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Can someone post Screenshots for this Assignment?

CPT 247 Assignment Module 7-8

1. Complete each of the items listed below.
2. When you have a completed item displayed on your screen, use “screen capture” or a “snipping tool” to take a picture of the item.
   • If you are unfamiliar with “screen capture” contact your instructor ASAP
3. Paste the picture of the item into a Word document

4. Above each picture include the item number and give the name of the item and a brief description of the purpose of the item

This assignment includes creation of a text document using Vi Editor and changing permissions to access the new file.

1. Using the Fedora OS - Write a shell script that displays the following items :
   1. Currently logged-in users
   2. Systems host name
   3. Systems time and data
   4. Disk usage
   5. Current working directory
   6. Pathname to the BASH shell
2. Using the Fedora OS – edit the boot loader to allow a 30 second TIMEOUT value
3. Using the Ubuntu OS - Stop and Start the cron service

This UNIX Operating System.. Using VirtualBox application...

Answer 1

Please find the answer below.

1. Following screen shot explains how to create a file using VI editor and change permissions to it.

   a. vi <file-name> command opens a empty if file not exists.

b. Now edit the file name and "chmod" command is used to edit the permission.

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2. Shel script in Fedora to display the contents of hostname, date, time, disk usage etc:

Program:

#! /bin/bash
echo "Currently logged in users are given below"
who
echo ""
echo "System hostname is Fedora8"
echo ""
echo "Current data and time is " `date`
echo ""
echo "Diskusage is given below"
df
echo ""
echo "Current working directory is " `pwd`
echo ""
echo "Pathname to BASH shell is " `which bash`
echo ""

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3. Editing the boot loader config file to modify the timeout value as 30 seconds

a. Open the file /boot/grub/grub.cfg using vi editor and modify the timeout value as mentioned below screen shot.

Note: if the grub.cfg file is not present then use the menu.lst file from /boot/grub directory

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4. Start and stop the cron job daemon in Ubuntu. Cron daemon is used for scheduling jobs to run automatically.

a. it can achieved by the command "service cron"

Commands:

service cron stop

service cron start

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