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OPS235 Lab 1

270 bytes added, 09:46, 11 September 2019
Changed a few commands to use the code style.
#Refer to the Information box regarding how to access the admin account from the command line.
#Issue the command <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.3em;">su</span></code></b>. This will switch you to the '''root account'''. From there, issue the '''<b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.3em;">pwd''' </span></code></b> and '''<b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.3em;">whoami''' </span></code></b> commands to confirm your directory pathname. When finished logout of this account using the command <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.3em;">exit</span></code></b>.#Issue the command <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.3em;">su - </span></code></b> . Issue the '''<b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.3em;">pwd''' </span></code></b> and '''<b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.3em;">whoami''' </span></code></b> commands to confirm your directory pathname. What do you notice are the main differences between using '''su''' versus using '''su -''' ?
# An installation log file called <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">/var/log/anaconda/packaging.log</span></code></b> has been created to record the installation of your c7host machine. This file is an ASCII file which can be viewed with the <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.2em;">more</span></code></b> command.
# You can make use of this file to determine how many packages have been installed: complete the following command to count the number of packages that are labelled "Installing" in the installation log file: