Practice 000 — SSH Login and Basic Shell Commands

Terminal Session

aadarkdk@pop-os:~$ ssh aadarsha@192.168.254.67
aadarsha@192.168.254.67's password: 
Last login: Thu Jun  4 06:34:06 2026

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ hostname
labserver

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ pwd
/home/aadarsha

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ whoami
aadarsha

# Switching User's account
# su - <username>

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ su - root
Password: 
Last login: Tue Jun  2 16:55:19 +0545 2026 on pts/1

[root@labserver ~]# whoami
root

[root@labserver ~]# exit
logout

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for aadarsha:  
[root@labserver ~]# whoami
root
[root@labserver ~]# exit
logout

[root@labserver ~]# useradd myuser1
[root@labserver ~]# passwd myuser1
New password: 
Retype new password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
[root@labserver ~]# su - myuser1
[myuser1@labserver ~]$ whoami
myuser1
[myuser1@labserver ~]$ passwd myuser1
Current password: 
New password: 
Retype new password: 
passwd: password updated successfully
[myuser1@labserver ~]$ pwd
/home/myuser1
[myuser1@labserver ~]$ exit
logout

[myuser1@labserver ~]$ su - aadarsha
Password: 
Last login: Thu Jun  4 06:35:22 +0545 2026 from 192.168.254.69 on pts/0


[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ date
Thu Jun  4 08:09:21 AM +0545 2026

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ su - root
Password: 
Last login: Thu Jun  4 08:05:52 +0545 2026 on pts/0

[root@labserver ~]# date --set=2026-06-01

Mon Jun  1 12:00:00 AM +0545 2026

[root@labserver ~]# date
Mon Jun  1 12:00:03 AM +0545 2026

[root@labserver ~]# date --set=2026-06-04
Thu Jun  4 12:00:00 AM +0545 2026

[root@labserver ~]# date --set=08:13:00
Thu Jun  4 08:13:00 AM +0545 2026

[root@labserver ~]# exit
logout

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ cal
      June 2026     
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
    1  2  3  4  5  6
 7  8  9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30            
                    
[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ cal 2026
                               2026                               

       January               February                 March       
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
             1  2  3    1  2  3  4  5  6  7    1  2  3  4  5  6  7
 4  5  6  7  8  9 10    8  9 10 11 12 13 14    8  9 10 11 12 13 14
11 12 13 14 15 16 17   15 16 17 18 19 20 21   15 16 17 18 19 20 21
18 19 20 21 22 23 24   22 23 24 25 26 27 28   22 23 24 25 26 27 28
25 26 27 28 29 30 31                          29 30 31            
                                                                  
        April                   May                   June        
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
          1  2  3  4                   1  2       1  2  3  4  5  6
 5  6  7  8  9 10 11    3  4  5  6  7  8  9    7  8  9 10 11 12 13
12 13 14 15 16 17 18   10 11 12 13 14 15 16   14 15 16 17 18 19 20
19 20 21 22 23 24 25   17 18 19 20 21 22 23   21 22 23 24 25 26 27
26 27 28 29 30         24 25 26 27 28 29 30   28 29 30            
                       31                                         
        July                  August                September     
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
          1  2  3  4                      1          1  2  3  4  5
 5  6  7  8  9 10 11    2  3  4  5  6  7  8    6  7  8  9 10 11 12
12 13 14 15 16 17 18    9 10 11 12 13 14 15   13 14 15 16 17 18 19
19 20 21 22 23 24 25   16 17 18 19 20 21 22   20 21 22 23 24 25 26
26 27 28 29 30 31      23 24 25 26 27 28 29   27 28 29 30         
                       30 31                                      
       October               November               December      
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
             1  2  3    1  2  3  4  5  6  7          1  2  3  4  5
 4  5  6  7  8  9 10    8  9 10 11 12 13 14    6  7  8  9 10 11 12
11 12 13 14 15 16 17   15 16 17 18 19 20 21   13 14 15 16 17 18 19
18 19 20 21 22 23 24   22 23 24 25 26 27 28   20 21 22 23 24 25 26
25 26 27 28 29 30 31   29 30                  27 28 29 30 31      
                                                                  
[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ pwd
/home/aadarsha

[myuser1@labserver ~]$ cd /
[myuser1@labserver /]$ pwd
/
[myuser1@labserver /]$ cd
[myuser1@labserver ~]$ exit
logout

# Creating a directory 
[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ mkdir mydir1

# Creating a File
# using 'cat' command

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ cat > file1
This is my first file...     

# CTRL + D --> Save and exit

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ ls
file1  mydir1

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ cat file1
This is my first file...

# using 'vi' editor
[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ vi file2


# home directory of the current user  -->  /home/<user-name>

# Viewing the contents of the file
[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ cat file1
This is my first file...
[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ cat file2 
This is my second file...

# Modifying the content of the file
[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ vi file2
[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ cat file2
This is my second file...
This is added later

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ ls
file1  file2  mydir1

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ cd mydir1/
[aadarsha@labserver mydir1]$ pwd
/home/aadarsha/mydir1

[aadarsha@labserver ~]$ cd /

[aadarsha@labserver /]$ cd ~
[aadarsha@labserver ~]$