Table of Contents
Part 2
Entries
Entry 5: March 8, 2012
Today we're sitting in class talking about Diablo 3 and warcraft. Maybe we'll get some work done someday! =D
Entry 6: March 10, 2012
Today I setup a SAMAB server on my PogoPlug headless server. This means to date this $50 box has become:
- programing box
- Web Server
- CLI app box I.E. ttytter-twitter Alpine-gmail Lynx-'super-light' Web browser
- SFTP server for living in the cloud
- A secure gateway for internal access into my network
And now it's a SMB server/client for windows hosts!
Best $50 ever.
Entry 7: March 19, 2012
Today we're planing to setup our ip cams for the plants.
- I suppose this is to be a practical way of demonstrating monitoring techniques using internet technologies
- This is relevant because system monitoring is crucial for success
Entry 8: March Day, 2012
This is a sample format for a dated entry. Please substitute the actual date for “Month Day, Year”, and duplicate the level 4 heading to make additional entries.
As an aid, feel free to use the following questions to help you generate content for your entries:
- What action or concept of significance, as related to the course, did you experience on this date?
- Why was this significant?
- What concepts are you dealing with that may not make perfect sense?
- What challenges are you facing with respect to the course?
Remember that 4 is just the minimum number of entries. Feel free to have more.
Keywords
hpc0 Keywords
hpc0 LAMP server
Definition
Linux, Apache Mysql and PHP server
Demonstration
- Unordered List Iteminstall Apache: apt-get install apache2
- install Mysql: apt-get install mysql-server
- install PHP: apt-get install php5 php-pear php5-suhosin AND apt-get install php5-mysql so mysql and php play nice like they should.
- Once your system or VM is configured with these programs you can establish a database and begin serving web pages!
The default location for your web server is /var/www/index.html
hpc0 SAMBA server
Definition
SAMBA is an SMB/CIFS client/server for Linux and UNIX boxes. SAMBA will often been seen as the default sharing method for local Linux nodes in a windows dominated network.
Demonstration
I installed SAMBA on my headless PogoServer that runs arch Linux; I'll show you the outout:
[andrew@alarm ~]$ sudo pacman -S samba warning: samba-3.6.3-2 is up to date -- reinstalling resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Targets (1): samba-3.6.3-2 Total Installed Size: 54.29 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y (1/1) checking package integrity [####################################################################] 100% (1/1) loading package files [####################################################################] 100% (1/1) checking for file conflicts [####################################################################] 100% (1/1) checking available disk space [####################################################################] 100% (1/1) upgrading samba [####################################################################] 100% [andrew@alarm ~]$ cd /etc/samba [andrew@alarm samba]$ ls private smb.conf.default [andrew@alarm samba]$ sudo touch smb.conf [andrew@alarm samba]$ cp /etc/samba/smb.conf.default /etc/samba/smb.conf [andrew@alarm samba]$ sudo rc.d start samba :: Starting Samba Server [DONE] [andrew@alarm samba]$ sudo pdbedit -a -u Andrew new password: retype new password: Unix username: Andrew NT username: Account Flags: [U ] User SID: S-1-5-21-605549301-1251446114-1201287368-1000 Primary Group SID: S-1-5-21-605549301-1251446114-1201287368-513 Full Name: Home Directory: \\alarm\andrew HomeDir Drive: Logon Script: Profile Path: \\alarm\andrew\profile Domain: ALARM Account desc: Workstations: Munged dial: Logon time: 0 Logoff time: never Kickoff time: never Password last set: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:56:30 CST Password can change: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:56:30 CST Password must change: never Last bad password : 0 Bad password count : 0 Logon hours : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF [andrew@alarm samba]$
You can now share the files of your Linux user with windows clients!
hpc0 Extraction fun with .tar.gz .tar.bz2 and .tar
We can't always rely on package managers to do our dirty work when installing new software or programs…
Definition
Sometimes when you're installing something new you need to extract it from a tar ball before working with it.
Demonstration
For .tar.gz one must simply enter:
tar xvfz "the archive"
In the case of a .tar just remove the z. it should look like this:
tar xvf "the the archive"
For a .tar.bz2:
tar xvfj "the archive"
Then enter the directory the untar has produced. You should be greeted by a bunch of files including the make and install files.
hpc0 Make
Definition
Make is a tool to recompile programs for installation.
Demonstration
Here are some make options I find useful:
- You can tell make to run in another directory using -C
- -f to pick the file you'd like to make
- -i will allow you to ignore errors whilst making things.
hpc0 ssh port forwarding
Definition
ssh port forwarding allows you to access port on a remote network via ssh.
