Netw240

NETW240 Week 2 VLab: Basic Linux Commands and Directories

Lab Scenario

Launching Your Lab

Open VirtualBox and start the Fedora14-1 VM (PC1).

Log in as the regular user student with the password of student.

Assignment

* Identify the difference between a casual user and the superuser (or root) by examining the shell prompt.

* Illustrate the command used to switch from a casual user to the superuser.

* Diagram, label, and describe the major system directories beneath root (/).

* Illustrate the use of basic Linux shell commands to move around in the hierarchical file system.

Diagram

Lab Tasks

See Chapter 3, The Linux File System

Task 1: Procedures

1. Click on Applications > System Tools > Terminal. This will bring up a Terminal screen for you so you can apply the commands in this lab.

2. Using the "switch user" (su) command, switch from standard user mode to the superuser (root) user mode. The root password is student.

3. During the lab, you will be asked to enter answer to questions asked in your lab activities. You need to enter the answers to these labs at the bottom of this lab page and submit it to your course shell Dropbox in order to receive credit for it.

Task 2: File System Navigation

1: Display a long listing of the filesystem root ( ⁄ ).

Verify that the output is in a long list format.

2: Display the first 10 lines of a long listing of the ⁄etc directory.

Verify that the output is from the ⁄etc directory and that it is a long list.

What type of files may you find in this directory?

This directory contains configuration files for use by applications. Also, it can be used in conjunction with other commands to find out...