Sun Fundamentals of Solaris 7 EU-118 Student Guide With Instructor Notes phần 3 pdf

Using the correct mouse and Front Panel buttons, switch from thedefault workspace display to Workspace Three.. Click on the Text Note icon on the Front Panel to open a Text Note... Check

Exercise: Accessing Your System

Exercise objective – In this exercise, you will practice logging in on

the command line, changing your password, logging out, and otherbasic CDE skills

Tasks

Complete the following steps:

1 Obtain a user name and password from your instructor

2 Log in to the system using the Command Line Login option

3 Change the password tomypass1

4 Log out of the system

5 Log back in to the system using the Command Line Login optionand the new password, then log back out

6 At the CDE login screen, enter the following (incorrect) details:

Login Name: nosuchuser

Password: wrong

Observe the information displayed on the screen

7 At the CDE login screen, enter your own (correct) details and log

in to a CDE session

8 Using the correct mouse and Front Panel buttons, switch from thedefault workspace display to Workspace Three From WorkspaceThree, switch back to Workspace One

9 Click on the Text Note icon on the Front Panel to open a Text Note

Exercise: Accessing Your System

14 Reduce the Text Note window back to its previous size

15 Type some text into the Text Note window, then attempt to closethe window

16 Confirm that you want to close the window without saving thetext

17 Exit from your current CDE session

18 Confirm that you want to log out

19 Once you are back at the CDE Login Screen, log in again usingyour allocated login name and password

Exercise: Accessing Your System

Exercise Summary

Discussion – Take a few minutes to discuss what experiences, issues,

or discoveries you had during the lab exercises

✓ Manage the discussion here based on the time allowed for this module, which was given

in the “About This Course” module If you find you do not have time to spend on

discussion, then just highlight the key concepts students should have learned from the lab exercise.

● Experiences

✓ Ask students what their overall experiences with this exercise have been You might want

to go over any trouble spots or especially confusing areas at this time.

✓ Explore with students how they might apply what they learned in this exercise to

situations at their workplace.

Exercise: Accessing Your System

Exercise Solutions

2 Log in to the system using the Command Line Login option

Click on Option button on CDE Login screen Click on Command Line Login Press Return and enter your login name at the prompt, followed

by the assigned password.

3 Change the password tomypass1

$ passwd

old password:

new password:

re-enter new password:

4 Log out of the system

$exit

Check Your Progress

Before continuing on to the next module, check that you are able toaccomplish or answer the following:

❑ List the characteristics of an effective password

❑ Change your password

❑ Describe the function of a mouse button

❑ Log in and log out of a system from the command line

❑ Log in and out of a CDE session

❑ Manipulate windows within the CDE

❑ Invoke and use menus and menu bars

Think Beyond

On a UNIX system, it is not unusual for users to be forced to changetheir passwords on a regular basis What are some reasons for this?

Upon completion of this module, you should be able to

● Describe the arrangement of the Front Panel

● Add workspaces to the Front Panel

● Remove workspaces from the Front Panel

● Rename workspaces

● Minimize the Front Panel

● Open the Front Panel window from the icon

● Lock your workstation

● Add an application to a Front Panel subpanel

● Customize your workspace

✓ Present the following question to stimulate the students and get them thinking about the issues and topics presented in this module While they are not expected to know the answer to the question, the answer should be of interest to them and inspire them to learn the content presented in this module.

Discussion – What tasks do you complete most often? How do you

access the necessary tools?

Does your screen typically provide enough room for you to arrangeyour open applications? How do you manage all the applications youneed running or open?

The Front Panel Arrangement

Applicationssubpanel

Filessubpanel

Cardssubpanel

Linkssubpanel

Workspacebuttons

Workspacebuttons

Helpsubpanel

Hostssubpanel

PersonalPrinterssubpanel

Toolssubpanel

The Front Panel Arrangement

The Front Panel allows you to manage applications, files, and networkservices easily The Front Panel has been organized to include icons for

a web browser, text notes, and a performance meter The subpanelscontain cascading submenus for ease of navigation Click on an up-arrow button to open a subpanel; click on an item in a subpanel torun it

The spinning globe above the Exit button indicates the system is busy.When it is clicked on, it will prompt you for a uniform resource locator(URL), pathname, host, email address, and so forth to open

