Services Management
Start a service: sudo systemctl start <service_name>
Stop a service sudo systemctl stop <service_name>
Enable a service to start on boot sudo systemctl enable <service_name>
Disable a service from starting on boot sudo systemctl disable <service_name>
Check the status of a service sudo systemctl status <service_name>
Restart a service sudo systemctl restart <service_name>
Change Hostname
View current hostname hostnamectl
Set a new hostname sudo hostnamectl set-hostname <new_hostname>
Change IP of Network Adapter
Edit the network interface file sudo nano /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<interface_name>
Example for ens33:
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.1.100
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
DNS1=8.8.8.8
Restart the network service sudo systemctl restart network
Add User and Group
Add a user sudo useradd <username>
sudo passwd <username>
Add a group sudo groupadd <groupname>
Add user to a group sudo usermod -aG <groupname> <username>
Delete a user sudo userdel <username>
Delete a group sudo groupdel <groupname>
Change Permissions
Change file ownership sudo chown <user>:<group> <file_or_directory>
Change file permissions sudo chmod 755 <file_or_directory>
Common examples:
- 755: Owner has full permissions, group and others have read
and execute.
- 644: Owner has read/write, group and others have read-only.
File Manipulation
Create a file touch <filename>
Edit a file nano <filename>
Copy a file cp <source> <destination>
Move or rename a file mv <source> <destination>
Delete a file rm <filename>
List files in a directory ls -l
Firewall Management
Check firewall status sudo firewall-cmd --state
Start the firewall sudo systemctl start firewalld
Stop the firewall sudo systemctl stop firewalld
Enable the firewall on boot sudo systemctl enable firewalld
Add a service to the firewall sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=<service_name>
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
Block/Remove a service sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --remove-service=<service_name>
sudo firewall-cmd –reload
Open a specific port sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=<port_number>/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
Block/Remove a specific port sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --remove- port=<port_number>/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd –reload
