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ChromeOS System Administrator's Guide

ChromeOS System Administrator's Guide

By : Dr. Willie Sanders, Jr.
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ChromeOS System Administrator's Guide

ChromeOS System Administrator's Guide

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By: Dr. Willie Sanders, Jr.

Overview of this book

Google's ChromeOS provides a great platform for technicians, system administrators, developers, and casual users alike, providing a seemingly simplistic architecture that is easy enough for a novice user to begin working with. However, beneath the surface, this operating system boasts a plethora of powerful tools, able to rival any other OS on the market. So, learning how to harness the full potential of the OS is critical for you as a technical worker and user to thrive at your workplace. ChromeOS System Administrator’s Guide will help you reap the benefits of all features of ChromeOS. This book explains ChromeOS’ unique architecture and its built-in tools that perform essential tasks such as managing user accounts, working with data, and launching applications. As you build your foundational knowledge of the OS, you'll be exposed to higher-level concepts such as security, command line, and enterprise management. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to perform a range of system administration tasks within ChromeOS without requiring an alternative operating system, thereby broadening your options as a technician, system administrator, developer, or engineer.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Part 1:Working with ChromeOS
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Part 2:Security and Troubleshooting
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Part 3:Advanced Administration

Working with the Chrome Shell (Crosh)

In the previous chapter, you got a first glimpse of the command-line interface in ChromeOS via the Linux development environment’s Terminal. The Terminal provides admins with the potential to access extremely powerful tools for managing and maintaining their computer systems and apps. However, at the end of the day, the Terminal is still on your system, primarily to help control the Linux VM running as a guest on your ChromeOS device.

Thankfully, Google has given ChromeOS a command line all of its own; Chrome Shell or as it’s more commonly known, Crosh. Crosh can’t be used to run arbitrary code like some other command-line interfaces. However, systems administrators and advanced users can also leverage this powerful, browser-based application to access powerful tools and utilities, many of which are not available in the GUI.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Accessing Crosh
  • Looking at the...

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