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 Question :  On Nautilus storage server in Stratos DC there is a storage location /data which is used by different developers to keep their data (no confidential data). One of the developers mariyam has raised a ticket and asked for a copy of his/her data present in /data/mariyam directory on storage server. /home is an FTP location on storage server where developers can download their data. Below are the instructions shared by the system admin team to accomplish the task:

a. Make a mariyam.tar.gz compressed archive of /data/mariyam directory and move the archive to /home directory on Storage Server.

Please Note :-  Perform the below commands based on your question  server,  user name & other details might differ . So please read task carefully before executing. All the Best 👍

Solution:  

1. At first login on storage server  & Switch to  root user 

thor@jump_host ~$  ssh natasha@ststor01 The authenticity of host 'ststor01 (172.16.238.15)' can't be established. ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:OWmtNn2YObQR5vQ0uP6Jg+peCclJ+sB1VH/KuLeXJJc. ECDSA key fingerprint is MD5:46:9f:1e:ac:41:e3:23:68:45:18:71:37:8c:f8:df:17. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes Warning: Permanently added 'ststor01,172.16.238.15' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts. natasha@ststor01's password: [natasha@ststor01 ~]$ sudo su -  We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:      #1) Respect the privacy of others.     #2) Think before you type.     #3) With great power comes great responsibility.  [sudo] password for natasha: [root@ststor01 ~]#

2. Run Below command to archive the folder ( check folder name in your task)   

[root@ststor01 ~]# ll /data total 4 drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jul  5 11:14 mariyam [root@ststor01 ~]# [root@ststor01 ~]# tar -czvf mariyam.tar.gz  /data/mariyam/ tar: Removing leading `/' from member names /data/mariyam/ /data/mariyam/nautilus2.txt /data/mariyam/nautilus3.txt /data/mariyam/nautilus1.txt [root@ststor01 ~]#

3.  Move the  tar file to /home        

[root@ststor01 ~]# ll total 8 -rw------- 1 root root 3415 Aug  1  2019 anaconda-ks.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  203 Jul  5 11:17 mariyam.tar.gz [root@ststor01 ~]# [root@ststor01 ~]# mv mariyam.tar.gz  /home/ [root@ststor01 ~]#

4. Validate the task by listing the file exist in  Home directory 

[root@ststor01 ~]# ll /home/ total 12 drwx------ 1 ansible ansible 4096 Oct 15  2019 ansible -rw-r--r-- 1 root    root     203 Jul  5 11:17 mariyam.tar.gz drwx------ 1 natasha natasha 4096 Jan 12  2020 natasha [root@ststor01 ~]#

5. Click on Finish & Confirm to complete the task successful

Happy Learning!!!!

Apart from this if you need more clarity,  I have made a  tutorial video on this , 

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