performance
easy
Remember
recon
2 points
Question 3. CSCD240-E1-B
Print your current username.
Work the drill
Answer on paper or in a terminal before revealing the ideal answer.
Ideal answer
whoami
Acceptable alternatives: ["id -un", "echo $USER"]
Misconception bank
Each row below is a plausible wrong answer, the thinking that produces it, and the remedy that corrects the misconception. These are the foundation of the multiple-choice framing and the targeted feedback a student receives after answering.
user
Misconception. No builtin or command named "user".
Remedy. Flash card trio: whoami / id -un / $USER.
Authority mappings
Hover any chip for the mapping justification; click to open the authority record.
DCWF roles:
CE-551 Red Team Specialist
DCWF tasks:
T0295
KU outcomes:
CO-M3-O1
O*NET tasks:
SOC 15-1212.00: task 6SOC 15-1212.00: task 7SOC 15-1299.04: task 21SOC 15-1299.04: task 22
NCAE errors:
WWW Port 80 / failure: Failed to connect to serve.SSH Login / failure: Failed to connect to host: IPRouter ICMP / failure: Request Timed Out to host .Router ICMP / failure: ping says "Destination Hos.SSH Login / partial: The following users failed t.SSH Login / partial: The following users failed t.WWW Port 80 / failure: HTTP not found
Course-artifact links
Lectures
- CSCD240-S26-L01. Setup: VPN, SSH, GitHub Classroom, Tokens, First Commands
Lab questions
- CSCD240-S26-LAB1: Capture the results of whoami and the results of id. Compare the two.