Deck 11: Common Administrative Tasks

Question 1

The skeleton directory on most Linux systems is ____.

A)/etc/skel
B)/var/skel
C)/etc/skeleton
D)/var/skeleton

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The ____ priority used by the System Log Daemon indicates an error that should be rectified immediately, such as a corrupt system database.

A)info
B)alert
C)debug
D)panic

Answer 2

B

Question 3

To convert a system so that it uses an /etc/shadow file to store the encrypted password after installation, you can run the ____ command.

A)passwdconv
B)pwconv
C)passwd
D)pwdcv

Answer 3

B

Question 4

CUPS contains versions of the lpr , lpc , lpq , and lprm commands.

Question 5

To lock an account, you can use the usermod command with the ____ option.

A)-U
B)-u
C)-l
D)-L

Question 6

You can create user accounts on the Linux system by using the ____ command.

A)uadd
B)usercreate
C)adduser
D)useradd

Question 7

The ____ option to the lpstat command causes a list of printers that are enabled to be displayed.

A)-o
B)-a
C)-p
D)-e

Question 8

Log files are typically stored in the ____ directory.

A)/dev/log
B)/var/log
C)/boot/log
D)/log

Question 9

If you want to enable a printer, you must specify the full path to the enable command.

Question 10

You can restrict who can print to certain printers by using the ____ command.

A)lpadmin
B)lpa
C)lpr
D)admin

Question 11

To see a list of all printers on the system and their status, you can use the -t option to the ____ command.

A)lp
B)lpr
C)lps
D)lpstat

Question 12

Any line that starts with a(n)____ character is a comment in the /etc/syslog.conf file.

A)&
B)$
C)#
D)//

Question 13

On most Linux systems, the logrotate utility is automatically scheduled to run weekly.

Question 14

To send a print job to a printer, you must first use the ____ command and specify what to print.

A)print
B)pl
C)lp
D)pr

Question 15

You can specify the ____ option to the userdel command to remove the home directory for the user and all of its contents.

A)-r
B)-d
C)-R
D)-x

Question 16

A user can only be a member of one group.

Question 17

By default, all print jobs have a priority of ____.

A)-50
B)0
C)50
D)100

Question 18

After adding or modifying printer settings, you must restart the CUPS daemon for the settings to take effect.

Question 19

The ____ log file contains information and error messages regarding network access generated by daemons such as sshd and xinetd.

A)wtmp
B)messages
C)dmesg
D)secure

Question 20

The lp command uses the ____ option to specify the destination printer name.

A)-n
B)-p
C)-d
D)-l

Question 22

The ____________________ facility used by the System Log Daemon specifies messages from the Linux kernel.

Question 23

To change the primary group temporarily to another group that is listed in the output of the groups and id commands, you can use the ____ command.

A)newgroup
B)groupmod
C)newgrp
D)groupadd

Question 24

Describe the commands used in the LPD printing system. What CUPS printing system commands do they correspond to?

Question 25

How do you delete a user account? When you delete a user account, what gets deleted and what does not? What happens to the user's files?

Question 26

Describe the process of sending information to a printer (specifically, using the CUPS daemon).

Question 27

In the process called ____________________, a user's user name and password are checked against a system database that contains all user account information.

Question 28

On a CUPS printing system, to remove a print job that is in the print queue, you can use the ____________________ command followed by the print job IDs of the jobs to remove.

Question 29

A set of information that is sent to a printer at the same time is called a(n)____________________.

Question 30

Describe how the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow directories are used in the authentication process. Why are two files used instead of one? How can you convert a system to use the /etc/shadow file to store passwords?

Question 31

Why should log files be periodically cleared? What methods can be used to clear log files?

Question 32

The Printer Configuration tool is used to configure the ____________________.