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→INVESTIGATION 1: BOOTING KNOPPIX (LIVE LINUX) VIA VIRTUALBOX
# Allow '''time''' for the Knoppix Linux distribution to start. This is a '''graphical Linux distribution''' which will start-up in a desktop environment.<br><br>'''NOTE:''' You are '''NOT''' prompted for a ''username'' and ''password'' because this is a Linux Live distribution and you have been assigned a '''generic account'''.<br><br>
# '''Click''' the '''Knoppix Start button''' (refer to <u>left</u> icon in diagram on right). In the '''Knoppix menu''', select '''System Tools'''<br><br>[[Image:xterm.png|thumb|right|280px|The '''Konsole''' application will display the Bash shell to issue Linux commands.]]
# In the '''system tools ''' menu, and select '''Konsole''' to launch a terminal application.<br><br>'''FYI:''' To '''increase''' font size, press '''ctrl+''' to '''reduce''' font size, press '''ctrl-'''.<br>You can drag the Konsole terminal window from the bottom-right corner<br>to increase the window size.<br><br>
# In the bash shell, issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">whoami</span><br><br>What is the name of your generic Knoppix Linux Live account?<br>On your Knoppix live OS, there is a '''generic''' user called "'''knoppix'''" that can<br>be accessed <u>without</u> a password. This account has its own home directory.<br><br>Let's test this out by using the ssh command to connect to your Matrix account.<br>Your Knoppix virtual machine uses your host computer's operating system which<br>is already connected to '''Seneca's GlobalProtect VPN'''.<br><br>
<!-- # Issue the following Linux command to '''download''' a Bash Shell script to connect<br>to the '''Seneca GlobalProtect VPN''':<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">wget itas.senecacollege.ca/~mark.fernandes/vpn</span><br><br>
