Exercises


1.

The system displays the following message when you attempt to log in with an incorrect username or an incorrect password:

Incorrect username or password. Letters must be typed in the correct case.


This message does not indicate whether your username, your password, or both are invalid. Why does it not reveal this information?

2.

Give three examples of poor password choices. What is wrong with each? Include one that is too short. Give the error message displayed by the system in each situation.

3.

Is fido an acceptable password? Give several reasons why or why not.

4.

What is a context menu? How does a context menu differ from other menus?

5.

What appears when you right-click the root window? How can you use this object?

6.

Where is the Main menu button, and what does it look like? Why is it an important tool (KDE only)?

7.

What is the primary function of the Main menu?

8.

What is the input focus? When no window has the input focus, what happens to the letters you type on the keyboard? Which type of input focus would you prefer to work with? Why?

9.

What are the functions of a Window Operations menu? How do you display this menu?

10.

What is the Main panel? What does your Main panel show you, and what can you do with it? What do the Pager and Taskbar applets do?

11.

What are tooltips? How are they useful?




A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux
A Practical Guide to Red HatВ® LinuxВ®: Fedoraв„ў Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (3rd Edition)
ISBN: 0132280272
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 383

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