Front Panel Menu Button

At the top left side of the Front Panel is the Front Panel window menubutton If this is selected, a menu of choices is displayed

Front Panel Menu Button

From this menu, it is possible to perform the following actions:

● Move the Front Panel to another location on screen This can also

be done by dragging the Front Panel to a new position by one ofthe move handles

● Minimize the Front Panel display

● Lower the Front Panel display behind overlapping windows

● Refresh the entire workspace display

● Log out from the CDE session

Alternate ways of minimizing, restoring, and logging out arediscussed later in this module

Locking the Display

LockButton

Locking the Display

Left clicking on the Display Lock button on the Front Panel locks thescreen The backdrop will be blank, by default, and the PasswordPrompt box will be displayed for only a short time

To bring the password prompt back to the display, move the mouse orpress a key on the keyboard Once the display has been locked, it canonly be unlocked by entering the correct password for the user wholocked the screen

Note – If a user locks the display and has forgotten the password, the

root user (superuser) can enter the root password to unlock the display.

Workspace Buttons

Workspace Buttons

As mentioned in Module 2, ‘‘Accessing Your System,” there are fourworkspaces available when you start your first CDE session You canadd a number of additional workspaces, each of which takes up thewhole display area of the screen

If you click the right mouse button while the pointer is situated overthe workspace buttons area, you will be given a menu of options One

of these options is to add a workspace A limited menu will appear ifthe pointer is positioned over the area between the workspace buttons,instead of over the button itself

When a new workspace is added, it will be given the name New

Workspaces can be deleted from the Front Panel area by using theWorkspace Buttons menu’s Delete option.

Minimizing the Front Panel

Single click

to minimizethe FrontPanel

Double-click

to openthe FrontPanel

Workspace name

Minimizing the Front Panel

Minimize the Front Panel by clicking on the Minimize button at thetop right corner of the Front Panel window The resulting icon willshow the name of the current workspace immediately below it Torestore the Front Panel display, double-click on the Front Panel icon

If the icon is hidden behind another window, you can either:

● Lower the overlapping windows until you can see the Front Panelicon

or

● Keep pressing the Alt-Tab keys until the Front Panel icon isbrought to the front of the overlapping windows displayed onyour screen

The Workspace Menu

Note – The Workspace Menu on your system may look different than

that pictured above

The Workspace Menu

The Workspace menu provides easy mouse access to all yourapplications, tools, and files through cascading submenus Move thepointer to the backdrop, then press the right mouse button to displaythe Workspace menu; choose any submenu

Voice and Text Note Applications

Voice and Text Note Applications

The Voice Notes application lets you personalize your mail messages.Select Voice Note from the Applications subpanel to record voiceinput Note that selecting Voice Note starts up Audio in record mode

A microphone or voice input device is necessary for this application towork

Text Notes lets you create Post-It™ style notes on your workspace.Select Text Note from the Applications subpanel to record text input.The note can then be minimized and left on your workspace as areminder You can drag notes into mail messages as mail attachments

Address Manager

Customizing Your Workspace With Style Manager

Customizing Your Workspace With Style Manager

● Backdrop – Set the workspace backdrop display

● Keyboard – Set key-click and key-repeat characteristics

● Mouse – Set mouse button positions, acceleration, and threshold

values

● Beep – Set the tone and duration of the beep

● Screen – Set screen blanking characteristics and lock background

programs

● Window – Set the behavior controls for windows and icons

● Startup – Set the logout and CDE session startup controls

Style Manager Options

Color Control

The color controls enable you to select a color system for the backdrop,window borders, window pane, and menu areas of the display Eachwill be set to a color based on the palette chosen from the list Once apalette is chosen, it can be modified to suit your needs by clicking onModify Color changes will apply to all workspaces

Style Manager Options

Font

Changing the font size will alter the display character size of the nextand subsequent windows opened The text size in the Help Viewerdocuments are not affected by changing font size

Style Manager Options

Backdrop

The Backdrop choice enables you to change the background for thecurrent workspace Color choices you make will also affect thebackdrop appearance

Each workspace can have a different backdrop applied to it

Style Manager Options

Keyboard

The Keyboard controls enable you to turn key repeating on or off

If you want to have the keys make a sound when they are pressed,you can adjust the click volume to be as loud as possible

