COMP83 Linux 1 Lab Assignment 2 Instructor Alex Alexander

Please provide appropriate screenshots after each step as evidence for work accomplished.

Section I: Install Fedora server 32 with the following partitions:

1. /boot                350MB
2. /                       20GB
3. /home              8GB
4. SWAP             2GB

Section II: Create an additional 7GB partition with ext4 as the file system.

Section III: Configure the computer name and network settings:

Computer Name	YourName-XXX
IP Address	172.22.88.100
Subnet Mask	255.255.255.0
Default Gateway	172.22.88.254
DNS	172.22.28.250

Section IV: Create the following users and groups

(remember to setup a password for each user)

User Name	Login Name	Group Membership	Additional Details
Naweed	SNaweed	Finance, Accountant	Comment: Naweed Sayed
Said	SSaid	Finance	Comment: Said Sadat
John	SJohn	Finance	Comment: John Smith
Ali	HAli	Finance	Comment: Temp worker Account Expiry: 25-Dec-2023
Jenny	DJenny	Human-Resources	Comment: Jenny Daniel
Prince	MPrince	Human-Resources	Comment: Michael Prince
Faheem	NFaheem	Human-Resources	Comment: Faheem Nazeri
Ahmad	MAhmad	IT, Developer	Comment: Ahmad Mushtiq
Kushbu	PKushbu	IT, Admin	Comment: Kushbu Patel

Section V: Account Aging Policy

Account Expiry	30 March 2025
Password Expiry (Maximum Age)	70 Days
Inactivity Period	5 Days
Minimum days before password change	20 Days
Password Expiry Warning	10 Days

*the account aging policy applies to all users except Ali. the temporary worker.

Section VI: Folder Structure

Create the following folder structure.

Demonstrate changing directory using both absolute path and relative path.

Section VII: Group Administrators

Groups	Group administrator
Finance	Naweed
Human-Resources	Prince
IT	Kushbu

Section VIII: Files Security Detail

(create the files in the ~/Main/Admin/Other directory)

Security Setting	Owner	Group	File
drwxr—–	Naweed	Finance	Confidential
-rw-r—–	John	Finance	.Budget
drwxrwxr–	Ali	Finance	Invoices
-rw-rw-rw-	Jenny	Human-Resources	AddressList
-rw-r–r–	Fahim	Human-Resources	Memo-01
-rwxr-x-r-t	Kushbu	IT	prog-01.exe

Section IX: Create files using the vi editor

(Create the following file employees-01.txt in the HR directory. Do not type the column header.)

Employee #	First Name	Last Name	Age	Department
245634	Naweed	Sayed	45	Finance
874653	Said	Sadat	28	Finance
648764	John	Smith	37	Finance
944275	Ali	Hakimi	57	Finance
165322	Jenny	Daniel	22	Human Resources
185345	Prince	Michael	31	Human Resources
534882	Faheem	Nazeri	42	Human Resources
962534	Ahmad	Mushtiq	51	IT
254982	Kushbu	Patel	26	IT

Section X: Create the following sorted files

• employees-02.txt: sorted in ascending order based on Employee #.
• employees-03.txt: sorted in alphabetical order based on the Last Name.
• employees-04.txt: sorted in descending order based on Age.
• employees-05.txt: sorted in reverse alphabetical order based on First Name.

Section XI: Compressing and Archiving Files

Use the tar utility to combine all of the 5 previous employees text files to a single gzip compressed file.

Section XII: File Manipulation

Create and join the two following files to obtain a single combined file with matching information. The combined file name should be CustumerInfo.txt.

CustomeAge.txt

John    27325              45

Sally   15382              76

Jill      34221              32 

CustomerAddress.txt

Mississauga   ON      34221

Brampton      ON      15382

Laval              QC     27325

Section XIII: Other requirements

Demonstrate the following using any file or user:

• Lock and unlock a user password
• Delete a user
• Delete a file
• Copy a file
• Move a file to another directory
• Rename a file
• Add a user to another group
• Add a user to a group when logged in as a group administrator
• Remove a user from a group when logged in as a group administrator