Summary
In this chapter, you were given a crash course in Linux and Unix system administration at the command line. Although it's doubtful that you were able to absorb enough of this information to fly without a net, you can refer to parts of this chapter as you need them in the future.
To recount a few highlights in this chapter, you learned about the following:
The su command, which enables you to access the root account to perform administration tasks without having to log out of a user account and log back in as root
The ps, renice, and kill commands, which enable you to list running processes, adjust their priorities, or kill them forcefully
The chkconfig utility, which enables you to edit the list of running services on a per-runlevel basis, ...
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