% CST8207 Week 11 Notes -- Shell Scripts, the test helper program, class photo montage % Ian! D. Allen -- -- [www.idallen.com] % Winter 2017 - January to April 2017 - Updated 2019-01-31 01:54 EST - [Course Home Page] - [Course Outline] - [All Weeks] - [Plain Text] C O U R S E    E V A L U A T I O N ================================== ____ _ ____ __ __ | _ \ | | ___ __ _ ___ ___ | _ \ ___ \ \ / /___ _ _ _ __ | |_) || | / _ \ / _` |/ __| / _ \ | | | | / _ \ \ V // _ \ | | | || '__| | __/ | || __/| (_| |\__ \| __/ | |_| || (_) | | || (_) || |_| || | |_| |_| \___| \__,_||___/ \___| |____/ \___/ |_| \___/ \__,_||_| ____ ____ _____ _____ _ _ _ / ___/ ___|_ _| | ____|_ ____ _| |_ _ __ _| |_(_) ___ _ __ | | \___ \ | | | _| \ \ / / _` | | | | |/ _` | __| |/ _ \| '_ \ | |___ ___) || | | |___ \ V / (_| | | |_| | (_| | |_| | (_) | | | | \____|____/ |_| |_____| \_/ \__,_|_|\__,_|\__,_|\__|_|\___/|_| |_| -    **Closes Sunday April 30.** - Feedback is anonymous. Professors are not told who said what and results are not released until after grades have been submitted. - I publish my [anonymous course evaluations], so your comments will be there to guide future students. - Listen to Dogbert on [satisfaction surveys] - The Checking Program for your assignments tells you how to turn off the nag message. Read All The Words. Readings, Assignments, Labs, Tests, and ToDo ============================================ Read (at least) these things (All The Words) -------------------------------------------- 1. [Week 11 Notes HTML] -- this file -- **Read All The Words** 2. [Shell Control Structures -- if, then, else, test, `[...]`][1] 3. [Shell Script Problems] -- arithmetic, syntax, test, boolean, etc. 4. [List of Commands You Should Know] 5. [Linux and Sysadmin News in the World] 6. [Video Tutorials on Lynda.com] -- tagged by week number Assignments, Quizzes, and Lab work this week -------------------------------------------- > **Reminder:** There are now two quizzes that you need to complete on > Blackboard as part of your term Quiz mark. A third quiz will be posted > before the Final Exam. The Quizzes are *not* optional; see the [Course > Outline]. Check the due date for each assignment and put a reminder in your agenda, calendar, and digital assistant. Just like in the Real World, not all due dates are on the same days or at the same times. - Review last week. Did you do everything assigned last week? - Do [Worksheet #08 HTML] and then do [Assignment #08 HTML] -- setting permissions, mode, `umask` - This assignment requires [Permissions] and [Umask] - Do Bonus (optional) [Assignment #09 HTML] about Midterm #2 - There is a checking program available to check your file format for this bonus assignment, but only people who Read All These Words will know about it. Wrong format means no marks. *Do not redirect or submit the output of this checking program!* - [Assignment #10 HTML] -- tar, processes, syslog, crontab, at, mail, shell script - Look for the upcoming [Assignment #11 HTML] -- shell scripts - The checking program has a feature to check just one of your scripts. - Practice test #3 is posted under [Practice Tests and Answers]. The Final Exam is comprehensive of the whole course; you need to do all *three* practice tests for the Final Exam. Worksheets ---------- Worksheets are preparation for your assignments. You can't do the assignments without having done the worksheets first, and you can't do the worksheets without having first read the Course Notes: 1. Read the web notes. (Please: **Read All The Words**) 2. Do the relevant Worksheet(s). 3. Do the relevant Assignment(s). Form a small study group to do the worksheets. Each person tries the example given, and you make sure you all get the same answers. Worksheets are not for hand-in; they are not worth marks; the assignments test your knowledge of the lectures and worksheets. > The worksheets are available in four formats: Open Office (ODT), PDF, HTML, > and Text. Only the Open Office format allows you "fill in the blanks" in > the worksheet. The PDF format looks good but doesn't allow you to type into > the blanks in the worksheet. The HTML format is crude but useful for quick > for viewing online. Do **NOT** open the Worksheet ODT files using any Microsoft products; they will mangle the format and mis-number the questions. Use the free Libre Office or Open Office programs to open these ODT documents. On campus, you can [download Libre Office here]. - [Worksheet #08 ODT] -- Linux file system permissions (modes) - This Worksheet is a prerequisite for [Assignment #08 HTML] - [Worksheet #08 PDF] -- PDF version - [Worksheet #08 HTML] -- HTML version - `chmod, ls -lid, umask` Worksheets prepare you for the