Author Ian! D. Allen
Updated: 2015-09-06 00:38 EDT
Do not print this assignment on paper!
- On paper, you will miss updates, corrections, and hints added to the online version.
- On paper, you cannot follow any of the hyperlink URLs that lead you to hints and course notes relevant to answering a question.
- On paper, scrolling text boxes will be cut off and not print properly.
23h59 (11:59pm) Monday November 17, 2014 (start of Week 12)
Do not print this assignment on paper! On paper, you cannot follow any of the hyperlink URLs that lead you to hints and course notes relevant to answering a question.
This is an overview of how you are expected to complete this assignment. Read all the words before you start working.
For full marks, follow these directions exactly.
You will create some minimal file system structure in your HOME directory on the CLS.
Most work will involve changes in your own Linux Virtual Machine running Centos 6.6. You can use the Checking Program to check your work as you do the CentOS Install and Configure. You can check your work with the Checking Program as often as you like before you submit your final mark.
When you are finished, leave the files and directories in place on both the CLS and your own CentOS Virtual Machine as part of your deliverables. Do not delete any assignment work until after the term is over! Assignments may be re-marked at any time on the CLS; you must have your term work available on the CLS right until term end.
All references to the “Source Directory” below are to the CLS directory ~idallen/cst8177/14f/assignment08/ and that name starts with a tilde character ~ followed by a user name with no intervening slash. The leading tilde indicates to the shell that the pathname starts with the HOME directory of the account idallen (seven letters).
You do not have permission to list the names of all the files in the Source Directory, but you can access any files whose names you already know.
The previous term’s course notes are available on the Internet here: CST8207 GNU/Linux Operating Systems I. All the notes files are also on the CLS. You can learn about how to read and search these files using the command line on the CLS under the heading Copies of the CST8207 course notes near the bottom of the page Course Linux Server.
Do a Remote Login to the Course Linux Server (CLS) from any existing computer, using the host name appropriate for whether you are on-campus or off-campus.
Make the directory ~/CST8177-14F/Assignments/assignment08 that will be the CLS base directory for this assignment. (You will also create a similar CentOS base directory.)
As you work on the CentOS installation, you can download to CentOS and run the Checking Program to check your work.
That is all the tasks you need to do.
Submit your mark from the CLS following the Checking Program instructions below.
Optional: Keeping your main configuration snapshots, remove any intermediate snapshots you no longer require, to free up disk space. - Be careful not to remove your current work!
See CentOS: Remote Checking, Marking, and Submitting your Work.
Author Ian! D. Allen