Linux interview questions – page 14

What are the Disk Space Requirements for Minimal, Server, and Workstation Use?, and What are the Minimum and Maximum Memory Requirements?.

What is the difference between user APIs and kernel systemcalls ?

Which partitioning tool is available in all distributions?A) Disk DruidB) fdiskC) Partition MagicD) FAT32E) System Commander

How to execute main()

What is Kernel-Level Threads?

You have made changes to the LILO configuration file but you are not sure the changes will work. How can you test the new configuration without installing it?Choose one:a. LILO -tb. LILO -c filenamec. LILO -s filenamed. LILO

Which package provides secure remote login sessions, such as secure telnetlogins?A) securetelnetB) sshC) shadowD) ipchainsE) SOCKS 5

Each inode contains extensive information on a file. Which of the following is not contained in the inode.Choose one:a. file sizeb. filenamec. file's ownerd. number of links to the file

You need to see the last fifteen lines of the files dog, cat and horse. What command should you use?

I want to built a fire wall using iptables. My condition is " inbound to 192.168.0.2 with a port of 80 from 172.168.0.1 should accept"

Some one is asking my machine is slow, what is your steps?

In order to prevent a user from logging in, you can add a(n) ________at the beginning of the password field.

Does Linux Support USB Devices?

You want to create a compressed backup of the users' home directories so you issue the command gzip /home/* backup.gz but it fails. The reason that it failed is that gzip will only compress one _______ at a time.

What do you type to stop a hung process that resists the standard attempts to shut it down? [Choose all correct answers]A) kill PIDB) quitC) kill -9 PIDD) exitE) Ctrl+C

In order to apply a filesystem to your new partitions you must format them. What command would you use to create the ext2 filesystem?

You have been told to configure a method of rotating log files on your system. Which of the following factors do you not need to consider?Choose one:a. date and time of messagesb. log sizec. frequency of rotationd. amount of available disk space

What command would you type to use the cpio to create a backup called backup.cpio of all the users' home directories? _____________

Advantages and disadvantages of windows and Linux os, what is the reason for using linux os than windows os.

What is stored in /proc ? what is significance of /proc in linux ?

The recommended minimum size of the swap partition is _____ MB?

When you issue the command ls -l, the first character of the resulting display represents the file's ___________.

You have new documentation that you wish to install so that it will be available to your users. Which directory would be the most appropriate to use for these files?Choose one:a. /tmpb. /usrc. /libd. /mnt

Ln command is used to A. link object codes into a executable code B. give two names to the same file C. set line numbers for the file D. none of the above

What command would you use to create an empty file without opening it to edit it?A) openB) viC) picoD) touchE) edit

Can anybody tell me the step by step how to install raid-5

You wish to print the file vacations with 60 lines to a page. Which of the following commands will accomplish this?Choose one:a. pr -l60 vacations | lprb. pr -f vacations | lprc. pr -m vacations | lprd. pr -l vacations | lpr

Which hardware considerations should you keep in mind when putting together this mail server's list of components? [Choose all correct answers]A) Monitor resolutionB) RAM sizeC) VRAM sizeD) CPU speedE) Large, fast access hard drives

The maximum size of the swap partition is _______ MB.

After creating a backup of the users' home directories called backup.cpio you are asked to restore a file called memo.ben. What command should you type?