In this episode of Linux Essentials, we’ll go over data streams. Specifically, Standard Output (stdout), Standard Input (stdin), and Standard Error (stderr). We’ll also take a look at how to redirect specific data streams, so you can easily separate errors from output.
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Linux Essentials – User Account & Password Expiration
Keeping track of user accounts is very important, especially as a Linux server administrator. In this episode of Linux Essentials, we’ll explore user and password expiration. This will include examples regarding locking passwords, the chage command, and more!
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Linux Essentials: Background (bg) and Foreground (fg)
In this episode of Linux Essentials, we’ll take a look at how to send tasks to the background, and then bring them to the foreground. This helps you get the current task out of the way so you can switch to something else, without having to use multiple terminal windows.
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Linux Essentials – Public Key Authentication
Public Key Authentication with OpenSSH is preferred, as it’s a much stronger method of authenticating to your servers when compared to using password authentication. In fact, password authentication in OpenSSH should always be disabled. But before you can password authentication, you’ll need to set up public key authentication, and that’s exactly what we’ll do in today’s video.
Linux Essentials – Formatting & Mounting Storage Volumes
Storage volumes are essential to our Linux servers and workstations, but how do we format and mount additional storage volumes? In this episode of Linux Essentials, I’ll walk you through the process of formatting additional storage volumes and mounting them in your Linux instance.