Ann, a junior Linux administrator, needs to copy software from her local machine to assist in developing a software application on a remote machine with the IP address 192.168.3.22
The file needs to be placed on the /tmp directory.
After downloading the RPM to the local machine, which of the following commands would be BEST to use to copy the software?
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A. B. C. D.A.
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To copy the software from her local machine to a remote machine with the IP address 192.168.3.22, Ann can use the scp command, which stands for "secure copy." This command allows files to be securely transferred between local and remote hosts using the SSH protocol.
Of the four options provided, the best command to use in this scenario would be option A: scp ~/software.rpm USER@192.168.3.22:/tmp. Here's why:
scp command is used to copy files between hosts.~/software.rpm specifies the path to the file on Ann's local machine that she wants to copy.USER@192.168.3.22 specifies the username and IP address of the remote machine. In this case, Ann will need to substitute the actual username for "USER" and the actual IP address for "192.168.3.22.":/tmp specifies the path on the remote machine where the file should be copied. In this case, Ann wants to copy the file to the /tmp directory.So, when Ann runs the scp command with these options, the software RPM file will be securely copied from her local machine to the remote machine's /tmp directory.
Option B (scp ~/software.rpm USER@192.168.3.22: /tmp) is incorrect because there should not be a space between the IP address and the colon that separates the remote path.
Option C (wget USER@192.168.3.22:/tmp -f ~/software.rpm) is also incorrect because wget is a command used to download files from the internet, not to copy files between hosts.
Option D (scp USER@192.168.3.22 ~/software.rpm :/tmp) is incorrect because it reverses the source and destination arguments, so it will try to copy the file from the remote machine to Ann's local machine, rather than from Ann's local machine to the remote machine. Additionally, there should not be a space before the colon that separates the remote path.