Homework 4: Remote Access, Command Prompt and Directories

CS 110 • 10 Points Total
Due on-line Mon. Feb. 12, 2018

Assignment

For this assignment, you are to learn how to remotely connect to the CEFNS Remote Server and make your own CS110 folder, gaining some familiarity with command-line interaction. To show proof of your submission (use the printscreen function on your computer, e.g. some Windows machines use Alt-PrintScrn to copy and paste the results into a document.

Here are the steps:

  1. Remotely log onto CEFNS with your own computer. Instructions for your computer can be found at: http://nau.edu/CEFNS/IT/Services/ and scroll to "Remote Services".

  2. Look for: "Connecting to Remote Desktop Servers" for your computer.

  3. Read/follow the instructions to make a remote desktop connection to CEFNS from your PC or Mac.

  4. At the CEFNS Desktop screen, click the "Start Button" and enter "Command" to start the Command Window.

  5. At the Command Window Prompt(to make/create a CS110 directory), type: "mkdir CS110"

  6. To change to that new CS110 directory, type: "cd cs110"

  7. To create a small sample file, type: "echo This is a sample text file > sample.txt"

  8. To display that file, type: "type sample.txt"

  9. To move back to your original directory, type: "cd .." (cd space dot dot --- cd stands for change directory)

  10. To save this work, take a screenshot of your work

  11. To exit, type "exit"
Reference: there is a nice summary of what we are doing with this assignment at this web site.

Paste your screenshot into a Word document. Type your name, "CS 110 HW4: Remote Access, Command Prompt and Directories", and the date completed --- at the top of your paper and upload into Blackboard Learn by the due date. Remember the filenaming convention of Lastname_Firstname_HW4.docx or something similar.