Demonstration
Shown below is opening port 25565 on 10.80.3.34 through lab46
Last login: Thu Apr 5 13:42:57 on ttys002 __ __ ___ /\ \ __/\ \ /\_ \ \ \ \/\ \ \ \ __\//\ \ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ /'__`\\ \ \ /'___\ / __`\ /' __` __`\ /'__`\ \ \ \_/ \_\ \/\ __/ \_\ \_/\ \__//\ \L\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ __/ \ `\___x___/\ \____\/\____\ \____\ \____/\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \____\ '\/__//__/ \/____/\/____/\/____/\/___/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/____/ ______ __ /\ _ \ /\ \ \ \ \L\ \ ___ \_\ \ _ __ __ __ __ __ \ \ __ \ /' _ `\ /'_` \/\`'__\/'__`\/\ \/\ \/\ \ \ \ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \L\ \ \ \//\ __/\ \ \_/ \_/ \ \ \_\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \___,_\ \_\\ \____\\ \___x___/' \/_/\/_/\/_/\/_/\/__,_ /\/_/ \/____/ \/__//__/ ldhcp-213:~ asow123$ ssh -g -L 25565:vm34.student.lab:25565 asowers@lab46.corning-cc.edu asowers@lab46.corning-cc.edu's password: __ _ _ _ __ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | __ _| |__ / | |_/ / . Basic System Usage: Type 'usage' at prompt . | |__/ _` | '_ \\_ _/ _ \ . Events and News: Type 'news' at prompt . |_____\__,_|_.__/ |_|\___/ . Broken E-mail? Type 'fixmail' at prompt . --------------------------- . Check Lab46 Mail: Type 'alpine' at prompt . c o r n i n g - c c . e d u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lab46 is the Computer & Information Science Department's Student Development Server for Computer-related coursework, projects, and exploration. For more information, please check out: .. . . . . . . . . . .. . Lab46 Web Page: http://lab46.corning-cc.edu/ . . Lab46 Help Form: http://lab46.corning-cc.edu/help_request . . Help E-mail: haas@corning-cc.edu or wedge@lab46.corning-cc.edu . .. . . . . . . . . . .. _ .-./*) _/___/ `. U U 'You can check the current directory by typing 'pwd'.' You have old mail. Last login: Thu Apr 5 12:54:01 2012 from 172.16.198.128 lab46:~$
hpc0 Window manager forwarding
You can forward an entire window manager via you ssh session onto X11
Definition
On a remote system you may need more then a terminal for specific applications that demand graphics. All one needs to do is forward their Window manager via their secure shell!
Demonstration
Just grab a package manager of your choice and go to town! I'm going to use Xfce4 in my example:
[root@PogoLab ~]# pacman -S xfce4 :: There are 17 members in group xfce4: :: Repository extra 1) exo 2) garcon 3) gtk2-xfce-engine 4) gtk3-xfce-engine 5) terminal 6) thunar 7) tumbler 8) xfce-utils 9) xfce4-appfinder 10) xfce4-mixer 11) xfce4-panel 12) xfce4-session 13) xfce4-settings 14) xfconf 15) xfdesktop 16) xfwm4 17) xfwm4-themes Enter a selection (default=all): resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... Targets (21): libxfce4ui-4.8.1-1 libxfce4util-4.8.2-1 vte-0.28.2-3 xorg-xinit-1.3.2-1 exo-0.6.2-3 garcon-0.1.11-1 gtk2-xfce-engine-2.99.2-1 gtk3-xfce-engine-2.99.2-1 terminal-0.4.8-1 thunar-1.2.3-5 tumbler-0.1.24-1 xfce-utils-4.8.3-1 xfce4-appfinder-4.8.0-2 xfce4-mixer-4.8.0-2 xfce4-panel-4.8.6-1 xfce4-session-4.8.3-1 xfce4-settings-4.8.3-2 xfconf-4.8.1-1 xfdesktop-4.8.3-2 xfwm4-4.8.3-1 xfwm4-themes-4.6.0-2 Total Installed Size: 71.22 MiB Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y (21/21) checking package integrity [################################################################] 100% (21/21) loading package files [################################################################] 100% (21/21) checking for file conflicts [################################################################] 100% ( 1/21) installing libxfce4util [################################################################] 100% ( 2/21) installing exo [################################################################] 100% Optional dependencies for exo perl-uri: for mail-compose helper script ( 3/21) installing garcon [################################################################] 100% ( 4/21) installing gtk2-xfce-engine [################################################################] 100% ( 5/21) installing gtk3-xfce-engine [################################################################] 100% ( 6/21) installing vte [################################################################] 100% ( 7/21) installing terminal [################################################################] 100% ( 8/21) installing xfconf [################################################################] 100% ( 9/21) installing libxfce4ui [################################################################] 100% Optional dependencies for libxfce4ui glade: for using the included glade module (10/21) installing thunar [################################################################] 100% Optional