RHCSA Rapid Track

Instructions

1. Use the ssh command to log in to the servera machine as the student user. The system's configuration supports the use SSH keys for authentication; therefore, you do not require a password.

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

2. Create a hard link called /home/student/links/file.hardlink for the file /home/student/files/target.file. Verify the link count for the original file and the new linked file.

   1. View the link count for the file /home/student/files/target.file.

      [student@servera ~]$ ls -l files/target.file
      total 4
      -rw-r--r--. 1 student student 11 Mar  3 06:51 files/target.file

   2. Create a hard link called /home/student/links/file.hardlink. Link it to the file /home/student/files/target.file.

      [student@servera ~]$ ln /home/student/files/target.file \
      /home/student/links/file.hardlink

   3. Verify the link count for the original file /home/student/files/target.file and the new linked file, /home/student/files/file.hardlink. The link count should be 2 for both files.

      [student@servera ~]$ ls -l files/target.file links/file.hardlink
      -rw-r--r--. 2 student student 11 Mar  3 06:51 files/target.file
      -rw-r--r--. 2 student student 11 Mar  3 06:51 links/file.hardlink

3. Create a symbolic link called /home/student/tempdir that points to the /tmp directory on the servera machine. Verify the newly created symbolic link.

   1. Create a symbolic link called /home/student/tempdir and link it to the /tmp directory.

      [student@servera ~]$ ln -s /tmp /home/student/tempdir

   2. Use the ls -l command to verify the newly created symbolic link.

      [student@servera ~]$ ls -l /home/student/tempdir
      lrwxrwxrwx. 1 student student 4 Mar  3 06:55 /home/student/tempdir -> /tmp

4. Return to the workstation system as the student user.

   [student@servera ~]$ exit
   logout
   Connection to servera closed.
   [student@workstation ~]$