Common commands,logging into a server and sharing files

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Objectives:

• Demonstrate logging on, moving files to and from the local system to the server

Complete the following problems

References, a video, a PowerPoint and some notes are available at my website https://www.aholdengouveia.name/IntroLinux/commoncommands.html

The lab report will include screen shots as evidence of completion.

If you are my current student, Resources for the server can be found from the menu item "Server Access Information" on your LMS

Steps for the lab

1. Use puTTY or SSH to connect to the server (or do this on you own Linux system) If you need help using SSH or SCP I made a video on how to do that on my YouTube channel. SCP? SSH-ut the front door! https://youtu.be/w3yOQFZJMTo
2. Login to your account (Information from Instructor posted to LMS)
3. Test by logging off and logging in again
4. Use ls and ls -a to see what is in your home directory. Make three empty files called foo1 foo2 and foo3 using touch and use ls again. Take a screen shot.
5. Create a sub-directory called Lab0 and cd to the subdirectory and create three more files using touch called bar1 bar2 and bar3. Use ls and take a screen shot
6. Create three text files in the local system using notepad, call them localfoo1, localfoo2 and localfoo3. Put different texts in each file. Add your name and date to the top of each file
7. Using WinSCP, FileZilla or other SCP client of your choice in the local system move the three localfoo files to the server. Take a screen shot.
8. Use ls on the server to show that the files are in the server; use cat to display one of the files and take a screen shot.

Deliverables

One file should be submitted, it should have the lab title, your name and date, and include each of the screen shots with a one sentence description of what is in the screen shot.