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OVERVIEW

Prove your basic operational knowledge of Linux Terminal by demonstrating your ability to secure, operate and managing basic system resources. Topics include user and group management, file and filesystem navigation, and identifying logs and installation tasks related to system maintenance.

  1. Navigating Files and Filesystems

    • Navigate and manipulate directories and files using terminal commands.
    • Search, compare and modify files in the terminal using regular expressions, pipe operators and redirection.
  2. Managing System Resources

    • Locate system logs and configure log rotation.
    • Reconstruct disk partitions and filesystems using tools such as fdisk, fsck and parted.
    • Identify correct crontab format and location.
    • Interpret system logs during troubleshooting.
  3. Securing Filesystem Access

    • Create and manage SSH keys.
    • Configure system-wide and user-specific security settings.
    • Configure password complexity and expiry rules.
    • Interpret sudo configuration policies and their security implications.
    • Manage user and group accounts, access and membership.
    • Manage directory and file ownership and access.