This room is the second part in the Linux Fundamental rooms designed to teach you about various Linux concepts, and in-built tools. This room covers the following topics:

  • Linux Operators
  • Advanced File Operators

To access the room you can click here: https://tryhackme.com/room/linux2

Task 1 - Intro

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Task 2 - SSH - Intro

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Task 3 - Putty and SSH

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Task 4 - [Section 4: Linux Operators]: “&&”

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Task 5 - [Section 4: Linux Operators]: “&”

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Task 6 - [Section 4: Linux Operators]: “$”

  1. How would you set nootnoot equal to 1111?

    ANSWER: export nootnoot=1111

  2. What is the value of the home environment variable?

    ANSWER: /home/shiba2

Task 7 - [Section 4: Linux Operators]: “|”

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Task 8 - [Section 4: Linux Operators] - “;”

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Task 9 - [Section 4: Linux Operators]: “>”

  1. How would you output twenty to a file called test?

    ANSWER: echo twenty > test

Task 10 - [Section 4: Linux Operators]: “»”

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Task 11 - Binary - shiba2

  1. What is shiba3’s password?

    Set the $USER variable to ‘test1234’ and execute the shiba2 binary.

    Shiba2 Password

    ANSWER: happynootnoises

Task 12 - [Section 5 - Advanced File Operations]: Intro

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Task 13 - [Section 5 - Advanced File Operators]: A bit of background.

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Task 14 - [Section 5: Advanced File Operations]: chown

  1. How would you change the owner of file to paradox?

    ANSWER: chown paradox file

  2. What about the owner and the group of file to paradox

    ANSWER: chown paradox:paradox file

  3. What flag allows you to operate on every file in the directory at once?

    ANSWER: -R

Task 15 - [Section 5: Advanced File Operations]: chmod

  1. What permissions mean the user can read the file, the group can read and write to the file, and no one else can read, write or execute the file?

    ANSWER: 460

  2. What permissions mean the user can read, write, and execute the file, the group can read, write, and execute the file, and everyone else can read, write, and execute the file.

    ANSWER: 777

Task 16 - [Section 5: Advanced File Operations]: rm

  1. What flag deletes every file in a directory?

    ANSWER: -r

  2. How do you suppress all warning prompts?

    ANSWER: -f

Task 17 - [Section 5: Advanced File Operations]: mv

  1. How would you move file to /tmp?

    ANSWER: mv file /tmp

Task 18 - Linux Fundamentals 3

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