Tutorial 1 - Using Your Matrix Account

USING YOUR MATRIX ACCOUNT

Main Objectives of this Tutorial

• Learn how to access your Matrix server account from a remote computer.
• Learn several ways to exit your Matrix Linux Account session.
• Understand the Linux command structure and how to get help with Linux command usage.
• Become efficient with Linux command line editing by using short-cut keys.
• Issue a checking program (i.e. Shell Script) to confirm that you accessed your Matrix account.
• Perform LINUX PRACTICE QUESTIONS for additional practice

Tutorial Reference Material

Course Notes / Software		Linux Command/Shortcut Reference
Slides: PDF | PPTX Tutorials: HOWTO: Access Your Matrix Account Les Czegel's Week 1 Notes (HTML) Windows SSH client Software: SSH/SFTP Putty Bitvise SSH Client MovaXterm		Matrix Account Access logout , exit <ctrl><d> passwd Command Line Editing Bash Shell Shortcut Keys	General Linux Commands pwd cd ls cal date who , w whoami ,who am i clear , <ctrl><l>

KEY CONCEPTS

Purpose of Having a Matrix Linux Server Account

While attending Seneca College, you will be using many different computer systems. Some of these servers include: While attending Seneca College, you will be using many different computer systems. Some of these servers include:

my.senecacollege.ca	Learning Content Management System (Link to Resources / Student Grades / Online Quizzes)
ict.senecacollege.ca	Course website for same material as ULI101 WIKI (see below)
wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca	Student Notes / Tutorials / Practice Questions / Resources
matrix.senecacollege.ca	Linux Account for "hands-on Practice" and Assignment submission

A shell is an interface / interpreter to allow a user to communicate with the Linux computer system.

Although you need to study concepts (slides) throughout this course, you will also need to get hands-on practice running Linux commands as well as performing and submitting online.
This requires that you connect to a Linux server and become comfortable with issuing Linux commands.

In Unix/Linux, a shell is simply an interface to allow a user to communicate with the Linux computer system (server). Linux shells have evolved (improved) over a period of time. You will be using the Bash Shell which is considered to be user-friendly. By understanding how to issue Linux commands, you can create a file that contains Linux commands (called a shell script) later in this course to automate tasks to make you a more productive Linux user and system administrator.