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Useful Linux Commands - Part XVXIV

This document provides instructions for several useful Linux commands including ping, traceroute6, and netstat for network monitoring and troubleshooting. It also covers iptables for firewall management, nmap for port scanning, and netcat for network communication. Additional sections cover changing file ownership and permissions with chown and chmod, as well as creating and modifying user accounts with adduser and usermod.

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Useful Linux Commands - Part XVXIV

This document provides instructions for several useful Linux commands including ping, traceroute6, and netstat for network monitoring and troubleshooting. It also covers iptables for firewall management, nmap for port scanning, and netcat for network communication. Additional sections cover changing file ownership and permissions with chown and chmod, as well as creating and modifying user accounts with adduser and usermod.

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Useful Linux Commands Part XVXIV

# Check to see if target is online and responding


ping ip_address

# View network route to target:


traceroute6 ip_address

# Network Monitor
netstat

# Manage standard linux firewall (advanced users only)


iptables

# Scan this machine to check for open ports:


nmap 127.0.0.1

***** netcat:

# Listen for input from network on recieving_port, dump it to a file (insecure, but
handy):
netcat -l recieving_port > file_copied

# Pipe the output of a command to a target ip and port over the network:
command | netcat -w number_of_seconds_before_timeout target_ip target_port

# Use tar to compress and output a file as a stream, pipe it to a target ip and
port over the network:
sudo tar -czf - filename | netcat -w number_of_seconds_before_timeout target_ip
target_port

**** Users and Groups:


# Change owner of a file or directory:
chown user_name:group_name directory_name

# Change privileges over file or directory (see man page for details.)
chmod

# Create a new user:


adduser

# Change user privileges (be very careful with this one):


usermod

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