Assignment: Lab 1- Create a Virtual Machine

Summary of Assignment 1: For this being the first lab, it wasn’t too difficult, but it helped me learn the basics of VM. I learned the concepts of pwd, ls, and echo on a virtual machine. This wasn’t too much information but it was good to learn starting off.

Assignment 2- Working with Command Line

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Summary for Assignment 2: For this lab, it was a big step into learning more about the different phrases to use in Kali Linux. Ls was used way more, and I was able to learn how to see different text files and things I saved in my home directory.

Assignment 3- Working with VI Editor

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Summary for Assignment 3- From this lab, I learned a lot about switching modes for editing, saving, and navigating through the command vi. This makes it easier to do tasks and configure files.

Assignment 4- User and Group Accounts

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Summary of Assignment 4: This was another growing moment for me because sudo gave me some problems and took some time to learn fully. It gave me a better understanding of how users can log in and out, and how multiple users can operate groups.

Assignment 5- Password Cracking

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Summary of Assignment 5: This actually grabbed my interest because it involved cracking a password. I have a lot of different passwords and questioned on if they were good or not. Kali Linux provides a variety of tools, like John the Ripper, to crack passwords. This showed a variation of how security can improve.

Assignment 6- File Permission

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Summary of Assignment 6: In this lab I definitely still had some confusion with sudo and the different user/password additions. I grew a strong understanding on how Linux protects passwords and files. Each permission can be divided into group and owner with the permissions of read and write.

Assignment 7- Manage Local Storage

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• Sudo ls /dev/sd* added /dev/sdb at the end
• Sudo fdisk -l has the section of Disk /dev/sdb: 200 MiB 209715200 bytes, 409600 sectors at the bottom
• Sudo parted -l has a section at the bottom that includes Error, Model, Disk /dev/sdb, Sector size, and Partition Table

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• Sudo ls /dev/sd* added /dev/sdb1 at the end
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Assignment 8- Shell Scripting

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