NCAE rooms

NCAE rooms, path 2 of 2

The event, Linux and SSH

Four rooms in order. How the event works and how it is scored, read from the scoreboard of the 2026 Invitational. Linux 1: commands, paths and files. Linux 2: reading files, editors, accounts and permissions. SSH 1: keep the scored sign-in working. Each room opens when you finish the room before it.

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A room is finished when every question in it is right and you have clicked Mark task complete on every reading task. Each room opens when you finish the rooms it lists.

  1. The event, Linux and SSH0 of 77 right
    • 4 rooms
    • About 5 hours
    • 77 questions
    • 770 XP
    1. How the event works and how it is scoredEasy, about 40 minutesTo open this room, finish room 4, The checker, the board and scoring.0 of 19 right
    2. Linux 1: commands, paths and filesEasy, about 70 minutesTo open this room, finish room 1, How the event works and how it is scored.0 of 18 right
    3. Linux 2: reading files, editors, accounts and permissionsEasy, about 120 minutesTo open this room, finish room 2, Linux 1: commands, paths and files.0 of 24 right
    4. SSH 1: keep the scored sign-in workingMedium, about 90 minutesTo open this room, finish room 3, Linux 2: reading files, editors, accounts and permissions.0 of 16 right