| Question 1: You detect a Compaq USB controler in your computer. Which USB module would you load to use this controler? |
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usb-intel |
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usb-ohci |
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usb-uhci |
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usb-via |
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usb-compaq |
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| Question 2: Which command would display the list of all running background-jobs? |
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job |
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joblist |
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jobs |
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list -bg |
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joblist --background |
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| Question 3: What command sends signals to processes (just the command - no options)? |
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| Question 4: The user bertha has marked an important line of one of her textfiles with an asterix (*). But now she forgot the name of the file. How could you find this file, assuming it is located in berthas home directory? |
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grep --key=asterix /home/bertha/* |
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grep "/*" /home/bertha/* |
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grep * /home/bertha/* |
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grep 0x2A /home/bertha/* |
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grep \* /home/bertha/* |
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| Question 5: How could you get the information, how many kilobytes are used by the directory /home/foo including all subdirectories? |
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ls -laR /home/foo |
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cb --kilobyte --recursive /home/foo |
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du -s /home/foo |
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dirsize /home/foo |
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free --used_space /home/foo |
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| Question 6: You want to enable all of your users to use about 20 megabyte of diskspace in their home-directories and about 5 megabyte in /tmp. What action concerning the partitioning is necessary? |
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Every partition with userquotas have to have the file quota.user on their root |
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Every partition with userquotas need the entry usrquota in the options-field in /etc/fstab |
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One partition for /home is enough. You can symlink /tmp to /home later |
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Use qfdisk instead of fdisk to create disk-quota partitions |
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/home and /tmp each have to be on a own partition |
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| Question 7: What is the meaning of the sticky bit applied to a directory? |
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Everybody may read the content of the directory |
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Any user may remove files inside this directory, even if he is not the owner of the file to remove. |
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A user with write permission in this directory may not remove any file inside the directory if he is not the owner of the file to remove. |
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A user with write permission in this directory may not create any file there. |
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Nothing. The sticky bit is only used for regular files. |
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| Question 8: How could you change the group membership of the file foobar to group foo? |
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chown foo foobar |
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chgrp foobar foo |
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chperm --group foo --file foobar |
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chgroup foo foobar |
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chgrp foo foobar |
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| Question 9: Enter the commant to create a link. (Just the command, no options) |
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| Question 10: What would the following command search for? find . -size 25k |
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All files inside the current directory, which are bigger than 25 KBytes |
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All files inside the current directory and all included subdirectories, which are bigger than 25 KBytes |
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All files inside the current directory, which are smaller than 25 KBytes |
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All files inside the current directory and all included subdirectories, which are smaller than 25 KBytes |
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All files inside the current directory and all included subdirectories, which are exactly 25 KBytes big |
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| Question 11: In what section of your XF86Config file would you enter the directive to use a particular font server? |
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Section "Screen" |
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Section "ServerFlags" |
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Section "InputDevice" |
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Section "Files" |
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Section "Module" |
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| Question 12: Which of the following directories have to be placed on the root partition? |
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/sbin |
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/dev |
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/boot |
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/usr |
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/lib |
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| Question 13: Enter the full path of the LILO configuration file |
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| Question 14: After unpacking the sourcecode of a GNU software package, you want to compile and install it on your system. Which of the following lines could be used? |
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./configure;make;make install |
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configure;make;make install |
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make configure; make all; make install |
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./configure;make; install |
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make config;make;make install |
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| Question 15: You want to deinstall a deb packet foobar from your system. What would be a proper command? |
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apt-get remove foobar |
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remove foobar.deb |
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remove foobar |
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dpkg -r foobar |
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dselect foobar |
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| Question 16: What command would you use to get a list of all installed files coming from a debian packet named foobar? |
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dpkg -q --allfiles foobar |
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dpkg -qL foobar |
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dpkg -ql foobar |
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dpkg -l foobar |
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dpkg -L foobar |
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| Question 17: How could you describe the following commandline? foo && bar |
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The command foo is started in the background, the command bar is started in the foreground. |
