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LAB 1 : Installing Ubuntu and
managing User and Groups in
Ubuntu
Duration : 6 Hours

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this laboratory session, you should be able to:

1. To install virtualBox or VMware and Linux distro UBUNTU 11.0
3. To create 3 partition during installation (primary(root), swap and home).
4. Expose to the GNOME Desktop.
5. Use applications in GNOME Desktop.
6. To create new user and delete user using Command Line Interface (CLI) and Graphical User
Interface (GUI).
7. To create new group and assign members to the group.
Hardware/ Software: Computer, virtualBox or VMWare, Linux (Ubuntu)
Activity 1A
Activity Outcome : Install virtualBox and Linux distro Ubuntu 11.0
Step 1 : Copy 2 files : Ubuntu 11.10 and virtualBox 4.1 / VMWare


Step 2 : install the virtualBox 4.1


Step 3 : Click New and (follow the <NEXT>step)

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Step 4 : Enter the OS name Ubuntu and type as Linux and Ubuntu


Step 5 : Click on Start button to install Ubuntu on top of VirtualBox



Step 6 : In Media Source select the Ubuntu .iso file and click the Next button. When the above
box appears, tick Something else, to create or resize partitions for Ubuntu and click Continue


Step 7 : After clicking Continue button, new popup window named Create a new partition
display like above, click on create a new partition, and choose the / (root) for Mount point then
click resize the size 4000 megabytes then click ok button.


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Step 8 : Next create /home partition and choose the /home at Mount point. Resize the size 2000
megabytes then click OK


Step 9 : Repeat the same step and resize the new partition size for 2000 and in use as menu,
choose swap area to create swap partition. After finish, click the install now button.


Step 10 : After finish installing Ubuntu, go to Terminal and use command l sbl k to check the
partition created.

Activity 1B
Activity Outcome: To use Workspace Switcher

Step 1 : Click in Workspaces icon as below


Step 2 : The desktop will be split into 4 part
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Step 3 : Click on right left desktop to return to the first switcher. Now user can switch to any
workspace to access the application that already opened.
Note: User can manage their working space using Workspace Switcher. For example the first
workspace, user can put web browser and for the second workspace, user wanted to put word
processor. We can use 4 Workspace Switchers.

Activity 1C
Activity Outcome: To adjust setting in Desktop Preferences

Change Appearance
Step 1 : Click menu System Setting >Appearance

Step 2 : On Appearance window, user can change theme, background.

Step 3 : Explore all the applications in Appearance Window.
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Change Screen setting
Step 4 : Click menu System Setting >Screen.

Step 5 : Explore all the Turn Off after setting

Step 6 : Adjust the regarding these computers idle after to 1 minute and click close.
Step 7 : Idle and wait for 1 minute. See the output.

Change Universal Access
Step 8 : Click menu System Setting >Universal Access

Step 9 : Adjust the display, Text size and notification when Caps and Num Lock used.


Step 10 : Adjust depends on you like. Explore it.
Activity 1D
Activity Outcome : Change user environment

Step 1 : Change your user environment from user to root
Step 2 : Type command su (superuser) and root password in order to change into root
environment.

Step 3 : Symbol # indicates that youre in root environment
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Activity 1E
Activity Outcome: Use terminal (command line interface) to create new user

Step 1 : Add new user in Ubuntu by using adduser command
adduser [ user name]

Step 2 : Enter user password twice.

Step 3 : Enter user information as per request (Full Name, Room Number, Work Phone, Home
Phone and Other information).


Step 4 : Adding user process as per above figure
Activity 1F
Activity Outcome: Use GUI (Graphical User Interface) to create new user

Step 1 : Go to System settings User account












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Step 2 : New popup windows Users Settings appear.


Step 3 : Click on Add buttons to add new user in Create New User windows. Enter new user
Name and Short Name and click OK.


Step 4 : Change User Password windows appear and enter New password and Confirmation
and click OK.







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Step 5 : New added user listed in user setting windows.

Activity 1G
Activity Outcome: Use terminal (command line interface) to delete user

Step 1 : List down user in Ubuntu by using any of approach as below
Approach 1


Approach 2



Step 2 : After verify the username to be deleted, use command user del in order to delete
user
user del r [ user name]
- Option r to delete the home directory


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Activity 1H
Activity Outcome: Use GUI (Graphical User Interface) to delete user

Step 1 : In User Settings windows, click on username to be deleted and click Delete.


Step 2 : After click on Delete button, new pop-up windows appear with 3 option of deletion.
Option Action
Keep files Delete user but keep all the files created by that particular user
Dont remove Account Undo deletion of user
Delete Files Delete user and the files














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LAB Exercise 1:

Instructions:
Answer all questions.

1. Specify the minimum hardware requirements for: (2 marks)
a. Client
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b. Server
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2. Use l sbl k and state the output appear in your terminal (3 marks)
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3. List another 2 command that have same function with su command. (2 marks)
a.
b.

4. Write a command to set root password (1 marks)
a.

Question 3 and 4 will be refer to picture below
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5. Write the command to add groups and members as above picture (6 marks)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

6. Assign user in group members as above picture (2 marks)
a.
b.

7. Using usermod command add the user in non_members group (2 marks)
a.
b.

8. Check user ID for members group member (farid & aina) and GID for members (2 marks)
a.
b.
c.

9. Change the UID for user name neena into UID 2000 (2 marks)
a.

10. Change the GID for group non_members GID 3000 (2 marks)
a.









Group : members







Group : non_members
Khai
Neena
Farid Aina
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11. List the file that involve when add new user in Ubuntu (3 marks)
a.
b.
c.

12. Capture screen the content of /etc/passwd and /etc/group file (2 marks)




























(30 Marks)



Conclusion
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