findmnt – find a filesystem. How this is different than the mount command

Linux Command Line tutorial for forensics – 44 – findmnt – find a filesystem

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Difficulty Level: intermediate
Prerequisites: basic understanding of linux command line
basic understanding of partitions and file systems
basic understanding of disk mounting concepts

In this video, we will look at using the findmnt command versus the mount command for looking at filesystems

Video timeline
00:00 intro
00:47 mount and findmnt basics
02:37 search filtering: -O ro,noexec / -t ext4,vfat / -S / -T / -M
06:37 search locations: -s (/etc/fstab), -m (/etc/mtab), -k (/proc/self/mountinfo)
09:02 custom output columns: -o
10:17 diskspace free: –df
12:28 BONUS: verifying the /etc/fstab file with findmnt –verify

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Linux distro:
CAINE  linux (http://www.caine-live.net)

Virtualization software:
Virtual Box (http://virtualbox.org)

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This course was designed to provide information on how to use the command line environment in a Unix/Linux system to accomplish tasks such as imaging, data acquisition, and archiving.  This course covers the basics of Unix/Linux commands that allow users to view and edit text files, obtain hardware and system information, partitioning and formatting, process related commands, manipulating disks and partitions, imaging, archiving, logical acquisition, live system response, and basic networking.

This would be beneficial for folks who are interested in digital forensics, incidence response, system administration, ethical hacking, or just plain linux.  his course covers material for beginners as well as for advanced users. This course would also be helpful if you are considering taking the CompTIA Linux+ certification test.

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