Getting Started

• Objective
• Typical Tasks a User Will Perform
• Logging In and Getting to Work
  • The Standard Login Prompt
• Logging In - Entering Your Username and Password
• Exercise 2-1: Logging in to the classroom computer.
• Message of The Day
  • Your Prompt
  • Where Are You Located?
• What's In Your Directory?
• Where did all these files come from?
• Moving Around The System
• Exercise 2-2: Using "pwd" and "cd" to move around the filesystem.
• Who Else Is On The System?
• What Is The Computer Doing?
• Changing Your Password
• Getting Help
• Clearing the Display
• Showing the Date and Time
• Summary
• "Getting Started" Exercises