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/var/log/messages

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Where all log messages go (except mail)

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TCP Wrappers

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  • For inetd, using only /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny as parameters of tcpd
  • xinetd, the library libwrap.a allows those services to use /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny
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ip

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  • Unified network and routing management command designed to replace the functionality of most of the other commands you need to know for the exam
  • For example: ip addr show
  • Will provide you the same information as the generic ifconfig command
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/etc/group

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  • Defines group-specific information like mapping of the group name to the group ID, other members of the group, etc.
  • Groups can contain multiple users
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TZ (variable)

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  • Allows you to override the system-wide time zone setting in the above directory
  • Often set in a user’s home directory as part of the .bashrc file
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/etc/aliases.db

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  • Database file that your local MDA will read to determine where to send email
  • It has to be updated when any changes are made to the aliases on the system
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if [["$?"=="0"]]

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  • Will determine if the preceding command succeeded or failed
  • NOTE: The variable "$?" is a special variable that can be tested immediately after any command. If the value is 0, then the command succeeded (did not error), while any other value means the command failed.
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usermod

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  • Modify the characteristics and/or membership of existing users
  • -c [description] — Modifies the user description in the /etc/passwd file
  • -d [new home directory] — Changes the user’s home directory
  • -e [date] — Change the date of account expiration
  • -f [# days] — Change the number of days after a password reaches max age the account will still allow login
  • -g [GID] — Change the user’s primary GID
  • -G [GID] — Change the user’s secondary GID(s) (can be multiple groups in a comma-delimited list)
  • -s [path and file of login shell] — Changes the full path and name of the default login shell for the user
  • -u [UID] — Changes the UID (NOTE: Will change home directory to match, but not any other user-owned files)
  • -L — Locks the user’s account
  • -U — Unlocks the user’s account
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/etc/resolv.conf

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Defines the system DNS servers and domains for name resolution

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crontab

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  • Utility to allow the creation of jobs (specific to user running the command)
  • -l — List all cron jobs for the logged-in user
  • -e — Edit the cron jobs for the logged-in user
  • -u [username] — Apply the option to the user indicated
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dpkg-reconfigure tzdata (Debian-based systems)

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  • list-timezones — List all the time zones to choose from
  • set-timezone [country/zone] — Set to the indicated time zone
  • Make the actual changes, setting the /etc/localtime system setting to the time zone chosen
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tracepath6

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IPv6 equivalent to tracepath

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What subcommand of Git is used to change Git configurations?

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git config

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/bin/false

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Returns a non-zero code to the request that will block any user request to log in

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/etc/motd

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If it exists, it displays the contents of this file when someone logs on to the system.

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/etc/localtime

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The system time zone (can be a full time zone copy OR a link to the configured time zone)

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cupdisable

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Disables the indicated printer (but will still accept jobs — will just hold in the queue)

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~/.ssh/known_hosts

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File containing the public key of known/trusted hosts that have connected to/from existing host by the user whose directory it exists in

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/etc/skel

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The contents of this directory can be copied to a new user’s home directory depending on how the user is added.

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timedatectl (Red Hat-based systems)

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  • list-timezones — List all the time zones to choose from
  • set-timezone [country/zone] — Set to the indicated time zone
  • Make the actual changes, setting the /etc/localtime system setting to the time zone chosen
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UDP

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User Datagram Protocol
* Often considered “complementary” to IP, but is a “stateless” connection. No error checking or retransmission of packets takes place, even if the transmission of the packet failed.

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/etc/cron.deny

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  • Blacklist of users who cannot run cron jobs
  • If this file exists and is empty, all users can access their crontabs and run jobs
  • NOTE: Order of precedence will apply cron.allow and ignore cron.deny if it exists
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lp

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  • Command line (legacy) utilities for printing
  • For example: echo "my test print job" | lp
  • Would print to the default printer the results of the echo command
  • -d [printer] —The destination printer (if not default)
  • -n [#] — Print indicated number of copies
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/etc/cron.*

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  • cron.d — Custom job schedule configuration directory (system cron jobs)
  • cron.hourly— Jobs that run hourly
  • cron.daily — Jobs that run daily
  • cron.weekly — Weekly jobs
  • cron.monthly — Monthly jobs
  • NOTE: In all but cron.d, these directories are just scripts with no other scheduling information included in them and they will not always run at the same time, but will run within the specified time “frame.”
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What is the default port used to log in to a host via SSH?

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if [-f /home/user/testfile.txt]

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Will test for the existence of a file called /home/user/testfile.txt

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What command creates a new branch called “new-feature” in your current repository?

