https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/ 2026-07-20T03:39:26+00:00 https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/ https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/_media/wiki:dokuwiki-128.png text/html 2015-07-03T13:15:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:cgi_script_permissions_within_labtest?rev=1435929310&do=diff Cgi Script Permissions in labtest mode Taken from Steven Castellucci's testing and documentation of cgi scripts in labtest mode His code takes input from the users' session and creates a directory for the user in /eecs/dept/course/2014-15/S/1030/mcTests (with owner:group being labtest:labtest) The cgi script is located in /eecs/dept/www/www.eecs.yorku.ca/course_archive/2014-15/S/1030/Test1 text/html 2017-09-13T20:05:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:commands?rev=1505333141&do=diff Enable or Disable your Labtest Two simple commands have been created that allow you to enable or disable your labtest web page, fixing all permissions for you. ltenable In order to check and correct permissions for a labtest directory and then enable the labtest, use the text/html 2009-06-05T14:25:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:common_files?rev=1244211930&do=diff text/html 2018-10-02T14:31:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:custom_files?rev=1538490674&do=diff Custom File Copy on User Login (optional) If you want to be able to initialize a students labtest home directory with certain files or directories when he logs in, simply create a directory called “ltinit” in your labtest directory (/eecs/dept/www/<COURSE>/labtest/ltinit). The directory should be group labtest. ALL the files and directories in this directory readable by group labtest will be automatically copied to the ltinit directory in the student account when they login. The files and di… text/html 2018-10-02T15:11:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:custom_script?rev=1538493088&do=diff Custom Shell Script Execution on User Login (optional) Labtest can run a custom shell script on login in order to initialize a student home directory. You can use this functionality to customize the account setup. The shell script must be called “ text/html 2015-11-05T17:40:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:extending?rev=1446745217&do=diff Extending a Labtest You can extend the time on a labtest for up to 2 hours using the pcmode webapp. Login to the pcmode webapp here: <https://webapp.eecs.yorku.ca/pcmode> Presently, only faculty, grads, and tech staff can login. Once you login, you will see a list of active jobs in the text/html 2017-09-14T15:07:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:filesync?rev=1505401645&do=diff Labtest File Synchronization (ltsave) During labtest, student home directories are stored locally on the machine where each student works. Lab machines will send a compressed copy of each local labtest home directory to the file server under these circumstances: text/html 2010-05-06T14:26:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:init?rev=1273155975&do=diff text/html 2017-09-13T20:00:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:labtest_user?rev=1505332830&do=diff Labtest File and Directory Permission Often, labtest mode is perceived as being overly complicated. The basic setup of labtest is actually relatively simple. Most of the problems that occur are a result of misunderstanding file and directory permissions while in labtest mode. As such, the purpose of this document is to try to strengthen the concept of file and directory permission within the labtest environment. text/html 2018-09-04T18:00:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:laptop?rev=1536084013&do=diff Labtest Mode (Laptop Edition) Laptop Labtest brings some of the functionality of desktop labtest to tech-managed laptops in our labs. Laptop labtest provides a secure computing environment where students have access to the software on our laptops, without having access to their files, the Internet, printing, or email. Students view the test question from a secure web server. They submit their work using a web-based submit tool. text/html 2009-06-05T02:46:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:misc?rev=1244170007&do=diff Miscellaneous * common_files * SecureQ Setup (optional) text/html 2011-09-28T13:16:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:moving?rev=1317215770&do=diff Moving Students from One Machine to Another Sometimes, during labtest mode, you may require a student to move from one machine to another machine. This may be because the student is in the wrong area of the lab, or because there is some failure on the machine (eg. monitor). Labtest home directories are stored on the local machine, and not a network drive. Moving a student to another machine without some mechanism to copy student files from one machine to the other would mean starting with a … text/html 2018-02-13T19:25:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:requesting?rev=1518549917&do=diff Requesting Labtest Mode Requesting Labtest Mode Desktop Edition Faculty should contact tech with the following information. * Faculty Name * TA(s) names or login id's * Your Course Number (add session and term for deferred exams) * Date eg Mon Oct 5th text/html 2017-09-14T13:01:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:sample_index?rev=1505394097&do=diff Sample index.html <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>EECS 9999 Labtest</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <H1>EECS 9999 Labtest</H1> Click <A HREF="question.html">here</A> to get your question. <H2>Additional References</H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="/common/java-api">Java API</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="/slides">Lecture Notes</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="/videos">Videos</A></LI> </UL> </BODY> </HTML> text/html 