Final exam Fall 2024

Final exam Fall 2024#

Date: 12/17/2024, time: 6:40 pm - 9 pm

Number of exercises: 5. Each exercise has a maximum score.

In home directory of user hostadm, you need to create a new subdirectory, FINAL and a file within it, answers.txt, where you will be writing answers to the exam exercises.

In the file, first, put your name, then proceed with answering to the questions below. Please report all the commands and options used in each exercise.

All the exercises should be done on the VDI desktop solely.

1. Compilation and Makefiles (max score 8)#

  • On your desktop, download a tar archive from https://linuxcourse.rutgers.edu/Files/blas.tgz It contains source code files. Untar the archive.

  • A) Compile the source code files into one executable file blas.x. Make sure the executable, blas.x, can run and produce output.

  • B) Create static library libblas.a from blas0.c file.

  • C) Develop makefile Makefile, that includes targets for building library libblas.a and compilation for blas.x,as well as target clean for removing the compilation products.

2. Shell scripting (max score 6)#

By using shell scripting tools

  • A) Print out all the lines in file blas0.c that assign a value to i4_huge.

  • B) Assign value 2e9 to i4_huge everywhere in file blas0.c.

3. Python scripting (max score 8)#

  • A) Create python script exam1.py that accomplishes part A in Exercise 2. Run the script.

  • B) Create python script exam2.py that accomplishes part B in Exercise 2. Run the script.

4. Deploying VM appliance (max score 4)#

5. Port scans (max score 4)#

From your desktop, scan final2024 VM for open TCP ports. Post the command and the output in your report, answers.txt.

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