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Navigate through your Graphical CentOS system, '''locate and run a terminal program (in order to issue Linux commands). Issue and record the commands used and the output generated in each of the following steps:'''
#Issue the following With older (ancient) versions of Linux, a user once may have been allowed to login to their graphical Linux command: <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;fontsystem using '''root''' as their user-size:1name and their root password.2emThis has been determined to be a security risk;">login root</span></code></b>#Issue therefore you will be logging into your regular user account instead and issuing a Linux command (learned in ULI101) to confirm login as the type of account you are currently using''root'' user. What is the purpose of this account?#Exit your current account. Which account are you now using?
#Refer to the Information box regarding how to access the admin account from the command line.
#Issue the command <b><code><span style="color:#3366CC;font-size:1.3em;">su </span></code></b> Issue the '''pwd''' and '''whoami''' commands to confirm your directory pathname. When finished logout of this account.