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ASSIGNMENT BRIEF
HTU Course No: 40201341 HTU Course Name: Operating Systems
BTEC UNIT No: H/618/7486 BTEC UNIT Name: Operating Systems
Version: 1
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Assignment Brief
Student Name/ID
Number/Section
HTU Course Number and Title 40201341 Operating Systems
BTEC Course Number and Title H/618/7486 Operating Systems
Academic Year 2022/2023
Assignment Author Nayef Abu-Ageel
Course Tutor Nayef Abu-Ageel
Assignment Title System Specialist
Assignment Ref No Assignment 1
Issue Date 16/5/2023
Formative Assessment dates Every week until 1/06/2023
Submission Date Part 1: 18-6-2023 (11:59PM)
Part 2: 18-6-2023 (11:59PM)
IV Name & Date Eng. Hana Al Rasheed – 16/5/2023
Submission Format
Part 1 Project
You are required to provide the following deliverables.
Project Report
Recorded Video:
Upload a recorded video of Tasks 1-15 on YouTube and make sure to make it Publicly
accessible or Unlisted sharing.
Oral Assessment of the Project
Part 2 Research
You must submit a report that adheres to the below format and requirements.
Research Report
Oral Assessment of the Research
Report format and requirements:
Submit two separate reports: one report for Part 1 and one for Part 2. Each report should:
- be submitted on https://elearning.htu.edu.jo
- be written in a concise, formal business style using single spacing and font size 12.
- make use of headings, paragraphs, and subsections as appropriate.
- include screenshots and explanations for each of the tasks.
- be referenced using the Harvard referencing system as needed. Provide a bibliography using
the Harvard referencing system.
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- be word processed document, no handwriting will be accepted.
You must sign and submit the declaration form.
Unit Learning Outcomes
LO1 Investigate different Operating Systems, their functions and user interfaces.
LO2 Explore the processes managed by an Operating System.
LO3 Demonstrate the use of DOS, Windows, UNIX and Linux.
LO4 Analyse appropriate techniques and technologies used in distributed and concurrent systems.
Assignment Brief and Guidance
Part 1 Project
OpSoft Inc. recently hired you as a system specialist within an administration team using the Red
Hat Linux environment to manage the company’s operations. Your supervisor asked you to
demonstrate common commands on different operating systems by doing the following tasks as
part of your training:
1. Create Server1 machine in Red Hat Linux Using a virtualization platform such as VMware,
VirtualBox, or KVM.
Systems setup:
Hostname: server1.tshoot.com
IP: 192.168.1.150/24
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 8.8.8.8
username: root
password: HTU@2023
2. The system time should be set to your time-zone and ensure that NTP sync in configured.
3. Repositories are available on the repo server at:
http://server1.tshoot.com/BaseOS
http://server1.tshoot.com /AppStream
4. Make sure that the firewalld is enabled, if it is not enabled, activate it, and show the
services dependent on the firewalld.
5. Verify that client is using the network, IP, DNS & GW settings as mentioned above in the
instructions. If not, then make necessary corrections.
6. Add the following secondary IP Address statically to your currently running interface. It
should be done in such a way that it doesn’t compromise your existing settings.
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IPv4 – 10.0.0.100/24
IPv6 - fd01::100/64
7. After installation is complete, explore the built-in help features:
• Use man pages to research the fstab file.
• What are the differences between the various man page sections? Admins primarily use
sections 1, 5, and 8—why?
• Turn off the use of colors in the output of the ls command. After finding the relevant
option, you need to save it to the /home/student/lscolor.txt text file.
8. You are working on a server named "server1”:
• Display the first 5 lines of the /etc/bin/sudoers send the output to the
/home/student/headtail.txt file.
• Additionally, you need to display the last nine lines of the same file and append the output
to the /home/student/headtail.txt file.
9. You will create individual directories for each department (sales, marketing, human
resources, IT, engineering) at the root of the filesystem in Red Hat Linux. Remember to
execute the commands with administrative privileges to ensure successful directory
creation.
10. Configure standard Linux permissions and ownership such that each group only has access
to its own departmental directories. For example, the sales group has access to the /sales
directory but not to other departments' directories.
