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Managing Files and Directories on RHEL 8

A Linux system administrator's life is filled with files. Being able to manage files is a key skill for any system administrator. In this hands-on lab, we will explore a number of file management operations in Linux. We will create, delete, copy, and move files and directories. Create hard and soft links, lists, sets, and change standard ugo/rwx permissions, as well as archive, compress, unpack, and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2. *This course is not approved or sponsored by Red Hat.*

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

1h 0m

Published

Dec 04, 2020

Challenge

Archive, Compress, Unpack, and Uncompress Files
1. Create a tar archive from a set of files.
2. Use the various compression tools on the tar archive and compare the results.
3. Create a compressed archive in one step, and then list it's contents in various ways.
4. Uncompress the compressed archive to a new local location.
Challenge

Create, Delete, Copy, and Move Files and Directories
1. Create a file and directory structure.
2. Copy files and directories.
3. Move files and directories.
4. Delete files and directories.
Challenge

Create Hard and Soft Links
1. Create a soft link and verify what has happened.
2. Create a hard link and verify what happened.
3. See what happens when a soft link is broken.
4. See how to find all the hard links to a file.
Challenge

List, Set, and Change Standard ugo/rwx Permissions
1. Create a shared directory for 3 users to share files properly.
2. Setup the users, and sign in as each, to create a file in the shared directory.
3. Fix the permissions so that all users can access each others files properly.
4. Create more files to verify things work.

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.