Introduction to UNIX/Linux

CS 81.21: Introduction to UNIX & Linux

© 2010 Eric Skagerberg (All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in printed or electronic format without the express permission of the author.)
Adjunct Instructor, Computer & Information Sciences Department
Santa Rosa Junior College, California

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Page last updated 14 June, 2010

Summer 2010

· Syllabus

· Assignment Schedule

· Gradebook

· Elluminate Product Support Guide

· Secure Terminal Programs

· Lab Directory Instructions

· Extra Credit Assignments

· Portable Linux Instructions

· Unix Resources

· Assignment Schedule

Welcome to online Introduction to UNIX & Linux! You'll find recorded lectures from the Spring 2010 semester on the Schedule page. Here's how to get started:

Read the Syllabus.
Make sure you have checked in to the CATE system, and established a user name and password. See #1 below for details.
Obtain an account on the Student server student.santarosa.edu (unless you have one already). See #2 below.
- Get a secure terminal program, so you can work at the Student server's Linux command line.
So, you will have two (2) user names and passwords in this course, as shown below, for (1) the CATE system, which includes the Unix-Intro message list, and (2) the Student server.
Go through the Elluminate Product Support Guide, to prepare yourself and your computer for the online recorded lectures.
Open the Assignments & Exams Schedule, and begin viewing the recorded lectures and completing the first lab exercise.

1. CATE System Check-in

Check in under your section number below to create your CATE user name and password, which you need to reach lab exercises, answer forms, exams, gradebook, and Unix-Intro message list. (This is not your separate Linux Student server user name and password -- see #2 below).

	Online section #8407
Your CATE Student Check-In: Create your CATE system (Center for Advanced Technology in Education) user name and CATE password to add yourself to the electronic class roster.	CATE Check-in
After your instructor scores your assignnments and tests, they will appear in your online Gradebook. Log in with your CATE user name and password.	Gradebook
You can change your CATE password and e-mail address, but not your user name.	Change CATE Password or E-mail

2. Student Server Account Application

You will perform almost all of your assignments using a remote Linux command line to the Student server. The Student server assigns you a user name and password.

Your Student server user name is usually the first letter of your first name, followed by the first seven letters of your last name (e.g. jhancock for John Hancock). However, if that user name exists already, the Student server will assign you a different user name, usually with a digit at the end (e.g. jhancoc3).
You can change your Student server password, but not your user name.
Note: You may have a Student server account already, if you've taken a web development course at SRJC, and uploaded a web site to student.santarosa.edu. In that case, you can use the same user name and password with a secure terminal program, and work at the Linux command line.
Student Server Account Application
Secure Terminal Programs
Student Server home page

Unix-Intro Message List

In this course, we use a message list, Unix-Intro, to ask questions about homework and lecture, share information, and discuss course content. If you would raise your hand in a classroom about it, post it to this message list. To send messages or read the message archive, log in with your CATE user name and password.

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