Question 1

What is true regarding the command sendmail?

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While sendmail is a popular MTA, other MTAs such as Postfix and Exim also provide a sendmail command. This command is designed to be compatible with the traditional sendmail command, allowing scripts and programs written for sendmail to work with other MTAs as well. Option A is incorrect as it is not necessary to run the sendmail command periodically with any MTA. Option C is incorrect as the sendmail command does not provide information on the MTAs queue history. Option D is incorrect as the sendmail command can be available with other MTAs besides sendmail.

Question 2

SIMULATION Which file specifies the user accounts that can NOT submit jobs via at or batch? (Provide the full path and filename)

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Question 3

What is true regarding the command userdel --force --remove bob?

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The command userdel --force --remove bob will remove the user bob from the system's user database (A) and also remove their home directory (B). It does not update the locate database to drop files owned by bob (C), remove all files owned by bob from all mounted filesystems (D), or delete any groups that bob may have belonged to (E).

Question 4

Which of the following crontab entries will execute myscript at 30 minutes past every hour on Sundays?

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Question 5

SIMULATION Which option in the /etc/ntp.conf file specifies an external NTP source to be queried for time information? (Specify ONLY the option without any values or parameters.)

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Question 6

SIMULATION Which environment variable should be set in order to change the time zone for the commands run from within the environment variable's scope? (Specify the variable name only.)

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Question 7

Where are user specific crontabs stored?

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User specific crontabs are stored as individual per-user files within /var/spool/cron.

Question 8

SIMULATION After configuring printing on a Linux server, the administrator sends a test file to one of the printers and it fails to print. What command can be used to display the status of the printer's queue? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters.)

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Question 9

What is true about the file /etc/localtime?

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The file /etc/localtime is either a symlink to or a copy of a timezone information file such as /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin. This file contains information about the system's timezone and is used by various applications to display local time correctly.

Question 10

Which of the following are syslog facilities?

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The syslog facility is a field in the syslog message header that refers to the type of program generating the message. "local7" and "mail" are valid syslog facilities, while "advanced", "postmaster", and "remote" are not.

Question 11

SIMULATION The system's timezone may be set by linking /etc/localtime to an appropriate file in which directory? (Provide the full path to the directory, without any country information)

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Question 12

SIMULATION In which file, if present, must all users be listed that are allowed to use the cron scheduling system? (Specify the full name of the file, including path.)

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Question 13

Which of the following steps prevents a user from obtaining an interactive login session?

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Question 14

Which of the following tasks can be accomplished using the command date?

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Question 15

Which of the following fields can be found in the /etc/group file?

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Question 16

SIMULATION Which command is used to add an empty group to the system? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters.)

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Question 17

Which commands can be used to change a user's account aging information?

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Question 18

To prevent a specific user from scheduling tasks with at, what should the administrator do?

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The /etc/at.deny file contains a list of users who are not allowed to use the at command to schedule tasks. Adding the specific user to this file will prevent them from scheduling tasks using at.

Question 19

Which file inside the CUPS configuration directory contains the definition of the printers?

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The printers.conf file inside the CUPS configuration directory contains the definition of the printers.

Question 20

SIMULATION After adding a new email alias to the configuration, which command must be run in order to ensure the MTA knows about it? (Specify the command without any path but including all required parameters.)

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