COMP 2400 Software Tools

Goals: Basics of different shells. Account creation

• Originally there was sh (bourne shell)
• now c-shell, tc-shell, bash, zsh, korn etc.
• class discussion limited to bash
• to create an account (need to have root access)
  --mkdir for the user (/home/loginname)
  --useradd loginname(adds the user to passwd file)
  --give permissions and ownership using chmod
  --set a password
• $ ls lists the directory contents
  -- try -F, -l, -a, -t options & their combinations 
• $ pwd //gives the present working directory
• $ history //prints all the commands issued

Useful LInks:

• UNIX Tutorial for Beginners