the Linux kernel • Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the Fedora Project • Basic Linux Principles…
Lab 6 Adding New Filesystems to the Filesystem Tree Goal: Develop skills and knowlege related to partitioning and filesystems Estimated Duration: 60 minutes Sequence 1: Creating and Mounting Filesystems Instructions: 1. Use fdisk -l to locate informa…
Lab 7 Electronic Mail Goal: To build common skills with MTA configuration Estimated Duration: 90 minutes System Setup: Ensure that SELinux and packet filtering are enabled. If you feel confident, then try to complete the lab based only on the specifi…
Lab 1 Managing Startup Goal: To familiarize yourself with the startup process System Setup: A system installed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Sequence 1: Changing the default run level Deliverable: A system that boots to runlevel 3 by default. Instruc…
Lab 2 Working with packages Goal: To gain working experience with package management System Setup: A working install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 connected to the classroom network Situation: You have been asked to connect a system to your company's…
Lab 5 User and Group Administration Goal: To build skills for user and group administration. Estimated Duration: 45 Minutes Lab Setup: Instructor: Start ypserv. Situation: You need to setup groups and accounts for several users in your company. Each…
Lab 4 System Services Goal: Develop skills using system administration tools and setting up and administering CUPS. Estimated Duration: 30 Sequence 1: Using cron Scenario: You want to know some information about the status of the system every ten min…
Lab 3 Configuring the kernel Goal: Develop skills tuning the /proc filesystem. Gain some experience working with device special files and modules. Use the tools available to explore hardware resources. Estimated Duration: 45 minutes Sequence 1: Turni…
Lab 9 Installation and System-Initialization Goal: Successfully install Red Hat Enterprise Linux. System Setup: A computer capable of booting from CD. Warning: If your system cannot boot from the provided boot.iso CD, you might need to change the boo…
Lab 8 Manage Network Settings Goal: To build skills needed to manually configure networking Estimated Duration: 45 minutes System Setup: A Red Hat Enterprise Linux System using DHCP networking Lab Setup: Disable the DHCP service on server1. Sequence…
