Linux Essentials for Cybersecurity Lab Manual, First Edition

Chapter 13. Develop a Storage Security Policy

These labs should be performed on the CentOS operating system that you installed in Chapter 1, “Distributions and Key Components.” Before you begin this lab, log in to the student account that you created during the installation process.

Lab 13.1 Backing Up a Filesystem

Step 1. Open a terminal window.

                                       

Step 2. Use the su command to switch to the root user.

                                       

Step 3. Back up the contents of the /etc/X11 directory into a tar file named /tmp/X11.tar.

                                       

Step 4. List the contents of the /tmp/X11.tar file, including details about the files (such as using verbose mode).

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