CAP443:LINUX AND SHELL SCRIPTING - LAB
L:0 T:0 P:4 Credits:2
Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to
CO1 :: understand the installation process of Linux and the working of file system utilities
CO2 :: understand how to administer a Linux machine and configure different Linux servers like
samba, ftp, apache and nfs
CO3 :: use the various file editors and the modes to edit the files.
CO4 :: analyze the shell scripting and programming in Linux using Bourne Again shell and TC
shell
List of Practicals / Experiments:
Installation guidelines of RED HAT LINUX
• Overview of Linux
• Additional Features of Linux
• Installing Red Hat Linux
• Booting from CD/image
• Partitioning Hard Drives
• Setting up Swap Space
• Choosing Partitions to Format Booting with LILO
• Multi-boot with Other Operating Systems
• Logging In from a Terminal or Terminal Emulator
• More About Logging In
• Root user
• Working with desktop
• X windows
• Runlevels
Getting connected with network
• Network Configuration Tool
• DHCP connection
• DNS
Utilities and Filesystems
• Basic Utilities
• File Systems Overview
• Anatomy of file system
• Working with Files
• Pipe
• Four More Utilities
• Compressing and Archiving Files
• Locating Commands
• Obtaining User and System Information
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• Communicating with Other Users
• Directory Files and Ordinary Files
• Pathnames
• Working with Directories
• Access Permissions
• Access Control Lists
• Links
Working with users, groups and permissions
• Managing Users and Groups
• Commands for User Management
• Managing Passwords
• Modifying and Deleting User Accounts
• Configuration Files
• Creating Groups
• Using Graphical Tools for User and Group Management
• Managing Permissions
• Understanding the Role of Ownership
• Basic Permissions: Read, Write, and Execute
• Setting Default Permissions with umask
The Shell and popular editors
• The Command Line
• Standard Input and Standard Output
• Running a Command in the Background
• Filename Generation/Pathname Expansion
• Builtins
• Using VIM to Create and Edit a File
• Introduction to vim Features
• Command Mode
• Input Mode
• Emacs versus Vim
• Getting Started with Emacs
• Basic Editing Commands
• Understanding RPM
• Compress your files
• Querying Software
The Bourne Again Shell and TC Shell
• Shell Basics
• Parameters and Variables
• Special Characters
• Processes
• Re-executing and Editing Commands
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• Aliases
• Functions
• Controlling bash
• Entering and Leaving the TC Shell
• Features Common to the Bourne Again and TC Shells
Programming the Bourne Again Shell
• Control Structures
• File Descriptors
• Parameters and Variables
• Builtin Commands
• Expressions
Linux System Administration
• System Administrator and Superuser
• Rescue Mode
• SELinux
• System Operation
• System Administration Utilities
• Setting Up a Server
• Important Files and Directories
• File Types
• Filesystems
• Configuring User and Group Accounts
• Backing Up Files
• Scheduling Task
• System Reports
• Parted
Get started with servers
• Installing and configuring Apache web server
• Understanding the Apache Configuration Files
• Working with Virtual Hosts
• Setting up first web page
• Setting firewalls with iptables
• FTP protocol
• Installing and configuring vsftpd
• Using FTP client to test anonymousr read access
• Testing FTP server
• Installing and configuring Samba server
• Installing SAMBA server
• SAMBA configuration with SWAT and starting SWAT service
• Adding SAMBA user
• Creating and configuring SAMBA share
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• Installing and configuring NFS
• Configuring NFS server and client
• Using auto mount services
• Examining NFS security
Text Books:
1. THE COMPLETE REFERENCE, SIXTH EDITION by PETERSEN RICHARD, MC GRAW HILL
References:
1. BEGINNING LINUX PROGRAMMING 4TH EDITION by NEIL MATTHEW , RICHARD STONES,
WROX PROGRAMMER
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