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The command foo and the command bar are started simultaneously. |
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This isn't a valid commandline |
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The command bar is only processed if the command foo leaves with an error. |
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The command bar is only processed if the command foo leaves without error. |
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| Question 18: How could you get the number of all accounts on your system, including administrative and system accounts? |
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userinfo -n |
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userinfo --get_num |
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numusers -r |
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wc -l /etc/passwd |
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count --lines /etc/passwd |
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| Question 19: In which file will you find a listing of all used IO-Ports of your computer? |
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| Question 20: Which command is NOT usable to install debian packages? |
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dinst |
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dselect |
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apt-get |
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dpkg |
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| Question 21: How could you describe the following commandline? foo > bar 2>&1 |
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The command foo writes its STDOUT and STDERR into the file bar. |
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This isn't a valid commandline. |
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The command foo writes its output into the file bar and into the file 2. |
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The command foo redirects its output to the command bar and bar redirects its input back to foo. |
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The command bar is only processed if the command foo returns a status of 1 or 2. |
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| Question 22: What would the following command result in? cp $(find . -size -12k) /tmp |
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All files in the current directory which are smaller than 12 KByte will be copied to /tmp |
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This isn't a valid command |
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The file with the name stored in the variable "find . -size -12k" will be copied to /tmp |
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All files in the current directory and in all included subdirectories which are smaller than 12 KByte will be copied to /tmp. |
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All files in the current directory and in all included subdirectories which are smaller than 12 KByte will be copied to /tmp. The directorie structure will be copied, too. |
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| Question 23: How could you watch the contents of a logfile, even if the logfile is growing while you're watching? |
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less -f logfile |
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watch logfile |
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head -f logfile |
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more -f logfile |
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tail -f logfile |
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| Question 24: What command is used to connect lines of different textfiles to one line, using common fields to determine which lines fit together (just the command - no options)? |
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| Question 25: You have to move the whole directory-tree /home/foo to /oldusers. What command would you use? |
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cp --move /home/foo /oldusers |
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move /home/foo /oldusers |
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mv -R /home/foo /oldusers |
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mv /home/foo /oldusers |
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mv -r /home/foo /oldusers |
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| Question 26: What is the effect of the following command? fg 4 |
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This isn't a valid Linux-command |
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The name of the group with the groupID 4 is displayed |
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The foregroundcolor is changed to color 4 |
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The process with the PID 4 is fetched into the foreground |
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The job with the JobID 4 is fetched into the foreground |
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| Question 27: What command offers you an ongoing look at processor activity in real time (just the command - no options)? |
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| Question 28: Which statements concerning the tool renice are true? |
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root can change the nice-values of all processes of one user with a single command. |
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Once a nice value is increased, a normal user may not decrease it, even if it is his own process. |
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A normal user can decrease the nice value of his own processes. |
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A normal user may only change the nice values of his own processes. |
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renice allows a normal user to fasten his processes. |
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| Question 29: How can you detect, which PCI devices are connected to your computer? |
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Using the readpci command |
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Using the lspci command |
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Using the file /proc/pci |
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Using the pci_info command |
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Using the getpci command |
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| Question 30: Which of the following tools could be used to search a textfile for a particular searchstring without opening it with an interactive editor? |
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ed |
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find |
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sed |
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grep |
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vi |
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| Question 31: What command would you use to copy all files inside the current directory which names begin with a number to /tmp |
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cp [0-9] /tmp |
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cp [0-9]* /tmp |
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cp [0-9].* /tmp |
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cp [0-9*] /tmp |
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cp [:num:]* /tmp |
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| Question 32: What command would you use to show all partitions on all harddrives? |
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mtab |
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fdisk -l |
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df |
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du |
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fstab |
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| Question 33: How could you check the integrity of a non mounted filesystem /dev/hdb7 even if it has a valid cleanflag? |
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chkdsk /dev/hdb7 |
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fschk -f /dev/hdb7 |
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fsck /dev/hdb7 |
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fsck -f /dev/hdb7 |
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hdcheck --force /dev/hdb7 |
