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This chapter is from the book

Exam Preparation Tasks

As mentioned in the section “Goals and Methods” in the Introduction, you have a couple of choices for exam preparation: the exercises here, Chapter 23, “Final Preparation,” and the exam simulation questions in the Pearson Test Prep Software Online.

Review All Key Topics

Review the most important topics in this chapter, noted with the Key Topic icon in the left margin of the page. Table 11-2 lists these key topics and the page number on which each is found.

Table 11-2 Key Topics for Chapter 11

Key Topic Element

Description

Page Number

List

Programs and files that SSH includes

408

List

SSH global configuration files

408

Paragraph

Description of the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file

409

Paragraph

Example syntax for connecting to a remote system via the ssh command

409

Note

Example of deleting all the .rhosts files on a given system

411

Step list

Enabling SSH use without passwords

411

Section

Tunneling

414

Note

Reason to use the visudo command instead of editing /etc/sudoers directly

416

Paragraph

Using the sudoedit command to allow a user to use any editor

417

Paragraph

Switching to the root account using the su command

419

Paragraph

Example of using the pkexec command to run a script as an different user

420

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