Welcome to the System Commands VM

Get started with the course VM

• Your VM assignments can be found at the directory /opt/se2001/<assignment_name>/

• Your solution has to be present in directory ~/se2001/<assignment name>/

• Once you have completed the assignment specified in the /opt/se2001/<assignment_name>/README.md, you have to run synchro eval from the respective assignment directory ~/se2001/<assignment name>/

• If you get the below output, your code is passed and your submission is recorded.

Evaluation Successful.
Submission Successful.

• Other useful packages installed
  • tmux a terminal multiplexer useful in splitting the terminal, recover your terminal session even when you disconnected from VM.
  • batcat a rust based alternative to cat that will display the file contents with color

FAQ

• I don't have the directory se2001 in my home directory. What should I do?

  • Create the directory with mkdir ~/se2001

• How to reset my password?

  • It will work only if you already have a password, otherwise the below won't work.
  • Execute the command passwd and provide your current password and new password as per the prompt.
  • The password typed will not be visible during and after the input.

• How to reset my password if I forgot mine?

  • Send a mail to se2001@study.iitm.ac.in with subject SE2001 VM PASSWORD RESET

• I am getting Evaluation failed. in my output, what should I do?

  • Submission failed means that your task is not completed properly, verify your script with the problem statement in /opt/se2001/<assignment_name>/README.md.

• I am getting Submission failed. in my output, what should I do?

  • Submission failed means that your activity is not recorded, contact us through email/discourse.

For other queries

• Search for the relevant discourse post and comment on it, if there is no relevant then create one and assign the tag vm