1 Using the Alternate Fetch and CheckIndex

Use these instructions to use the CentOS Fetch and Check programs if the main .com web site is down.

• The variable GO used below is two letters, upper-case. You use it twice, once to get the do.sh script and once to execute it. It must be upper-case. It must have the name GO.

• Pick the correct course, term, and assignment number for the do.sh URL, do not use 00 as an assignment number below.

1. Pick either a or b below (only pick one):

   1. Get the do.sh script from the alternate .org site:

      $ GO=teaching.idallen.org
      $ url=http://$GO/cst8207/14w/notes/data/assignment00do.sh
      $ curl -A mozilla "$url" >do.sh
      $ fgrep -i 'error' do.sh    # make sure no errors (no output)
      $ head -n1 do.sh            # make sure it's a shell script
      #!/bin/sh -u

   2. Get the do.sh script from the alternate elearning site:

      $ GO=elearning.algonquincollege.com/coursemat/alleni/idallen
      $ url=http://$GO/cst8207/14w/notes/data/assignment00do.sh
      $ curl -A mozilla "$url" >do.sh
      $ fgrep -i 'error' do.sh    # make sure no errors (no output)
      $ head -n1 do.sh            # make sure it's a shell script
      #!/bin/sh -u

2. Pick either a or b below (only pick one) and use $GO:

   1. Run the script directly as the root user: Use this only if you have not yet created your own sysadmin account:

      # whoami
      root
      # USER=abcd0001 GO=$GO sh do.sh        # your userid, not abcd0001

   2. Run the script using su: Use this if you have already created your sysadmin account:

      $ echo "$USER"
      abcd0001                               # your userid, not abcd0001
      $ su -c "USER=$USER GO=$GO sh do.sh"   # must be double quotes, not single

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