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Linux/NFS warmup.

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  • Q1
    Refering Linux and GNU/Linux, which of these sentences is false:
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    Linux is an operating system created by Linux Torvals.
    GNU was started by Richard Stallman with the goal of crating a free operating system. The GNU system.
    GNU means "GNU is no Linux"
    30s
  • Q2
    In a GNU/Linux operating system we can say ....:
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    /dev/sda3 refers to the third partition of the first detected disk.
    /dev/sda3 refers to the first partition of the third detected disk.
    30s
  • Q3
    The default home directory for the root user is ..
    /admin
    /root
    /home
    /home/root
    30s
  • Q4
    If I am the sysadmin, using the default configuration, where should I put a certain file to be copied for every new user created in the system ?
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    We need to use the "-k" parameter in the "useradd" command.
    It only needs to be copied on "/etc/skel".
    Apart from using the "-k" parameter I need to copy the file to "/etc/skel".
    30s
  • Q5
    Which command is used to change the current directory ?
    move
    ld
    cd
    cp
    30s
  • Q6
    If I want to dive in the use and parameters used by a certain command, how can I dot it without using any broswer ?
    help
    man
    chmos
    30s
  • Q7
    Which is the root directory in GNU/Linux ?
    /
    \
    None
    Terminal
    30s
  • Q8
    Which command is used to know in which directory I am currently located ?
    man
    pwd
    info
    ls
    30s
  • Q9
    To show the file list of my parent directory I should execute the next command ...
    ls ..\ls
    cd .. | ls
    ls ..
    30s
  • Q10
    To create more than two directories at once I should type ...
    mkdir dir1; dir2
    mkdir "dir1 dir2"
    mkdir dir1 dir2
    mkdir dir1 | dir2
    30s
  • Q11
    To copy all files from the current directory to another we will use ..
    copy /shared_files *
    cp *.* /shared_files
    cp * /shared_files
    30s
  • Q12
    Which command allows us to see the content of a file ?
    grep
    find
    cat
    ls
    30s
  • Q13
    If I want to copy the file README.md to the /tmp directory in the test.com server I should type ...
    scp README.md user@test.com/tmp
    scp README.md user@test.com:tmp
    scp README.md user@test.com:/tmp
    30s
  • Q14
    If I want to copy the full content of the current directory to the /tmp directory of the test.com machine I should type...
    scp * user@test.com/tmp
    scp *.* user@test.com:/tmp
    scp *.* user@test.com:tmp
    scp * user@test.com:/tmp
    30s
  • Q15
    If I want to copy the full content (including subdirectories) of the directory /tmp of the server machine test.com to my local /tmp/test.com-files I should type ...
    scp -v user@test.com:/tmp/* /tmp/test.com-files
    scp -rf /tmp/test.com-files user@test.com:/tmp/*
    scp -v /tmp/test.com-files user@test.com:/tmp/*
    scp -rf user@test.com:/tmp/* /tmp/test.com-files
    30s

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