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ced4568andClaude Sonnet 5 15b616274b feat(root01): author Computing & Linux Foundations, and the real 01->05 prerequisite chain
Adds all 6 ROOT 01 modules (how computers run software, the shell, filesystem navigation,
files & text, processes, users & permissions foundations), each with a real lesson,
demonstration/guided exercise, knowledge check where warranted, a hands-on Lab, and a
reflection — 35 activities, 29 new content files.

Adds 6 new hands-on Linux scenarios (linux-inspect-hardware, linux-shell-basics,
linux-filesystem-navigation, linux-files-and-text, linux-process-management,
linux-permissions-foundations) plus 2 MCQ scenarios, using the existing generic scenario/
validation engine (docs/ROOT_FOUNDATIONS_LAB_STRATEGY.md §1) — every one tested end-to-end via
the real scenario setup/validate API, including negative tests confirming they correctly FAIL
when not actually solved (e.g. the process-management scenario fails while the target process
is still running; the permissions scenario is tested against a real `su - labuser` denial).

Wires rootnode-linux-foundations-assessment (2 required + 4 random-draw scenarios) using the
existing Phase 3B assessment engine.

Adds a real, server-side ROOT 01->02->03->04->05 course prerequisite chain
(courses.prerequisites) — verified live on two students: one who completed ROOT 01 sees ROOT 02
unlock; a fresh student sees ROOT 02 correctly locked while 03/04/05 stay vacuously satisfied
(their own prerequisite courses are still empty). ROOT 06+ and the Capstone are unaffected.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
2026-08-26 12:59:52 -05:00

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{
"id": "linux-inspect-hardware",
"title": "Inspect What This Machine Actually Has",
"category": "Linux Fundamentals",
"isolation_type": "shared_namespace",
"difficulty": "Easy",
"type": "task",
"weight": 3,
"description": "## Inspect What This Machine Actually Has\n\nThe kernel manages CPU, memory, and storage on behalf of every process running here — before you go further, look at what's actually available.\n\n**Your task:**\n\n1. Find the number of CPUs available (`nproc`)\n2. Find the total memory in MB (`free -m`)\n3. Find the size of the root filesystem in GB (`df -BG /`)\n4. Create a file at `/srv/hardware-lab/report.txt` with exactly three lines in this format (replace `<n>` with the real numbers you found):\n\n```\nCPUS=<n>\nMEM_MB=<n>\nDISK_GB=<n>\n```",
"hints": [
{
"title": "Getting each number",
"body": "`nproc` alone prints the CPU count. `free -m` prints a table — the second column of the `Mem:` row is total memory in MB. `df -BG /` prints a table — the second column of the second row is the root filesystem size in GB (the number, not including the trailing G).",
"command": "nproc; free -m; df -BG /"
},
{
"title": "Writing the report",
"body": "Use a heredoc or several `echo` lines with `>>` to build the file.",
"command": "mkdir -p /srv/hardware-lab && cat <<EOF > /srv/hardware-lab/report.txt\nCPUS=$(nproc)\nMEM_MB=$(free -m | awk '/Mem:/ {print $2}')\nDISK_GB=$(df -BG / | awk 'NR==2{gsub(\"G\",\"\",$2); print $2}')\nEOF"
}
],
"setup_commands": [
{ "command": "mkdir -p /srv/hardware-lab" }
],
"validation": {
"commands": [
{ "description": "report.txt exists and has a CPUS line", "command": "grep -E '^CPUS=[0-9]+$' /srv/hardware-lab/report.txt", "expected_output": "^CPUS=[0-9]+$", "match": "regex" },
{ "description": "report.txt has a MEM_MB line", "command": "grep -E '^MEM_MB=[0-9]+$' /srv/hardware-lab/report.txt", "expected_output": "^MEM_MB=[0-9]+$", "match": "regex" },
{ "description": "report.txt has a DISK_GB line", "command": "grep -E '^DISK_GB=[0-9]+$' /srv/hardware-lab/report.txt", "expected_output": "^DISK_GB=[0-9]+$", "match": "regex" }
]
},
"default_namespace": "default",
"teardown_commands": [
{ "command": "rm -rf /srv/hardware-lab" }
]
}