Lpi LPI Other Certification 101-500 Questions & Answers

• Question 241:

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  To prevent users from being able to fill up the / partition, the ____________ directory should be on a separate partition if possible because it is world writeable.

  Correct Answer: tmp

  tmp or /tmp

• Question 242:

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  An administrator has issued the following command:

  grub-install --root-directory=/custom-grub /dev/sda

  In which directory will new configuration files be found? (Provide the full directory path only without the filename)

  Correct Answer: /custom-grub/boot/grub

  /custom-grub/boot/grub or /custom-grub/boot/grub/

• Question 243:

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  The dpkg-____ command will ask configuration questions for a specified package, just as if the package were being installed for the first time.

  Correct Answer: reconfigure

• Question 244:

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  Typically, which top level system directory is used for files and data that change regularly while the system is running and are to be kept between reboots? (Specify only the top level directory)

  Correct Answer: /var

  /var or /var/ or var or var/

• Question 245:

  CORRECT TEXT Which signal is missing from the following command that is commonly used to instruct a daemon to reinitialize itself, including reading configuration files? killall -s _______ daemon

  Correct Answer: SIGHUP

  HUP or SIGHUP or 1

• Question 246:

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  Which Bash environment variable defines in which file the user history is stored when exiting a Bash process? (Specify ONLY the variable name.)

  Correct Answer: HISTFILE

• Question 247:

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  Which command is used in a Linux environment to create a new directory? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters.)

  Correct Answer: mkdir

  mkdir or /usr/bin/mkdir

• Question 248:

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  The /etc/_______ file lists currently mounted devices.

  Correct Answer: mtab

• Question 249:

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  Which command is used to create and initialize the files used to store quota information? (Specify ONLY the command without any path or parameters.)

  Correct Answer: quotacheck

• Question 250:

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  Which umask value will result in the default access permissions of 600 (rw-------) for files and 700 (rwx------) for directories? (Specify only the numerical umask value.)

  Correct Answer: 0077

  0077 or 077