Course Lab

Lab 4 © R. Craig Collins, 2005/6

General Lab Directions
Note: There is not enough time in lecture to cover all the material; read your book BEFORE you begin the lab
Note: Typically labs will require you to invest some time in the lab, outside of class lecture hours

•Check with the Instructor for the due date
Name: Lab 4

Chapter 9
1. Name the most commonly used X window distribution

2. List the three graphical log in commands, one for X window, one for KDE, and one for Gnome

3. Name the X Window master program for starting an X window session

4. What starts the Bourne shell front end for the program above?

5. In order to allow remote access, you open an ___________ session and run ________ to allow client access.

6. Complete the display variables so that X sessions know how to connect:
DISPLAY=_____________:0 ; _________ DISPLAY

7. What does GNOME stand for?

8. Get a screen shot of the tool used to ‘tune’ video in GNOME

9. Describe the native process of getting a screen capture in Linux, and the GNOME method.

Chapter 10
10. Discuss adding PPP*.

11. Aside from username and password, what other info is needed for users to connect?

12. What file is edited to add the nameserver IP?

Chapter 11
13. What is the advantage to installing via user compiled source code?

14. Describe the compression scheme often used to deliver Linux programs over the internet.

15. Visit freshmeat.net, tucows.com, sourceforge.net, and rpmfind.net. Locate an interesting RPM compressed file utility, download it, and uncompress it.

16. Summarize unpacking the archive, and building your programs

17. Summarize the use of the graphical RPM, then use the tool to install your interesting file utility. Include a screen shot of the new tool.*

Chapter 20
18. Set up Apache if not done during original install. Get the service running with
/usr/sbin/apachectl start

Optional, install MySQL and PERL.

Include a screen shot of the end result.

Chapter 21
19. Use RPM to set up email services, if not installed during original install. Get the service running with
/usr/sbin/sendmail start

Include a screen shot of the end result.

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