Chapter 9

Introduction to Linux

Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:

images Understand the essentials of Linux

images Execute essential Linux commands

images Understand Linux directory structure

The next few chapters will be covering Metasploit. Metasploit is part of the Kali Linux distribution. That means you won’t be particularly effective with Kali or Metasploit if you don’t understand ...

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