Linux Fundamentals Part 2
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Task 1 Intro
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Task 2 SSH - Intro
SSH is the act of remotely accessing a machine. SSH allows you to run commands interactively on the remote machine. This is done through the use of a program on the target machine, which allows the ssh client to interface with the target host.
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Task 3 Putty and SSH
The syntax on how to use this command is ssh <user>@<host>.
SSH into the server
username: shiba2
password: pinguftw
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Task 4 [Section 4: Linux Operators]: "&&"
&& means as you might expect "and". Meaning && allows you to execute a second command after the first one has executed successfully.
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Task 5 [Section 4: Linux Operators]: "&"
& is a background operator, meaning say you run a command that takes 10 seconds to run, normally you wouldn't be able to run commands during that period; however, with & that command will still execute and you'll be able to run other commands.
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Task 6 [Section 4: Linux Operators]: "$"
The $ is an unusually special operator, as it is used to denote environment variables.
touch $USER
Environment variables can also be set pretty easily, just running export <varname>=<value> will set that as an environment variable
How would you set nootnoot equal to 1111
export nootnoot=1111
What is the value of the home environment variable
/home/shiba2
Task 7 [Section 4: Linux Operators]: "|"
The pipe is unique because while operators like >> allow you to store the output of a command, the | operator allows you to take the output of a command and use it as input for a second command.
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Task 8 [Section 4: Linux Operators] - ";"
The ; operator works a lot like &&, however it does not require the first command to execute successfully.
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Task 9 [Section 4: Linux Operators]: ">"
> is the operator for output redirection.
How would you output twenty to a file called test
echo twenty > test
Task 10 [Section 4: Linux Operators]: ">>"
>> does mainly the same thing as >, with one key difference. >> appends the output of a command to a file, instead of erasing it.
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Task 11 Binary - shiba2
What is shiba3's password
happynootnoises
Task 12 [Section 5 - Advanced File Operations]: Intro
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Task 13 [Section 5 - Advanced File Operators]: A bit of background.
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Task 14 [Section 5: Advanced File Operations]: chown
How would you change the owner of file to paradox
chown paradox file
What about the owner and the group of file to paradox
chown paradox:paradox file
What flag allows you to operate on every file in the directory at once?
-R
Task 15 [Section 5: Advanced File Operations]: chmod
chmod <permissions> <file>
What permissions mean the user can read the file, the group can read and write to the file, and no one else can read, write or execute the file?
460
What permissions mean the user can read, write, and execute the file, the group can read, write, and execute the file, and everyone else can read, write, and execute the file.
777
Task 16 [Section 5: Advanced File Operations]: rm
rm means remove
What flag deletes every file in a directory
-r
How do you suppress all warning prompts
-f
Task 17 [Section 5: Advanced File Operations]: mv
mv allows you to move files from one place to another.
How would you move file to /tmp
mv file /tmp
Task 18 Linux Fundamentals 3
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