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Unix systems are characterized by a modular design that is sometimes called the, what?

Unix Philosophy

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The Unix operating system should provide a set of simple tools known as, what?

coreutils

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What is the name of the GNU kernel?

Unix/BSD

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The POSIX shell is the same as which shell?

Bourne Shell

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What is the default shell on GNU/Linux?

Bash

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True or False: The CLI, terminal, and shell are just different names for the same thing.

False

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What is the root of the filesystem?

/

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What is the name of the user that lives in kernel land?

root

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What is the home directory of the root user?

/root

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What is the administrator on a Linux system?

Super User (SUDO)

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What is a device driver?

Driver that communicates between applications and hardware

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What are the two types of device drivers?

User mode and Kernel Mode

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Where are log files kept?

/var/log

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Where are system configuration files located?

/etc

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The /usr/bin directory contains required binaries.

True

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What is the ~ short for?

The users home directory

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What is a single dot short for?

Current working directory

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Where does the absolute path for a file or directory start?

/

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What is the fundamental interface between an application and the Linux kernel?

system call interface

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What is the command to pull up system calls by number on a Linux machine?

ausyscall

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What is the name of the C library on GNU/Linux called?

glibc

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What is the file type for executable files in Unix/Linux?

elf

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What does the mmap system call do?

memory map

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True or False: A reboot is required when one installs a LKM?

False

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What is the command to list loaded kernel modules?

lsmod

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What does the .ko file extension stand for?

kernel object

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What are some of the common arguments used with the ps command?

-l (list)

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What is a type of process that runs in the background without any human interaction?

Daemon

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What are the three types of login shells?

Login, Interactive, Non-Interactive

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What shell actively reads commands from user input?

interactive

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What argument is used with the "su" command to open a BASH login?

-

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What argument opens a BASH login with the "bash" command?

-l

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What is the restricted BASH shell called?

rBash

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What command is used to print environmental variables?

printenv

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What environmental variable is checked when we execute a command in the shell?

$PATH

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Name one file transfer protocol based on SSH.

SFTP

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What is an administrator account?

Super User (SUDO)

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What type of account do users like Apache have?

service account

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What of accounts belong to users like sys or a daemon?

system account

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What file contains user information?

/etc/passwd

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Where are user password hashes stored?

/etc/shadow

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Where are local user configurations stored?

.bashrc

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What restricts the rights and access of a user to the minimal amount required to perform their role?

principal of least privilege

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What element of user management says administrators of a system should not share accounts?

individual accounts

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What command is used to check network connectivity?

ping

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What command is used to display the routing table?

route

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What information do you need to configure an IP address?

IP Address, Gateway Address, Network Mask

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What are three command line tools used to interact with Networkd?

networkctl, nmtui, nmcli

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The d after a process name ie Networkd stands for what?

daemon

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Samba’s functionality comes from what two protocols?

SMB, CIFS

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What does Samba do?

provide file and print sharing between different Operating Systems.

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Samba security modes are set in which file?

smb.conf

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What are the two security modes in Samba?

Share-Level, User-Level

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The majority of Apache servers run on what system?

Linux

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Where is the index.html file located?

/var/www/html

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What are the symbols used to denote request and response headers?

request: >

response: <