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Mastering Linux Administration

You're reading from   Mastering Linux Administration Take your sysadmin skills to the next level by configuring and maintaining Linux systems

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837630691
Length 764 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Julian Balog Julian Balog
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Alexandru Calcatinge Alexandru Calcatinge
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Table of Contents (24) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:Basic Linux Administration
2. Chapter 1: Installing Linux FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: The Linux Shell and Filesystem 4. Chapter 3: Linux Software Management 5. Chapter 4: Managing Users and Groups 6. Chapter 5: Working with Processes, Daemons, and Signals 7. Part 2:Advanced Linux Administration
8. Chapter 6: Working with Disks and Filesystems 9. Chapter 7: Networking with Linux 10. Chapter 8: Linux Shell Scripting 11. Chapter 9: Securing Linux 12. Chapter 10: Disaster Recovery, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting 13. Part 3:Server Administration
14. Chapter 11: Working with Virtual Machines 15. Chapter 12: Managing Containers with Docker 16. Chapter 13: Configuring Linux Servers 17. Part 4:Cloud Administration
18. Chapter 14: Short Introduction to Cloud Computing 19. Chapter 15: Deploying to the Cloud with AWS and Azure 20. Chapter 16: Deploying Applications with Kubernetes 21. Chapter 17: Infrastructure and Automation with Ansible 22. Index 23. Other Books You May Enjoy

Questions

In our second chapter, we covered the Linux filesystem and the basic commands that will serve as the foundation for the entire book. Here are some questions for you to test your knowledge and for further practice:

  1. What is the command that creates a compressed archive with all the files inside the /etc directory that use the .conf extension?

Hint: Use the tar command just as shown in this chapter.

  1. What is the command that lists the first five files inside /etc and sorts them by dimension in descending order?

Hint: Use find combined with sort and head.

  1. What command creates a hierarchical directory structure?

Hint: Use mkdir just as shown in this chapter.

  1. What is the command that searches for files with three different extensions inside the root?

Hint: Use the find command.

  1. Find out which commands inside Linux have the Set owner User ID (SUID) set up.

Hint: Use the find command with the -perm parameter...

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