Overview
Learning Outcomes:
In this lab, you will complete the following exercise:
- Exercise 1 - Perform Security Administration Tasks
After completing this lab, you will be able to:
- Find files with the suid/sgid bit set
- Manage user passwords and password-aging information
- List the users logged into the system
- Use the su command
- Use the sudo command
- Manage shell resources
- Discover open ports on a system
Exam Objectives:
The following exam objectives are covered in this lab:
- LPI: 104.5 Manage file permissions and ownership
- CompTIA: 3.1 Given a scenario, apply or acquire the appropriate user and/or group permissions and ownership.
Note: Our main focus is to cover the practical, hands-on aspects of the exam objectives. We recommend referring to course material or a search engine to research theoretical topics in more detail.