dependencies for thunar gvfs: for trash support, mounting with udisk and remote filesystems polkit-gnome: for mounting internal partitions (needs root password) xfce4-panel: for trash applet tumbler: for thumbnail previews thunar-volman: manages removable devices thunar-archive-plugin: create and deflate archives thunar-media-tags-plugin: view/edit id3/ogg tags (11/21) installing tumbler [################################################################] 100% Optional dependencies for tumbler ffmpegthumbnailer: for video thumbnails gstreamer0.10: for video thumbnails poppler-glib: for PDF thumbnails libgsf: for ODF thumbnails libopenraw: for RAW thumbnails freetype2: for font thumbnails (12/21) installing xorg-xinit [################################################################] 100% Optional dependencies for xorg-xinit xorg-twm xterm (13/21) installing xfce-utils [################################################################] 100% NOTE ---- ==> xfce can run on top of a framebuffer. However, for most users it is ==> best to install xorg as an x-server. Please install either xorg-xinit ==> as minimal environment or the xorg meta package. pacman -S xorg-xinit -- or -- pacman -S xorg Optional dependencies for xfce-utils perl: for migration scripts xscreensaver: for locking screen with xflock4 gnome-screensaver: for locking screen with xflock4 xlockmore: for locking screen with xflock4 (14/21) installing xfce4-appfinder [################################################################] 100% (15/21) installing xfce4-panel [################################################################] 100% (16/21) installing xfce4-mixer [################################################################] 100% Optional dependencies for xfce4-mixer gstreamer0.10-base-plugins: to support basic audio hardware gstreamer0.10-good-plugins: well supported hardware gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins: not so well supported hardware gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins: might contain questionable license hardware (17/21) installing xfce4-session [################################################################] 100% Optional dependencies for xfce4-session fortune-mod: for xfce4-tips (18/21) installing xfce4-settings [################################################################] 100% Optional dependencies for xfce4-settings libcanberra: for sound control (19/21) installing xfdesktop [################################################################] 100% Optional dependencies for xfdesktop xfce4-panel: panel menu plugin (20/21) installing xfwm4 [################################################################] 100% (21/21) installing xfwm4-themes [################################################################] 100% [root@PogoLab ~]# sudo xfce4-panel
You should then be greeted by a lovely xfce panel interface to launch applications from.
hpc0 Keyword 15
Identification of chosen keyword (unless you update the section heading above).
Definition
Definition (in your own words) of the chosen keyword.
Demonstration
Demonstration of the chosen keyword.
If you wish to aid your definition with a code sample, you can do so by using a wiki code block, an example follows:
/* * Sample code block */ #include <stdio.h> int main() { return(0); }
Alternatively (or additionally), if you want to demonstrate something on the command-line, you can do so as follows:
lab46:~$ cd src lab46:~/src$ gcc -o hello hello.c lab46:~/src$ ./hello Hello, World! lab46:~/src$
hpc0 Keyword 16
Identification of chosen keyword (unless you update the section heading above).
Definition
Definition (in your own words) of the chosen keyword.
Demonstration
Demonstration of the chosen keyword.
If you wish to aid your definition with a code sample, you can do so by using a wiki code block, an example follows:
/* * Sample code block */ #include <stdio.h> int main() { return(0); }
Alternatively (or additionally), if you want to demonstrate something on the command-line, you can do so as follows:
lab46:~$ cd src lab46:~/src$ gcc -o hello hello.c lab46:~/src$ ./hello Hello, World! lab46:~/src$
hpc0 Objective
hpc0 Objective
State the course objective
Definition
In your own words, define what that objective entails.
Method
State the method you will use for measuring successful academic/intellectual achievement of this objective.
Measurement
Follow your method and obtain a measurement. Document the results here.
Analysis
Reflect upon your results of the measurement to ascertain your achievement of the particular course objective.
- How did you do?
- Is there room for improvement?
- Could the measurement process be enhanced to be more effective?
- Do you think this enhancement would be efficient to employ?
- Could the course objective be altered to be more applicable? How would you alter it?
