Chapter 7: Linux and Macintosh File Systems

Question 1

data block

Answer 1

Where directories and files are stored; this location is linked directly to inodes.

Question 2

logical block

Answer 2

Specifying the location of blocks of data stored on computer storage devices.

Question 3

inodes

Answer 3

Data structure in a Unix-style file system that describes a file-system object such as a file or a directory.

Question 4

volume control block

Answer 4

Stores information from the MDB when OS mounts.

Question 5

allocation block

Answer 5

A set of consecutive logical blocks.

Question 6

header node

Answer 6

A special node that is found at the beginning of the list (header link list).

Question 7

data fork

Answer 7

Contains data the user creates, such as text or spreadsheets; applications also read and write to it.

Question 8

superblock

Answer 8

Indicates disk geometry, available space, and location of the first inode and manages the file system.

Question 9

resource fork

Answer 9

A fork or section of a file on Apple’s classic Mac OS operating system, used to store structured data along with the unstructured data stored within the data fork.

Question 10

Minimum size of a block in UNIX/Linux file systems?

Answer 10

512 bytes

Question 11

Utility that is used to encrypt/ decrypt a user’s home directory in mac OS?

Answer 11

file vault

Question 12

A hash that begins with “$6” in the shadow file?

Answer 12

Indicates that it is a hash from MD5 algorithm.

Question 13

The command that is used to see network interfaces in Linux?

Answer 13

ifconfig