You are managing an FTP server installed in Ubuntu Server. The server has created a very large log le, vsftpd. log. Which command is appropriate to search the log le for activity of the user charlie?

a. sudo cat / var/log/vsftpd. log

b. grep "charlie" / var/log/vsftpd. log

c. sudo grep "charlie" / var/log/vsftpd. log

d. cat / var/log/vsftpd. log

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Dania Waters

21 November, 17:31

You are managing an FTP server installed in Ubuntu Server. The server has created a very large log le, vsftpd. log. Which command is appropriate to search the log le for activity of the user charlie?

a. sudo cat / var/log/vsftpd. log

b. grep "charlie" / var/log/vsftpd. log

c. sudo grep "charlie" / var/log/vsftpd. log

d. cat / var/log/vsftpd. log

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Britney Hines · Answer 1

c. sudo grep "charlie" / var/log/vsftpd. log

Explanation:

sudo is used to access / var/log files since it requires superuser access grep command is used to search for a string of characters in a specified file "charlie" is the string searched in the log files / var/log / is where the log files are in linux systems