Let's start by logging in to our virtual machine via SSH:
ssh -p 2222 reader@localhost
Enter your password at the prompt and you should arrive at the default Ubuntu 18.04 login banner, which should look similar to the following:
reader@localhost's password: Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64)<SNIPPED> System information as of Sat Jul 28 14:15:19 UTC 2018 System load: 0.09 Processes: 87 Usage of /: 45.6% of 9.78GB Users logged in: 0 Memory usage: 15% IP address for enp0s3: 10.0.2.15 Swap usage: 0%<SNIPPED>Last login: Sat Jul 28 14:13:42 2018 from 10.0.2.2reader@ubuntu:~$
When logging in (either via SSH or the Terminal console) you will end up at the home directory of the user. You can always ...
