Assignment 1 Chapter 1 1. Free software gives the user the freedom to run, copy, distribute, change and improve the software. Three of the characteristics are: a. The freedom to run the program for any purpose. b. The freedom to redistribute copies to help your neighbor. c. The freedom to study how the program works and adapt it to their needs. 4. The Free Software Foundation is a non-profit organization that promotes computer user freedom and their rights and GNU is
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Title:How to script: A Bash crash course; An easy step-by-step guide to the Bash command-line shell and shell scripting Author(s):Paul Venezia Source:InfoWorld.com. (Mar. 8, 2013): Document Type:Article Copyright : COPYRIGHT 2013 InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. http://www.infoworld.com/ Full Text: Byline: Paul Venezia Few aspects of Unix system administration are more intimate than the relationship between the admin and their chosen shell. After all, the shell is the most fundamental
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Hello Business Manager, I’m writing to you of your concerns about the recent breach on our competitor. We have decided to implement a new password policy and would like to reassure you that our company will not be at risk of being hacked if both departments work together and abide strictly be the policy on password protection being put in place. The whole purpose of this new policy is to have your employees follow these rule, and all should be secure. Should you need any assistance with adhering
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Wanda Gonzalez Thursday 10/16/14 GS1145 Unit 5 My name is Wanda and the five words that I have chosen are Respect, Responsibility, Dependability, Attitude, and Discipline. Dependability means reliable, worthy of trust, and that you can be counted on no matter what. When I say that I am going to do something you can consider it done. My friends and family know that they can depend on me .Responsibility means to be accountable for something within my power. When I was in
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Unit 1 Exercises Chapter 1. 1. Free software is user can uses software at no charge. The characteristics of free software are no cost, full version, no expiration. 4. Free software Foundation/GNU is free to redistribute, modify, and study it. Linux is operating system developed through the cooperation of numerous people around the world, is product of the internet and is a free operating system. Linux provides UNIX and GNU. Linus Torvalds helps refine Linux system. Chapter 2. 1. The process
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1. What is free software? List three characteristics of free software. -Free software is software that users have the freedom to distribute and change. The three main characteristics of free software are: The source code has to be distributed with the program, you cannot restrict people from redistributing/modifying/using the software, and users must be allowed to redistribute modified versions under the same terms/licensing. 2. Why is Linux popular? Why is it popular in academia? -Linux
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Chap 18 Pg 699 Q1 difference between scp and sftp utilities? SCP is a secure file copy utility and SFTP is a secure file transfer protocol even though it does not have anything to do with the FTP we are use to in windows. Q2 How can you use SSH to find out who is logged in on a remote system? By typing $ ssh host who in the terminal window Q3 How would you use scp to copy ~/.bashrc file from the system named plum to the local system? From the local system you would type scp user@plum:~/..bashrc
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Disk Quotas using : Ubuntu The first step would be to open the Terminal application. To install the quota tools, you need to use the apt-get install commands. [sudo apt-get install quota quotatool] Next you need to edit and add the usrqouta and/or grpquota options to the mount point which has the home directories. To do this, we need to add them via Gedit, or Nano text editors. Ion my example, I am using gedit. [sudogedit /etc/fstab] Once Gedit is open, you must add the usrquota and
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Chapter 1 Exercise 1 Free software is software which is not charged for; as such you can share it with whoever you want, as many times as you want. You can also install it on as many of your home computers as you wish. Chapter 1 Exercise 4 GNU a group dedicated to creating an operating system compatible with the Unix software system. Linux is based off the original Unix operating software. Unix provided the kernel, while Linux provided the interface that people used in place of another operating
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Chapter 1 1. What is free software? Software that a user has the freedom to distribute and change 2. What are 3 characteristics of free software? Freedom to study how the program works, freedom to redistribute copies, and freedom to improve the program 3. What is GNU? Gnu’s not UNIX, is the complete UNIX-compatible software system that was written to be given away free to everyone who can use it. 4. What is Linux? An open-source operating system modelled on UNIX. 5. What
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