2017-09-14T14:48:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:schedule?rev=1505400526&do=diff Lab Booking Schedule View the current lab booking schedule here. Please contact tech as soon as possible to schedule your labtest sessions or if there is a discrepancy in your scheduled test. text/html 2018-09-28T15:39:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:secureq?rev=1538149190&do=diff SecureQ Setup (optional) SecureQ is an optional system that can be used together with labtest to provide a facility for ensuring that students working side by side during a test are not working on identical questions. Before Setting up SecureQ In order to setup SecureQ, you must know the following: text/html 2017-09-14T15:43:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:setting_up_deferred_exams?rev=1505403780&do=diff Setting Up Deferred Exams Deferred exams for a course are normally run in the following term. For example if an exam is deferred from the winter term, the students will probably write the deferred exam at the start of the summer term. By this time, /eecs/course has changed to point to the current term. In the current term, the course directory may be owned by different faculty, or the course may not even be taught. text/html 2017-09-14T13:06:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:setup?rev=1505394374&do=diff Basic Labtest Setup In order to setup a basic labtest, you must complete the following 4 basic steps: 1. Create Directories Create a directory in your course web directory called “labtest”. For example: mkdir /eecs/dept/www/course_archive/2016-17/S/9999/labtest text/html 2018-02-13T18:27:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:start?rev=1518546472&do=diff Labtest Mode (Desktop/Laptop) Labtest mode provides a secure computing environment where students have access to the software on our systems, a single course directory, and a course labtest web site, but lose access to all of the files in their home directory, sending and receiving e-mail, printing, the external web, USB key/cdrom/floppy access, existing temporary files stored on the machine, and all access to the Internet including access to other text/html 2017-09-14T14:13:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:submit?rev=1505398439&do=diff Submit Directory Setup The submit command allows students to submit their labtest work for marking. However, its setup for labtest mode differs slightly from the standard submit setup. In order to setup lab submission for labtest, you must complete the following two steps: text/html 2009-06-12T15:58:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:test?rev=1244822311&do=diff Level 1 Headline Level 1 Headline Level 1 Headline text/html 2018-03-24T00:52:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:testing?rev=1521852772&do=diff Testing your Labtest Setup Wouldn't it be great if after you've completed your labtest setup, you could test it out from the comfort of your office? Well, you can. First, connect to the labtest test web server: <https://labtesteval.eecs.yorku.ca> This service will only work locally and is only available to faculty. text/html 2017-09-14T15:09:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:theday?rev=1505401763&do=diff On the Day of your Labtest 10 minutes before your labtest is to begin, students will receive a warning message on their display that the machine will be going into labtest mode and that they need to save their files. After a 5 minute grace period, the machine will all be rebooted into labtest mode. text/html 2018-02-05T16:56:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:troubleshooting_tips?rev=1517849769&do=diff Troubleshooting Tips * From which hosts do you run pcmode command? MUST BE DONE from Host pcmode and by any TECH member * To stop a reboot session in the last 5 minutes $ /xsys/pkg/pcmode/bin/pcmode -a hostname This will stop the login to the host and kill the job eg /xsys/pkg/pcmode/bin/pcmode -a jun05 text/html 2017-09-14T16:08:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:unsubmit?rev=1505405326&do=diff Unsubmit (optional) In labtest mode, students start with an empty home directory. The optional unsubmit component of labtest enables faculty to provide students with access to previously submitted content which can be used for reference or a starting point for a test. text/html 2017-09-14T16:04:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:user_restriction?rev=1505405094&do=diff User Restriction Setup (optional) By default, when you reserve the lab for Linux or Labtest mode, your booking will have no user restrictions. That is, any student can login to any lab machine including students who are not part of your course. Ultimately, this is the simplest setup as once you enable user restrictions, there is always the potential to inadvertently restrict students from logging in who should otherwise be able to login! As a result, if you wish to have the ability to restri… text/html 2017-09-14T17:20:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:whatsnew?rev=1505409632&do=diff What's New In Labtest 2017 Various changes were made to labtest over the summer of 2017: * During labtest, in /eecs/dept, you will only see “www” and “course” directories. For example, you no longer have access to /eecs/dept/dist in labtest mode. text/html 2017-09-14T15:45:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/services:labtest:old:windowslt?rev=1505403935&do=diff Labtest under Windows Labtest is available for limited use under Windows, but requires consultation with tech. Machines will boot first into Linux labtest mode, and then Windows will run in a VirtualBox session. Students login to what appears to be a Linux system, but after logging in, the VirtualBox session is immediately started, and Windows boots taking over the full screen. With labtest running underneath, we get these benefits: