RHCSA Rapid Track

1. Use the ssh command to log in to serverb as the student user.

   [student@workstation ~]$ ssh student@serverb
   ...output omitted...
   [student@serverb ~]$ 

2. Use the systemctl command to verify the status of the psacct service. Notice that psacct is stopped and disabled to start at boot time.

   [student@serverb ~]$ systemctl status psacct
   ● psacct.service - Kernel process accounting
      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/psacct.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
      Active: inactive (dead)

3. Start the psacct service.

   [student@serverb ~]$ sudo systemctl start psacct
   [sudo] password for student: student
   [student@serverb ~]$ 

4. Verify that the psacct service is running.

   [student@serverb ~]$ systemctl is-active psacct
   active

1. Enable the psacct service to start at system boot.

   [student@serverb ~]$ sudo systemctl enable psacct
   Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/psacct.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/psacct.service.

2. Verify that the psacct service is enabled to start at system boot.

   [student@serverb ~]$ systemctl is-enabled psacct
   enabled

1. Use the systemctl command to verify the status of the rsyslog service. Notice that the rsyslog service is running and enabled to start at boot time.

   [student@serverb ~]$ systemctl status rsyslog
   ● rsyslog.service - System Logging Service
      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
      Active: active (running) since Fri 2019-02-08 10:16:00 IST; 2h 34min ago
     ...output omitted...

   Press q to exit the command.

2. Stop the rsyslog service.

   [student@serverb ~]$ sudo systemctl stop rsyslog
   [sudo] password for student: student
   [student@serverb ~]$ 

3. Verify that the rsyslog service is stopped.

   [student@serverb ~]$ systemctl is-active rsyslog
   inactive

1. Disable the rsyslog service so that it does not start at system boot.

   [student@serverb ~]$ sudo systemctl disable rsyslog
   Removed /etc/systemd/system/syslog.service.
   Removed /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rsyslog.service.

2. Verify that the rsyslog is disabled to start at system boot.

   [student@serverb ~]$ systemctl is-enabled rsyslog
   disabled

[student@serverb ~]$ sudo systemctl reboot
Connection to serverb closed by remote host.
Connection to serverb closed.
[student@workstation ~]$