CS 81.21:  Introduction to UNIX & Linux

Message Input

Summer 2011

· Syllabus

· Assignment Schedule

· Gradebook

· Elluminate Product Support Guide

· Secure Terminal Programs

· Lab Directory Instructions

· Extra Credit Assignments

· Unix Resources

· Portable Linux

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Welcome to online Introduction to UNIX & Linux!  You'll find recorded lectures from the Spring 2011 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. 
• Open the Assignments & Exams Schedule, and begin the first lab exercise.
• Go through the Elluminate Product Support guide, to prepare yourself and your computer for the online lectures, starting Thursday.
• Attend the Thursday night lectures, either in the classroom or online.  If you miss a lecture, check the schedule page later for a link to the recording.
  
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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).

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
  • Acceptable Use Policy
  • Account Status
  • Password Instructions
  • Basic UNIX Commands

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.

• Message List Guide
• Message List Input
• Message Archive
• General Message List Help

Unix Resources