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Accessing the Linux
Command Prompt
To begin
working through this guide, you will need to establish a connection to a Linux server.
Please refer to the guide: ‘Connecting to the ISG Linux Terminal Server (Saturn)’ guide as issued by
the Information Security Group. Establish a connection to Saturn (saturn.isg.rhul.ac.uk) using PuTTY
as detailed in the guide.
IMPORTANT:
During
password entry, you will not see any characters (e.g: ‘*’) appear – this is normal
behaviour for Linux. - Passwords are Case Sensitive!
Introduction to the
Command Line Interface
Once you have successfully logged in, you will be presented with
the Command Line Interface, also
known as the ‘Command Prompt’.
The prompt should read:
@:
$
so for example;
msai135@lab-tl243-008:/home/msai135$
The anatomy of a command line interface is as follows:
