Service Management, System Logs, and User Management
In the previous chapter, we reviewed the basics of the internet, explaining network models, packet sending, and protocols used. Further, we delved into network attacks and how firewalls and 2FA provide security. We then thoroughly reviewed ufw, one of the best user-friendly firewalls. The last part of the chapter was dedicated to VPNs, explaining how they increase our anonymity and privacy to the highest and covering the usage of the best public VPN provider at the moment, Surfshark.
In this chapter, we continue with the systemd service manager, which manages the Manjaro system startup and services. We will also cover the topic of daemons, a widely used term in the Linux world. Our next stop will be the multiple active TTY devices and how to access and use them. We will further explore journalctl, as it is the primary way to track what happened on our system by exploring its log. The last major topic is user management, focusing...
