This chapter was a sort of crash course on how to survive in Linux if you are more or less unfamiliar with this operating system. This chapter was not about how to become a senior Linux administrator.
In daily life as an administrator in Azure, you may not execute everything in this chapter. For instance, you don't create users in a virtual machine. But you should be able to verify users configured in an identity management system such as AD and that they are able to log in.
This chapter was all about using shells, the structure of the filesystem, and finding files. We looked at the role of text files in Linux, and how to process and edit them. We worked with processes, and how to view them and kill them. And last but not least, we looked at user and group management.
In Chapter 5, Advanced Linux Administration, we're going more in depth with Linux and looking...
