The midterm is due by Monday 4:00 PM, March 4. 

Email your answers to ma194@ms.uky.edu with the Subject line "MIDTERM ANSWERS"


Each question is worth a total of 10 points.  Some questions may require you
to use the 'script' command.  If information is not available for a given 
section of the question, be sure to note that and explain why.

1. Using the altvista website, find the text of the recent Telecommunications
   Bill.  Save the text to a file, edit out everything but the section(s)
   dealing with the V-chip.  Email that to ma194=vchip@ms.uky.edu with the
   subject line "VCHIP"

2. Using nslookup, dig, traceroute and ping (as well as any other commands
   you find necessary), create a small network map of the following machines:

	t2.mscf.uky.edu
	t6.mscf.uky.edu
	snoopy.ate.uky.edu
	franklin.ate.uky.edu
	thomas.loc.gov
	c-span.org
	whitehouse.gov
	ftp.cc.gatech.edu

   Let each machine be a 'node' on the graph with at least the following 
   information:

	site name
	IP number
	Administrative or Technical Contact for the site or domain
	any users logged in (if any)
	The travel time for infomation between the site and pigpen.ate.uky.edu

   For the mapping aspect, plot the route between each of these machines and
   pigpen.ate.uky.edu, paying particular attention to routes with common
   paths.  (That is, if two machines share a common route up to a certain place,
   point that out.)


3. Using anonymous ftp, retrieve the file :
	ftp.cc.gatech.edu:/pub/linux/games/sokoban-src.tar.gz      

   Show the route packets took to get from that machine to yours.

   Unbundle the package and list the contents of the package.
   Change to the 'sokoban' directory and type 'make'.  Record the results.

4. Name three responsibilities of an operating system.

5. Define each of the following:

- Multiprocess operating system

- finger 

- user shell

- Command history

- A client/server pair (Give an example)


6. What command(s) would you use to do the following:

- Change your password

- See who logged on the current machine last week

- List all the entries in the /etc directory starting with the letter 'r'

- Show when the user chaney logged on during the month of January

- Lookup online information of the 'head' and 'tail' commands.


7. How would you permanently change your shell prompt to be:

		;-)X->--<

(Also known as the winking Bob Simon smiley doing jumping jacks)


8. How would you set/change your TERM environment variable?  How would
   you make the change permanent?

9. Explain what stdin, stdout and stderr are and show how you would
   redirect each in a command.  What is the difference between redirection
   and piping?

10. Explain what a 'PPP connection' is, including what someone needs in
    order to use it and any benefits of using it.  Be as verbose as you
    like, this is an essay question.


Extra credit: (1 pt each)

	What is sokoban?

	How do you enter two distinct commands on the same line?

	What was the hardest question on this test, why was it the hardest
        question and do you think you got it right?