RHCSA EX200 Comprehensive Questions
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In Bash what is an alias - ANSWER-User defined command:
[alias newcmd=oldcmd
what is an internal command - ANSWER-Runs as part of the shell itself
what is an external command - ANSWER-Exists as an executable file on the computer
what is the $Path - ANSWER-Defines a list of directories that search for a filename when a user enters a
command
what is ~.bash_history - ANSWER-Files that shows bash history commands
Explain the following environment configuration files
/etc/profile
,/etc/bashrc
~/.bash_profile
~/.bashrc - ANSWER-/etc/profile - generic file processed by all users upon login
/etc/bashrc - This file is processed when subshells are started
~/.bash_profile - User specific variables that can be defined
~/.bashrc - User specific subvariables that can be defined
Explain the file system heirarchy
/
/bin
/boot
/dev
/etc
/home
/lib, /lib64
/media, /mnt
/proc
/opt
/root
/run
/sbin
/srv
/sys
/tmp
/usr
/var - ANSWER-/ - root directory, where the file system tree starts
/bin - Find executable programs that are needed to repair a system. Directory is essential during boot
/boot - Contains all files/dirs that are needed to boot
/dev - Device files that are used for physical device access
, /etc - Contains configuration files
/home - local home user directories
/lib, /lib64 - shared libraries used by /boot,/bin,/sbin
/media, /mnt - Directories used for mounting devices
/proc - Gives access to kernel information
/opt - used for optional packages
/root - root home directory
/run - processes since last boot. empties when powered off
/sbin - similar to bin. used by adminstrators
/sys - used as an interface to different hardware devices that are managed by the kernel
/srv - used for data that may be used for services such as NFS,FTP,HTTP
/tmp - contains temp files
/usr - contain subdirectories for program files, libraries for program files, and documentation about
them
/var - contains files that may change in size dynamically such as log files, spool files and mail boxes
What are hard links? - ANSWER-Inodes, access a files from a different location [ln (source) (destination)]
what are soft links - ANSWER-allows you to access a file by filename and not inode [ln -s (source)
(destination)]
1. what is the tar utility?
2. how would you create an archive?
3. how would you extract an archive?
4. how would you extract one file from an archive? - ANSWER-1. Utility used to create archives
2. tar -cf [archivename.tar]
3. tar -xvf [archivename.tar]
4. tar-xvf [archivename.tar] [filename]
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