CS 302, Spring 2005


Assignment #1: 10 Points.

Due Date: Tuesday, 2/3/05.

	Read Chapters 1&2 of Frisch text and VMware handout.

(5) 1.	Login to your ASSERT lab account and use VMware to open
	and run the RHEL3_basic virtual machine located on the
	X: drive named "userVirtualMachines on 'images.ia.lab'".
	Boot the virtual machine and login as root.  Use system
	management utilities to determine the following basic
	configuration information about your machine:
	(a) Name and version of the O/S and kernel;
	(b) Hostname and IP address;
	(c) RAM and disk sizes.

(1)  2.	Use the printer configuration tool to configure the lab printer
	and print a test page.  The correct print queue type to use is
	CUPS and the print server is printer.ia.lab.**

(1)  3. List out the disk partitions and free space for all filesystems
        on your virtual Linux machine.**  

(1)  4.	List the first-level subdirectories of '/' and determine how much 
	disk space is used by each (bin, dev, etc, lib, usr, var, ...).  
	Does it help to be a superuser to find the correct answers?  
	Why or why not?**

(1)  5.	Use the 'w' command to view activity on your virtual machine.
	What do the load average numbers mean?**  

(1)  6. Use the 'ps aux' command to print a list of all processes running on 
	your virtual machine, sorted by CPU usage.  Identify the process 
	using the highest percentage of CPU time. How does the information
	from the ps command differ from 'top' and GUI system monitor?**  

      **Output from Linux commands and programs should be saved
	to a file using either I/O redirection (>) or the 'script'
	command, printed and handed in along with your answers to
	the questions.