Experiments
Experiment 4
Question
Can I forward an entire window manager via X11?
Resources
PogoPlug, GIYF
Hypothesis
I believe you can forward an entire window manager via X11 and SSH
Experiment
AirAndrew:~ asow123$ ssh -X andrew@67.241.242.136 andrew@67.241.242.136's password: Last login: Tue Apr 10 09:31:12 2012 from 50.42.61.239 __ __ ___ ______ /\ \ __/\ \ /\_ \ /\__ _\ \ \ \/\ \ \ \ __\//\ \ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ \/_/\ \/ ___ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ /'__`\\ \ \ /'___\ / __`\ /' __` __`\ /'__`\ \ \ \ / __`\ \ \ \_/ \_\ \/\ __/ \_\ \_/\ \__//\ \L\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ __/ \ \ \/\ \L\ \ \ `\___x___/\ \____\/\____\ \____\ \____/\ \_\ \_\ \_\ \____\ \ \_\ \____/ '\/__//__/ \/____/\/____/\/____/\/___/ \/_/\/_/\/_/\/____/ \/_/\/___/ ____ __ __ __ /\ _`\ /\ \ /\ \ /\ \ \ \ \L\ \___ __ ___\ \ \ __ \ \ \____\ \ \ \ \ ,__/ __`\ /'_ `\ / __`\ \ \ __ /'__`\ \ \ '__`\\ \ \ \ \ \/\ \L\ \/\ \L\ \/\ \L\ \ \ \L\ \/\ \L\.\_\ \ \L\ \\ \_\ \ \_\ \____/\ \____ \ \____/\ \____/\ \__/.\_\\ \_,__/ \/\_\ \/_/\/___/ \/___L\ \/___/ \/___/ \/__/\/_/ \/___/ \/_/ /\____/ \_/__/ [andrew@PogoLab ~]$ sudo xfce4-panel Password:
Data
Xfce then began to load atop my local machine.
Analysis
My hypothesis was correct, the window manager is a lot like a user application and therefor can be forwarded via the network.
Conclusions
This could be especially useful for remote configuration and administration.
Experiment 5
Question
What is the question you'd like to pose for experimentation? State it here.
Resources
Collect information and resources (such as URLs of web resources), and comment on knowledge obtained that you think will provide useful background information to aid in performing the experiment.
Hypothesis
Based on what you've read with respect to your original posed question, what do you think will be the result of your experiment (ie an educated guess based on the facts known). This is done before actually performing the experiment.
State your rationale.
Experiment
How are you going to test your hypothesis? What is the structure of your experiment?
Data
Perform your experiment, and collect/document the results here.
Analysis
Based on the data collected:
- Was your hypothesis correct?
- Was your hypothesis not applicable?
- Is there more going on than you originally thought? (shortcomings in hypothesis)
- What shortcomings might there be in your experiment?
- What shortcomings might there be in your data?
Conclusions
What can you ascertain based on the experiment performed and data collected? Document your findings here; make a statement as to any discoveries you've made.
Retest 2
Perform the following steps:
State Experiment
Whose existing experiment are you going to retest? Provide the URL, note the author, and restate their question.
Resources
Evaluate their resources and commentary. Answer the following questions:
- Do you feel the given resources are adequate in providing sufficient background information?
- Are there additional resources you've found that you can add to the resources list?
- Does the original experimenter appear to have obtained a necessary fundamental understanding of the concepts leading up to their stated experiment?
- If you find a deviation in opinion, state why you think this might exist.
Hypothesis
State their experiment's hypothesis. Answer the following questions:
- Do you feel their hypothesis is adequate in capturing the essence of what they're trying to discover?
- What improvements could you make to their hypothesis, if any?
Experiment
Follow the steps given to recreate the original experiment. Answer the following questions:
- Are the instructions correct in successfully achieving the results?
- Is there room for improvement in the experiment instructions/description? What suggestions would you make?
- Would you make any alterations to the structure of the experiment to yield better results? What, and why?
Data
Publish the data you have gained from your performing of the experiment here.
Analysis
Answer the following:
- Does the data seem in-line with the published data from the original author?
- Can you explain any deviations?
- How about any sources of error?
- Is the stated hypothesis adequate?
Conclusions
Answer the following:
- What conclusions can you make based on performing the experiment?
- Do you feel the experiment was adequate in obtaining a further understanding of a concept?
- Does the original author appear to have gotten some value out of performing the experiment?
- Any suggestions or observations that could improve this particular process (in general, or specifically you, or specifically for the original author).