• After completing and testing the previous step, Configure sticky bit on the sales directory.
• Create three files inside the sales directory called test1, test2, and test3, but make this
directory a shared folder so that any user can access and modify his files. Make the IT
directory and the whole sales directory read-only for the owner and the group.
11. Create User Accounts and Assign Files:
• Create user accounts for abeer, malak, mohamed, and ahmed.
• All user passwords should expire after 60 days and be set expire warning message before
3 days.
• Users abeer and malak should be in the “sales” group.
• Users mohamed & ahmed should be in the “IT” group.
• Set abeer as the owner of the /HR directory and restrict access to the /HR directory to
only members of the HR group.
12. Through the malak user, change the password of the abeer user.
13. Determine the process using the most memory resources on server1 and terminate it.
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14. Depending on vim, create four child process: file 1, file 2, file 3, and file 4, working in the
background, after that, Kill the child process of file 3.
15. In the end , search for files with a size of more than 30 kilobytes in system.
16. Using Windows PowerShell, perform the following tasks:
a. Create the following individual directories: sales, marketing, human resources, IT,
engineering at the root of the filesystem.
b. Create three files inside the sales directory called test1, test2, and test3.
c. Copy test1, test2, and test3 into the IT directory.
d. Write a script to get system date.
e. Create a text file called text1 in the marketing directory.
Part 2 Research
You are requested to do research on the following items:
1. Summarise what an operating system is and how it works with reference to different
examples.
2. Research the evolution of operating systems.
3. Discuss the importance of operating systems.
4. Research the process of Memory Management in an Operating System.
5. Investigate the process of job scheduling. Include at least three scheduling algorithms.
6. Illustrate the importance of resource management in an operating system to aid its
efficiency.
7. Analyze the security of different operating systems.
8. Explore the core features modern operating systems will require to meet future needs.
9. Assess how the features of modern operating systems will support the development of
future needs such as automating common tasks based on user habits.
10. Analyse the security of different operating systems.
11. Evaluate the functionality, interface design and processes of a range of operating
systems. Your evaluation should include mobile operating systems like Android and iOS
equipped with AI-based voice assistants.
12. Evaluate the role of different operating systems in meeting the needs of future
technologies and the implications on security. Examples of future technologies to
consider include artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT).
13. Describe how the Windows and Linux operating systems represent processes and
threads. What resources are used when a thread is created? How do they differ from
those used when a process is created?
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14. Compare how different commands are carried out on different operating systems.
Consider at least Linux and Windows operating systems.
Assessment Criteria
Pass Merit Distinction
LO1 Investigate different Operating Systems, their functions and user interfaces. D1 Evaluate the functionality,
interface design and
P1 Summarise what an operating system is M1 Discuss the importance processes of a range of
and how it works with reference to different of operating systems. operating systems.
examples.
P2 Research the evolution of operating
systems.
LO2 Explore the processes managed by an Operating System
P3 Research the process of Memory M2 Illustrate the importance of
Management in an Operating System. resource management in an
P4 Investigate the process of job scheduling. operating system to aid its
efficiency.
LO3 Demonstrate the use of different operating systems with a range of
commands.
D2 Evaluate the role of
P5 Demonstrate common commands on M3 Analyse the security of different operating system in
different operating systems. different operating systems. meeting the needs of future
P6 Compare how different commands are technologies and the
carried out on different operating systems. implications on security.
L04 Examine how operating systems will function in the future and the
implications on security.
P7 Explore the core features modern operating M4 Assess how the features of
systems will require to meet future needs. modern operating systems will
support the development of
future needs.
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STUDENT ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION AND
DECLARATION
When submitting evidence for assessment, each student must sign a declaration confirming
that the work is their own.
Student name: Assessor name: Nayef Abu-Ageel
Issue date: Submission date: Submitted on:
May 16, 2023 18-6-2023 (11:59PM)
Programme: Computing
Course Name: Operating System
HTU Course Code: 40201341 BTEC UNIT: 50
Assignment number and title:
No. 1: System Specialist
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who break the rules, however innocently, may be penalized. It is your responsibility to ensure
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