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29 Cards in this Set
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What service is used to log on to a Linux/UNIX domain?
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Network Information Service (NIS)
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What command is used to create links?
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ln
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How can the value of a variable be used as part of a larger word?
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part-of-word{variablename}rest-of-word
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What is the syntax for the link command?
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ln target [linkname]
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What should be done first if a package does not run successfully after installation?
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verify that libc is the correct version
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Do a hard link and its target share an inode?
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yes
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Does a soft link and its target share an inode?
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no
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What are the two valid locations for the bootstrap loader?
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MBR and the 1st sector of the boot partition
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What are back quotes used for?
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running a command and replacing the command with the output of the command
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How is the output of a command appended to a file?
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command >> file
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What are the two valid locations for the bootstrap loader?
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MBR and the 1st sector of the boot partition
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In what order does the shell evaluate arguments?
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left to right
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Why can't LILO boot NT and 2000 OS's?
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they use the NTFS filesystem, which LILO can't access
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What standard governs IDE hard drives?
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ATA
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What directory acts as the "garbage bin"?
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/dev/null
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What directory acts as the "garbage bin"?
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/dev/null
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At what point does a Linux installation typically prompt for a language to be used?
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immediately before the EULA
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What command is used to view the shell environment?
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set
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What does the ifconfig command show?
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current settings for each network interface
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What syntax is used to assign a value to a variable name?
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VARIABLENAME=value
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What command will remove a variable from the current environment?
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unset
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What IRQ is the keyboard usually set to?
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1
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What command is used to evaluate expressions?
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expr
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What is the difference between slocate and find?
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slocate searches a database; find searches a drive
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What is the difference between slocate and find?
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slocate searches a database; find searches a drive
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What are the two drawbacks of expr?
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can't handle decimal points; each use requires a seperate process
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What bit size does MD5 use?
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128-bit
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What does shadowing do?
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moves passwords to /etc/shadow
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What service is used to log on to a Linux/UNIX domain?
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Network Information Service (NIS)
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