Archive and Transfer Files

Question 1

What is the command to compress a file using tar?

Answer 1

tar cvf file

Question 2

What is the command to un-compress a file using tar?

Answer 2

tar xvf file.tar

Question 3

How can you use the command gzip?

Answer 3

gzip - compresses
gzip -d - un-compresses
You can use gzip to recompress a file already compressed by tar (file.tar.gzip)

Question 4

What are the steps to setup/install FTP for an FTP server?

Answer 4

1. yum install vsftpd
2. vim /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
3. Make the following line changes
   ## Uncomment ##
   anonymous_enable=NO
   ## Uncomment ##
   ascii_upload_enable=YES
   ascii_download_enable=YES
   ## Enter your welcome message - optional ##
   ftpd_banner=Welcome to company’s ftp server
   ## Add at the end of this file ##
   use_localtime=YES
4. systemctl start vsftpd
5. systemctl enable vsftpd
6. systemctl stop firewalld (i would never do this)

Question 5

How do you install/setup FTP on a client server?

Answer 5

1. yum install ftp
2. su - user
3. touch ftp file

Question 6

What is the command to transfer a file to an FTP server?

Answer 6

ftp 192.168.1.x
Enter username and Password
bin
hash
put ftpfile
bye

Question 7

What is the command to transfer a file to another server using scp?

Answer 7

scp file user@192.168.1.x:/home/user