Operating Systems and Your. Week 6: Operating Systems in Practice
In what log files can you find information about authentication errors?
/var/log/auth.log; The auth.log file contains authentication log messages.
In what log files can you find information about bootup errors? Check all that apply.
/var/log/syslog; You can find log information about bootup issues in kern.log as well as the syslog. /var/log/kern.log
For an ssh connection to work, which of the following need to be true? Check all that apply.
SSH is installed on client; To SSH into a remote host, you'll need all of these things setup. The SSH server is running on theist you want to connect to You need to specify a hostname to SSH into
Which portion of the PuTTY package allows you to perform file transfers using the SCP (Secure Copy) protocol?
pscp.exe; The pscp.exe tool, or PuTTY Secure Copy Client, will let you copy files to and from remote computers using SCP.
If you were investigating login issues on a Windows computer, which portion of the Event Viewer logs would be a good place to start your investigation?
security; The Security log would be a good place to start when troubleshooting login issues.