CIT 244 - Introduction to Open Source Operating Systems
EXERCISES Before you move on to the next topics, try out the skills you learned from these
discussions by completing the following exercises:
1. Use the ls command from the root (/) directory to explore the directory structure of Linux.
Move to each of the directories with the cd command and run pwd to verify where you are in the
directory structure.
2. Use the whoami command to verify which user you are logged in as.
3. Use the locate command to find wordlists that can be used for password cracking.
4. Use the cat command to create a new file and then append to that file. Keep in mind that
>redirects input to a file and >> appends to a file.
5. Create a new directory called hackerdirectory and create a new file in that directory named
hackedfile. Now copy that file to your /root directory and rename it secretfile.
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