Users in Linux
- In Linux when we connect via remote session there are no visual interfaces
- Connect to the linux instance
ip: 20.55.19.106
username: experiment
password: experiment
- The command pattern is
ssh username@ipaddress - To create a user
adduser <name>
- In Linux if you want to elevate your previleges add sudo infront of your command
sudo adduser <name>
- the user with which you are executing sudo needs to have part of sudoers group
Shell and Kernel
Distribution
- Linux Kernel is the Core Operating System in Linux
- Some Organizations like Canonical, SUSE, RedHat etc take the linux kernel add some more applications for better experience. These are referred as distributions.
- Examples of Distribution
- Redhat
- Centos
- Ubuntu
- Fedora
- Kali
- Debian
- Amazon Linux
Application Installation
- Application Installation will copy files into the system.
- To do this we have 3 ways
- Manually download the files (generally as zip or tar) extract and use
- Download the installer file/executable and run that
- Using Package Managers
- Mac: brew
- Windows: choco
- Linux:
- Ubuntu: apt
- Redhat: yum
