ITSC 1305 − PC Operating Systems

Final Exam: ( 10% Part #2 of 4 ) GNU Linux Practicum

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Hello Students,

In lieu of tomorrows’ 10:30 virtual class meting; I am assigning you time to work on your two Final Exam Practicums.

REMEMBER: your Final Exam in this class is in four parts.

This Announcement is a reminder of Part #2 of 4, your GNU Linux Practicum. A practicum, is just a “hands-on” lab assignment that counts as part of the Final Exam.

~Prof. ℳichael ℘. ℋarris

ITSC 1305 − PC Operating Systems Name: _________________

**Final Exam ~ GNU Linux ~ Practicum #2 Date: ___________** v20210816

Questions:

Create a file year2021.cal that will contain a calendar from January .. December for the year 2021. (submit this file too!)
Show the command to change the permissions for your file year2021.cal, so that anyone can copy your file; ~but without giving permission to change your file.
Navigate your /home (~) directory tree structure on your system using the cd folder, cd −, and the cd .. commands. List these files and sub-directories. And for ‘your’ home directory, list all the (.) dot files.
Use the passwd command to change your current password to newP@ss + (last4Phone). Example: ~ newP@ss0147 (show all three steps & prompts!… even if MS-Windows prevents MSys from completion).

Use the command line interface to create the following directory tree/ structure... (show the commands used)

 /home/
   ¦
 logname/ (This is your user login home-directory)
   +----------+--------+------+----------+---------.
   ¦          ¦        ¦      ¦          ¦         ¦
 School/    Family/  Work/  Friends/   CarInfo/  House/
   +------.                              +         +
   ¦      ¦                              ¦         ¦
 Notes/ Projects/                      Ins/      Loan/

Use touch to create an empty file named final.txt in your ~/School/Projects directory.
Use nano, or other Linux text editor to edit the file you just created (final.txt). Add your (1) first and (2) last name and the following information; (3) your favorite type of cake, (4) your favorite flavor of of ice cream, and (5) a recipe for making your favorite cookie.
(submit this file too!)
Use the command-line to create a copy of your final.txt file in the Family directory.
Create a soft / symbolic-link in the Friends directory, to your original final.txt file in Projects. (Use the tree command to show your work if possible)

  /home/  ~the tree command should summarize your work like this:
    ¦
  logname/ (This is your user login home-directory)
(5) +----------+--------+------+----------+---------.
    ¦          ¦        ¦      ¦          ¦         ¦
  School/    Family/  Work/  Friends/   CarInfo/  House/
    +------.   ¦               ¦          +         +
    ¦      ¦ final.txt(9)  final.txt@(10) ¦         ¦
    ¦      ¦                              ¦         ¦
  Notes/ Projects/                       Ins/      Loan/
           ¦
         final.txt(6,7,8)