Linux Administration Cookbook

Ubuntu

Like all good distributions, Ubuntu also lets you cat a file to get information; but, unlike some others, it also tells you when you log in (by default).

SSHing to our Ubuntu box should print something like the following:

$ vagrant ssh ubuntu1804Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64) * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage  System information as of Sun Sep 30 14:55:26 UTC 2018  System load:  0.0              Processes:             95  Usage of /:   9.8% of 9.63GB   Users logged in:       0  Memory usage: 12%              IP address for enp0s3: 10.0.2.15  Swap usage:   0% * Read about Ubuntu updates for L1 Terminal Fault Vulnerabilities (L1TF).   - https://ubu.one/L1TF * Having ...