upcoming assignments. Upcoming tests and exams ------------------------ This course has two midterm tests and one final exam. - Put these dates below into your phone! - Read the [Test Instructions] (all the words) before your tests and exam. - Use the **Name Game** link (in the [Test Instructions]) to test the spelling of your name before the test. - I don't answer questions about the instructions during the test. Ask me in a lab period before the test. ### The Final Exam -- 8am Friday April 28 -- 40% The Final Exam is three hours long and contains approximately 180 multiple-choice questions similar to those found in the three preceding [Practice Tests and Answers]. Do *all three* practice tests before the Final Exam! - Time: 08h00-11h00 (8am to 11am) Friday April 28 (Week 15) - Location: CA-105 A,B,C (across the Woodroffe pedestrian overpass) - This exam has **assigned seating** -- see your email for your assigned seat. - 180 minutes (three hours) for 180 questions - Do *all three* practice tests before the Final Exam! - Three Hours! Take a bathroom break before you start the exam! All three practice tests will be posted under [Practice Tests and Answers]. The Final Exam is comprehensive of the whole course; you need to do *all three* practice tests for the Final Exam. Notes from the Classroom ======================== - **Take notes in class!** Keep a pad open on your desk. - Don't forget to finish your five Blackboard quizzes for each of Midterm 1 and Midterm 2. There will be a third quiz to prepare for the Final Exam. Commands Used ------------- - Keep a notebook with a [List of Commands][List of Commands You Should Know] in it. - You need to write down yourself what each command *does*. - I will check for this list in your lab periods. - Check the updated list of commands each week. - Bring your notes to class! Stop wasting time looking up commands. - Are you making notes from the worksheets on how each command works? - What do the options used in the worksheets mean, for each command? - Don't copy and use options that you don't understand! Finding world-writable files in your account -------------------------------------------- The assignment **Checking Programs** may issue this message: Number of world-writable pathnames in abcd0001 account: 1 ERROR: Sysadmin do not create files that anyone can overwrite. ERROR: See "Examples of uses of find" to find these files. ERROR(-1): Fix the permissions on these files Don't create files or directories that anyone ("other") can write, except the few required ones in the one [Assignment #08 HTML] `head` directory! You must look at all the files in your account to try to find these files or directories that you have created with "other" write permissions. You can find the files the hard way, using `cd` and `ls`, or you can do it the easy way using a recursive command: - To learn how to `find` these world-writable files in your account, first use a command to search for the files that contain the text `world-writable` in all the course notes. The course notes have an example showing what command to use to find world-writable files. - To search the course notes for a text string, re-read section 4.5 of [Assignment #05 HTML], especially item #8 about searching for the text string `Filezilla` in all the course notes. - You will be able to identify which course notes web page you should read to find the example showing how to find world-writable files. - Fix the permissions on these files. Remove write permission for "other". Class Web Site Photo Montage ============================ As part of [Assignment #08 HTML] you created your own [Student Web Site], for example: A clickable public montage of all the uploaded head-shot pictures is available at You can still create or update your own web site on the CLS (please do!) and your image will be automatically added to the class photo montage. This page is available to everyone on the open Internet. If you do not want your image shown on the montage page, follow the directions at the bottom of the page and then touch your photo to get the page to rebuild. The `montage17w.cgi` file is a shell script that builds the image file. You can log in and look at this shell script on the [Course Linux Server] using this pathname: `/var/www/html/montage17w.cgi` Fifteen minute rule: don't waste your time ========================================== See the [Course Introduction: fifteen minute rule] Career with Communications Security Establishment ================================================= Do you think you need Linux skills for this job? ![[sudo stop all hackers]][2] ![Take Notes in Class] -- | Ian! D. 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