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| Question 34: What command is used to unmount mounted filesystems? (Just the command - no options) |
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| Question 35: How could you get the information, what kind of quota is activated for user foo? |
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quota foo |
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repquota --user foo |
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quota --user foo |
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quotainfo foo |
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repquota foo |
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| Question 36: What ist the numeric value of the permission mode drwxr-xr-T |
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| Question 37: How could you help users to create files with serious file permissions? |
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Use cron to change the file permissions of the users files once a day |
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Use replacements for the standard unix tools which create secure files |
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Teach users how to use chmod |
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Use a serious umask setting in the user's profile |
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Change the user's directory permissions |
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| Question 38: What command is used to change ownership of a file? (Just the command - no options) |
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| Question 39: In the directory /home/foo exists a file named bar which is a symbolic link to /etc/services. If you would copy the link to /tmp using the command cp -d /home/foo/bar /tmp what would happen? |
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The cp command would ask you whether to create a link or a file |
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The destination /tmp/bar is a symbolic link to /etc/services |
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The destination /tmp/bar is a symbolic link to /home/foo/bar |
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Nothing. The cp-command is not made for copying links. |
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The destination /tmp/bar is a regular file with the same content as /etc/services |
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| Question 40: Which of the following programs could be used to load necessary modules when the system detects a newly connected USB-device? |
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usbmanager |
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usb-plug |
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hotplug |
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usbmgr |
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usb-dyn |
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| Question 41: Which directory contains a majority of system configuration files? Enter the whole path |
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| Question 42: What is a X-server |
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any X11 application |
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a computer which offers the ability to run X11-applications |
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the program which administrates the graphical IO using the X11 protocol |
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a computer which offers X11-applications |
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the program which manages the window borders/colors |
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| Question 43: Which of the following programs are valid display managers for X11? |
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kdm |
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gdm |
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xdm |
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gtkm |
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fdm |
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xdisplaymanager |
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| Question 44: You started an X-application with the parameter -display foo:0 but you get the message "Can't open display". What is the reason? |
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you must run the command "xhost foo" before the above command |
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you have to use foo:1 instead of foo:0 |
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foo is not known, try it with it's IP-address |
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you must run "xhost yourcomputer" on foo before the above command |
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you must be root to display something on other computer's screen |
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| Question 45: You are working with vi, writing a textfile. Being in command mode, you want to move the cursor 7 characters right. Enter the necessary command |
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| Question 46: Which is the Partition ID of a Linux Native Partition |
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| Question 47: When do you need to rerun the grub-install command? |
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After overwriting the old kernel in /boot with a new one |
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After every modification of the grub configuration file |
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Only the first time after installing GRUB |
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After every boot |
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After installing a new kernel with a new name in /boot |
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| Question 48: Which statements concerning the program gzip are true? |
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gzip is used to compress files and directories into an archive |
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gzip is used to compress just a single file |
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After compressing a file with gzip, the uncompressed file is removed |
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gzip changes its behaviour when it is renamed to gunzip |
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gzip is used to compress many files into an archive |
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| Question 49: You have just installed the new program foobar manually. This program uses shared libraries, which are installed to /usr/local/foobar/lib. What is neccesary to do after the installation so that the libraries can be used? |
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create symbolic links from every library in /usr/local/foobar/lib to /usr/lib |
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edit /etc/ld.so.conf to add the new library path and then run ldconfig |
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restart your computer |
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run ldconfig |
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edit /etc/ld.so.conf to add the new library path and then run ld.so |
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| Question 50: You want to install the debian package file foobar.deb. This file is located in /home/bob. Which command would you use to install this file? |
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apt-get install /home/bob/foobar.deb |
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install /home/bob/foobar.deb |
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dselect /home/bob/foobar.deb |
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dpkg -i /home/bob/foobar.deb |
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debinst -f /home/bob/foobar.deb |
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| Question 51: Which command would you use to list all rpm-packets installed on your system? |
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rpm -la |
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rpm --show-all |
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rpm -qa |
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rpm --all |
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rpm -q all |
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