Linux Fundamentals (THM).2

Question 1

What is SSH?

Answer 1

Secure Shell

Question 2

What does SSH allow us to do?

Answer 2

Execute commands on another device remotely

Question 3

What happends to sent commands using SSH?

Answer 3

Encryption

Question 4

create file

Answer 4

touch

Question 5

create a folder

Answer 5

mkdir

Question 6

copy file or folder

Answer 6

cp

Question 7

move file or folder

Answer 7

mv

Question 8

remove file or folder

Answer 8

rm

Question 9

determine file type

Answer 9

file

Question 10

particularities to remember for rm?

Answer 10

simply rm for a file
rm -R for a directory

Question 11

particularities for cp?

Answer 11

takes 2 arguments
must input first the name of target file/folder and then new name for copy file/folder

Question 12

particularities of mv?

Answer 12

takes 2 arguments
you can create new folders completely like in cp or replace the contents of the second argument with the first

Question 13

list the permissions of all files in the directory

Answer 13

ls -lh

Question 14

switching between users

Answer 14

su

Question 15

important root directory for storing system files used by OS

Answer 15

/etc

Question 16

important root directory for storing data that is frquently accessed and written by other services of apps

Answer 16

/var