Understanding Man Pages

Question 1

How do you start the vncserver manually?

Answer 1

vncserver

Question 2

How would you enable the vnc server to run automatically?

Answer 2

systemctl enable vncserver@:>n<

i. e systemctl enable vncserver@:1
* instance number 1 > correlates to port 5901

Question 3

What is the default port vnc uses?

Answer 3

5900

5901+ used for multiple virtual displays

Question 4

How do you connect to a node using vnc?

Answer 4

ip: :port

i. e 172.16.23.5::5901

Question 5

On a man page what represents an arbitrary length of items that can be specified?

Answer 5

…

i.e ls [OPTION]… [FILE]…

Question 6

On a man page, how do you know the order of arguments?

Answer 6

Denoted by brackets, remove the outermost bracket to get the order
i.e cal [options] [[[day] month] year]
order is: year month day

Question 7

On a man page how do you differentiate between an optional and required parameter?

Answer 7

[] - optional (encased in brackets)

_ - required (underlined)