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The Linux file system and the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
From the course: Learning CentOS Linux
The Linux file system and the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
- [Instructor] CentOS, along with many Unix-like systems, follows the standard called the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, or FHS, which defines locations, permissions, and file names for system and other files. This standard makes it possible for users and programs to find what they're looking for, in consistent places. More information about the standard is available on the Linux Foundation website. For our purposes here, let's take a look at a few of the commonly used directories in the file system. I've generated this output with a command called tree, which can be installed from the repository. Don't worry about it for now, I just want you to pay attention to the structure of the directories. The most important directory, and the one on which everything else is based, is the root directory, represented with a slash. It's the highest level on the hierarchy, meaning that everything else is contained within it, or is under it. We'll see the slash representing root in absolute file…
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The Linux file system and the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard4m 13s
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Configuring the network for a CentOS server2m 51s
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Configuring the network manually6m 45s
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Configuring the network with NetworkManager4m 45s
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Setting the hostname2m 32s
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Connecting to the system remotely with Secure Shell (SSH)4m 6s
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Adding an administrative user with SSH access3m 41s
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Adding a key to a user for SSH access4m 24s
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Transferring files to and from the server5m 1s
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File permissions2m 12s
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Working with users and groups3m 52s
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Installing and updating software8m 5s
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Installing packages by group1m 34s
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Installing packages from other sources4m
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