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Lab 3: Failed Login Report Solution
Introduction
Lab 3 is an opportunity to use UNIX/Linux commandline tools sed , sort , uniq and printf to search a logfile using regular expressions, count the number of occurrences and output an simple report in HTML format. All output should be sent to STDOUT (the terminal).
Requirements
Your script shall be named flog and be marked executable. Here is how you execute your script:
./flog LOGFILE
Example
./flog /var/classes/cs3030/lab3/secure
Your script shall search LOGFILE for all lines containing this string:
“Failed password for USERID”
where USERID is either the name of a user or the word “invalid”. You are to perform the following operations:
Change the word “invalid” to <UNKNOWN
Count the number of every failed password messages for each user (including <UNKNOWN) Sort the output first by number of occurrences in descending order, then by userid in ascending order
Output a header with the current date as shown below
Punctuate all large numbers with commas for readability (hint: printf )
Produce an HTML document on stdout with <html, <body, <h1 and <br / tags as shown below
“<UNKNOWN” should be output using the HTML characters “<” and “”
Print Usage: flog LOGFILE and exit with return code 1 if the user does not specify a LOGFILE on the commandline.
Do not prompt the user for anything.
Hints
You are free to use whatever UNIX/Linux commandline tools that are available in order to produce the requested output.
You can count and summarize each occurrence using uniq
sort can sort numbers with commas imbedded in them and can sort in descending sequence by multiple fields
The header for the report should be output with an <h1 HTML tag.
Your HTML should look like the example above, without any extra HTML tags. A single <br / should appear before each line of output after the header line.
Output the current date in the report header as produced by the date command. Do not pass any additional parameters to the date program or when you are graded, certain tests may fail. Speaking of date , it will output the current date in the UTC time zone unless you have set the TZ environment variable. It is not required for you to set the TZ variable for this lab, unless you wish your dates to be in your local timezone. The ubuntu utility tzselect can help you determine the right value. In my .bash_profile, I execute export TZ=America/Denver because I live in the Mountain Time Zone, where we are victims of Daylight Savings Time.
Use whitespace and indenting to make your script readable Add comments to your script to document your logic.
Clone your private repo on github.com
In the assignment module in Canvas, find the link to the Canvas page entitled "Clone your Lab 2 Repo", click on it and follow the instructions.
Copy your private repo down to icarus
BASH
git clone https://github.com/cowancs3030spring19/lab3-YOURGITHUBUSERNAME
cd lab3-YOURGITHUBUSERNAME
Write and test flog
Fire up your favorite text editor, and begin with your header:
#!/bin/bash
TEXT
(Your name)
Lab 3 - Failed Login Report
CS 3030 - Scripting Languages
(Add your fantastic, bug-free code here)
When your script is working, test it with the provided sample logfile, which I suggest you take a look at while you are writing your script:
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./flog /var/classes/cs3030/lab3/secure
Your output should look like this:
HTML
<html
<body<h1Failed Login Attempts Report as of Thu Dec 25 07:00:00 MST 2014</h1
<br /
1,325 <UNKNOWN
<br /
505
root
<br /
17
adm
<br /
16
ftp
<br /
10
apache
<br /
10
mail
<br /
2
backuppc
<br /
2
games
<br /
2
news
<br /
2
squid
<br /
1
bin
<br /
1
nobody
<br /
1
operator
<br /
1
smmsp
<br /
1
sshd</body </html
Now, to actually see your HTML rendered as a web page in a browser, redirect your HTML output to your public_html folder. Then chmod your html file so that it is readable by the Apache web server on icarus:
BASH
./flog /var/classes/cs3030/lab3/secure ~/public_html/flog.html
chmod 644 ~/public_html/flog.html
Open your favorite web browser and go to this URL (replacing USERID with your icarus userID):
icarus.cs.weber.edu/~USERID/flog.html
Here is an example of what you should see:
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Run cucumber 2-3 thousand times to determine your grade
./cucumber -s
The cucumber script creates a new random logfile for each scenario, every time you run it. This is
helpful for finding obscure bugs in your code. It also allows for partial credit (students tend to like partial credit).
Submit your assignment code for grading
Remember, you must push your script in your private repo to github.com to receive any points, for all assignments in this course. Ok, you remember this now.
BASH
git add flog
git commit -m"COMMIT MESSAGE"
git push origin master
Files created for this lab
flog
Grading
Here is how you earn points for this assignment:
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FEATURES
POINTS
Must-Have Features
Script is named correctly and found in its proper place in your repo
10
Script is executable
10
Required Features
Exit code is zero for normal execution
10
Exit cod is 1 for abnormal execution
10
A “Usage” statement is printed if the PATH is not specified on the commandine
10
Report header is in the correct format
20
Output is in HTML format
30
<UNKNOWN user should appear just below the header
40
Output is correct: all users are counted, counts are correct and is sorted properly
30
Large numbers should contain commas
30
Grand Total
200
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