How do you Secure Shell into another system? - ANSWERSssh <user>@<host>
How do you execute commands on a remote system via Secure Shell without actually opening a new shell? - ANSWERSssh <user>@<host> <command>
How do you generate a public key and private key fil...
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How do you Secure Shell into another system? - ANSWERSssh <user>@<host>
How do you execute commands on a remote system via Secure Shell without actually
opening a new shell? - ANSWERSssh <user>@<host> <command>
How do you generate a public key and private key file for SSH authentication? -
ANSWERSssh-keygen
How do you export a public key for SSH authentication on a different machine? -
ANSWERSssh-copy-id <user>@<host>
How do you export a *specific* public key for SSH authentication on a different
machine? - ANSWERSssh-copy-id <user>@<host> -i <key file path>
If an SSH authentication key has a passphrase, how do you cache that passphrase on
the local machine for passwordless authentication? - ANSWERS1. eval $(ssh-agent)
2. ssh-add <key file path>
What is Cockpit? - ANSWERSA server Management Tool
How do you check if a service is running? - ANSWERSsystemctl status <service>
How do you start a service? - ANSWERSsystemctl start <service>
How do you enable a service on startup? - ANSWERSsystemctl enable <service>
Which directory contains persistent, system-specific configuration data? -
ANSWERS/etc
Which directory is the top of the system's file hierarchy? - ANSWERS/
Which directory contains user home directories? - ANSWERS/home
Which directory contains temporary files? - ANSWERS/tmp
Which directory contains dynamic data, such as for databases and websites? -
ANSWERS/var
Which directory is the administrative superuser's home directory? - ANSWERS/root
, Which directory contains regular commands and utilities? - ANSWERS/usr/bin
Which directory contains non-persistent process runtime data? - ANSWERS/run
Which directory contains installed software programs and libraries? - ANSWERS/usr
How do you create a directory? - ANSWERSmkdir <directory name>
How do you copy a file? - ANSWERScp <old file> <new file>
How do you copy a directory and its contents? - ANSWERScp -r <old directory> <new
directory>
How do you move (or rename) a file or directory? - ANSWERSmv <old file> <new file>
How do you remove a file? - ANSWERSrm <file>
How do you remove a directory containing files? - ANSWERSrm -r <directory>
How do you remove an empty directory? - ANSWERSrmdir <directory>
How do you create parent directories while creating a new directory? - ANSWERSmkdir
-p <new parent directories>/<new directory>
How do you list the contents of a directory? - ANSWERSls
How do you list all contents of a directory including hidden files? - ANSWERSls -a
How do you list the contents of a directory and subdirectories? - ANSWERSls -R
How do you list the contents of a directory with more detailed information? -
ANSWERSls -l
How do you change directories? - ANSWERScd <directory path>
How do you change directories to the last directory you were in? - ANSWERScd -
How do you change directories to the parent directory of your current directory? -
ANSWERScd ..
How do you list the contents of a file? - ANSWERScat <file>
How do you create an empty file/update an existing file's "last changed" timestamp
without making any changes? - ANSWERStouch <file>
How do you check the working directory? - ANSWERSpwd
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