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Tutorial 1: Using Your Matrix Server Account

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:* Performing '''Online Linux Assignments''' ('''3''')
===Connecting to the Seneca Global PortalGlobalProtect Student VPN===[[Image:gp1.png|thumb|right|130px|'''Seneca Global PortalGlobalProtect Student VPN''' ]]
Seneca College is "rolling-out" additional measures to improve '''network security'''. One of these measures is to implement '''multi-factored authentication'''. As of '''September 2020''', all Seneca College students are required to connect to the '''Seneca Global PortalGlobalProtect Student VPN''' in order to be able to connect to their '''Matrix''' Linux account.<br><br>''<b>Multi-factor authentication</b> is an electronic authentication method in which a computer user is granted access to a website or application only after successfully presenting two or more pieces of evidence (or factors) to an authentication mechanism: knowledge (something the user and only the user knows).'' Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication<br><br>You should have received an email message (also available in course announcements) regarding how to setup your Smart Phone to connect and valid via the Seneca Global PortalGlobalProtect Student VPN. '''NOTE:''' If you haven't done this yet, please perform the steps provided in the following link:<br>https://employees.senecacollege.ca/spaces/77/it-services/wiki/view/3722/student-vpn<br><br>
In the next investigation, you will learn how to '''connect''' to and '''login''' to your Matrix server account from a remote computer<br>such as your '''home desktop computer''', '''laptop''' or '''tablet''' computer.<br><br>
===Connecting to Your Matrix Account===
[[Image:cli-prompt.png|right|80px|]]
After connecting to the Seneca Global PortalGlobalProtect Student VPN, you can open a '''command terminal'''<br>in your '''Newer Windows 10''', '''Mac''' or '''Linux''' computer and issue the following command:<br><br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;">ssh senecauserid@matrix.senecacollege.ca</span><br><br>
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You can also click on the following link to '''download''' and '''install''' a graphical SSH application for your Windows machine:<br>http://www.sfsu.edu/ftp/win/ssh/SSHSecureShellClient-3.2.9.exe<br><br>
===CONNECTING TO YOUR MATRIX ACCOUNT FROM A COMMAND LINE TERMINAL===
[[Image:gp1.png|thumb|right|130px|The '''Global PortalGlobalProtect Student VPN''' service must be connected.]]
You will now learn a quick and simple method of connecting to your Matrix account by opening<br>a text-based '''terminal''' (in any OS) and issuing the '''ssh command'''.<br><br>
'''Perform the Following Steps:'''
# Before proceeding, make certain that your '''Seneca Global Portal GlobalProtect Student VPN is connected'''.<br><br>If you haven't set this up, refer to the following link for instructions;<br>https://employees.senecacollege.ca/spaces/77/it-services/wiki/view/3722/student-vpn<br><br>'''NOTE:''' You only have to connect to your Seneca Global Portal GlobalProtect student VPN once during the day,<br>or while you are logged into your computer.<br><br>
# Determine which '''operating system''' that your computer is using.<br><br>
# Try connecting to your Matrix account using the instructions in the '''table''' below based on <u>your</u> '''current operating system'''.<br><br>
# Press the <span style="font-family:courier;color:blue;font-weight:bold">ctrl-u</span> key combination to clear the line.<br><br>
# Press the <span style="font-family:courier;color:blue;font-weight:bold">ctrl-l</span> key combination. What happens? What is the advantage of using '''ctrl-u''' as opposed to '''ctrl-l'''?<br><br>The Bash shortcut keys that you just learned are sufficient to perform Bash Shell editing.<br>Although you are NOT required to learn other short-cut keys, here is a link to a listing in case you are interested:<br>[https:// ostechnix.com/list-useful-bash-keyboard-shortcuts/ Useful Bash Shell Keyboard Shortcuts]<br><br>
'''Running a Shell Script to Check Student Online Tutorial Participation'''
Some professors will require students successfully perform these online tutorials for marks (within a deadline). <br>In order to confirm that you successfully performed a tutorial, you will be required to run a program<br>(or in later tutorials, several programs) to prove that you successfully completed tasks in a tutorial.
# Make certain that your current directory is '''your home directory'''<br>By entering the following Linux command:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">cd</span><br><br>
#Issue the following command to run a checking script (the beginning character is "~" is tidle. You get this character by pressing SHIFT + ` which is the key to the left of the number 1 on your keyboard ):<br><span style="font-family:courier;color:blue;font-weight:bold">~uli101/week1-check</span><br><br>The beginning character "'''~'''" is called '''tilde'''. You get this character by pressing '''SHIFT''' + '''`'''<br>(which is the key to the left of the number 1 on your keyboard). <br><br># Your screen should clear and indicate that you have proved that you have successfully logged in.<br><br># An email will be sent to your Seneca email as '''confirmation''' in case your ULI101 professor is assigning marks to these tutorials. <br><br>Keep those confirmation email messages for the duration of this semester as proof that you have completed those checking scripts in case there is a discrepancy in tutorial grades.<br><br>
===Part 2: Performing Online Assignments ===
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