If the value is set to zero (0), the keyclick is effectively turned off

If any changes have been made to the settings, selecting the Defaultbutton will set the values back to those shown in the Style Managerillustration (page 3-22)

Style Manager Options

Mouse

Changing handedness of the mouse will reverse mouse buttons 1 and

3 Button 2 can be used to select text or objects (Adjust) or drop objects (Transfer) If Adjust is selected, transfer actions (drag) willrequire the use of mouse button 1

drag-and-The maximum time between clicks of a double-click can be adjusted.Changes to this will become effective with a new login session

Style Manager Options

Beep

The volume of the beep noise can be set to a value between 0 and 100

If set to 0, the beep noise will effectively be turned off

Tone will determine the pitch of the beep, from 82 to 9000 Hertz

The duration of the beep noise can be set to last up to 2.5 seconds

Style Manager Options

Screen

The Screen controls enable you to designate which screensaver

Style Manager Options

Window

This control allows you to designate how windows and icons can bemanipulated

Style Manager Options

Startup

Setting the Home Session saves the current work session windows asthe default windows to open when the next Home session is started Ifyou choose Set Home Session, this will override any previously savedinformation You can choose to either return to the session as it iswhen you log out (Current session) or to your Home session whenyou log back in

Turning off the Logout Confirmation Dialog option means that youwill automatically be logged out when the Exit button is selected,

Notes

Customizing Subpanels

ApplicationManagerIcon

Customizing Subpanels

The subpanels or pull-up menus located on the Front Panel enable you

to add desired applications for easier access It is easy to add anddelete new action buttons for launching your most frequently usedapplications or scripts You can add applications to the subpanel menulist by dragging the appropriate icon from the Application Managerwindow display and dropping it on the Install Icon area of thesubpanel Many frequently used applications can be found by clicking

on the Applications icon on the Applications subpanel

To manipulate an icon on a subpanel or delete it from the subpanel,right click on the desired icon This displays a menu of options relating

to the icon Subpanels can be “torn off” and placed on the workspace

by using the same method you use to move a window

You can place the most frequently used icons on your Front Panel

Application Manager

Application Manager

The Application Manager window contains six folders

Open the Desktop folders to see icons which can be added to asubpanel This is achieved by dragging and dropping the desired icon

on the Install Icon area of the subpanel Once the icon has been added

to the subpanel, that application can be invoked from the subpanelitself

Icons can also be added to the Front Panel by right clicking in a blankarea of the Front Panel and then clicking Add Icon

Note – An application icon can be placed on the workspace display in

the same way The application is then available directly from theworkspace

Exercise: Using the Front Panel

Exercise objective – In this lab you will customize the Front Panel

using the skills you have learned in this module

Tasks

Complete these steps:

1 Switch between each workspace by clicking on the appropriateworkspace button

2 Lock your display so that only you can return to your CDEsession

3 Invoke the Style Manager and undertake each of the followingtasks:

▼ Increase the size of your font display

▼ Change the backdrop of your current workspace

▼ Change the backdrop of workspace Three

▼ Turn on the keyboard click capability

▼ Change your Startup controls so that you are not requested toconfirm when you log out

▼ Set your Home Session to the current active windows

▼ Set CDE to return to your Home Session

4 Log out from your CDE session, then log back in to see what haschanged

Exercise: Using the Front Panel

Tasks

5 Open the Application Manager from the Applications subpaneland add the following two objects to the Applications subpanel.(You will have to find the appropriate icons in the ApplicationManager’s folders.)

a Customize your desktops so that their names reflect projects

or programs you work with

b Make each backdrop different and make any othercustomizations that you prefer (for instance, whether awindow is active when clicked in or when the pointer is in thewindow, font size, screen locking characteristics)

c Have all minimized icons be displayed in an icon box on thedesktop

d Once you have made your changes, log out in such a way that

Exercise: Using the Front Panel

Exercise Summary

Discussion – Take a few minutes to discuss what experiences, issues,

or discoveries you had during the lab exercises

✓ Manage the discussion here based on the time allowed for this module, which was given

in the “About This Course” module If you find you do not have time to spend on

discussion, then just highlight the key concepts students should have learned from the lab exercise.

● Experiences

✓ Ask students what their overall experiences with this exercise have been You might want

to go over any trouble spots or especially confusing areas at this time.

✓ Explore with students how they might apply what they learned in this exercise to

situations at their workplace.