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git branch new-feature

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/sbin/nologin

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Also blocks login requests, but returns a text message result

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/etc/login.defs

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Defaults for a user when created with the useradd command

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.bash_profile

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  • Located in a user’s home directory (e.g., /home/user)
  • “Sourced” or executed second (if it exists) as part of the login process (after the global profile)
  • Affects the current user’s environment (and ONLY that user’s environment)
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LightDM

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Works as a service

  • systemctl status lightdm (systemd systems)
  • /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
  • If it exists, will contain the configuration for the display manager
  • Designed to be a lighter weight display manager (and replaced KDM)
  • /usr/share/doc/lightdm
  • Directory containing sample configuration file
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dig

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  • [server] [domain] [record type] — All optional except domain
  • Server — Specify a DNS server to use
  • Domain — The specific domain to query for
  • Record type — Different record types (e.g., NAME, CNAME, MX, etc.)
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export

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  • Shows exported variables (when run alone)
  • Keyword that, when preceding a variable, will allow the value to be passed on to other shells or children of the current shell (normal behavior is that the variable value is only visible in the current shell — referred to as “variable scope”)
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The format of a cron job entry

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[Minute 0–59] [Hour 0–23] [Day of Month 1–31] [Month 1–12] [Day of Week 0–7] [CMD]

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Accessibility tools

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  • Sticky/repeat keys
  • Slow/bounce/toggle keys
  • Mouse keys
  • High contrast/large print
  • Screen reader
  • Settings on some desktops
  • Orca
  • Emacspeak (for Emacs editor)
  • Braille display
  • Screen magnifier
  • On-screen keyboard
  • GOK (Gnome Onscreen Keyboard)
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/etc/systemd/journald.conf

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  • Configuration file for journald

* Common settings are for size of log and whether logging is forwarded to syslog as well (or installed equivalent)

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traceroute6

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IPv6 equivalent to traceroute

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/etc/xinetd.conf

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  • Primary configuration file, including files in /etc/xinetd.d with files (one each) per service that is controlled
  • The request will come to the daemon, which will check for the service type and port and then scan for the appropriate service configuration file in /etc/xinit.d
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GPG

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Utility working with keys for encrypting files and exchanging with third parties

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What are two important configurations that should be set when working with Git?

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  • user.name

* user.email

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chage

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  • Change the aging parameters of the indicated user’s account and password
  • Changes values in the /etc/shadow file
  • -m [# days] — How long a user must wait (in days) between password changes
  • -M [# days] — How long before a user must change their password
  • -d [date]— Sets the last changed value for the password
  • -E [date] — Changes the expiration value
  • -I [# days] — Number of days inactive after expiration or max limit before account is locked
  • -W [# days] — Warning for the number of days before a user must change their password
  • -l — Display all values for the indicated user
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/etc/cron.allow

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  • Whitelist of users who can run cron jobs

* If this file exists and is empty, only root can access crontabs

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What does the command uname -r do?

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Displays kernel release number

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GDM

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  • Gnome Display Manager
  • /etc/gdb — configuration directory
  • /usr/bin — executable directory
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dpkg-reconfigure [current desktop manager]

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Allows reconfiguration of display manager; screen should prompt for any installed DM (on Debian/Ubuntu systems)

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ssh

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  • Secure shell
  • Related commands (also secure) — scp, ssh-agent, ssh-add
  • -l [user] [host] — Logs in as the specified user to the host
  • [user]@[host] — Logs in as the specified user to the host
  • -X — Enable SSH XWindow forwarding
  • -x — Disable SSH XWindow forwarding
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What command lists your current working directory?

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pwd

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What Git sub-command provides a short listing of a repository change log?

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git log --oneline

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XDM

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  • Display manager that is part of the Xorg software package
  • ` /usr/bin` is the directory where it will exist if installed
  • xorg-x11-xdm is the package for the display manager
  • Not generally installed/used unless no full desktop environment is being used
  • /etc/X11/xdm is the configuration directory
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/etc/bashrc

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  • Located in /etc
  • Global configuration file that applies its settings to all user environments (as long as they use bash)
  • “Sourced” or executed after the profile from the user’s .bash_profile if it exists
  • Commonly used to define aliases and functions for the environment for all users
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Special UID`s

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  • UID 0 — Root/admin user on any system
  • UID 1 — bin user (system binaries and nonlogin accounts)
  • UID 48 — Apache user (if installed)
  • UID 99 — “Nobody” account (used for a variety of things, including FTP anonymous access; may also map to a root account for certain NFS configurations (e.g., the root_squash option))
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logger

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  • Allows you or a command to log a message to /var/log/messages
  • CTL-D to end and write the message
  • -i — Passed additional information to syslog
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/etc/default/useradd

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Contains the default values for the useradd command when those parameters are not used

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read FIRSTNAME

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Will prompt user for a FIRSTNAME and store it in that variable to be used later

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/var/log/journal

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Binary file where the systemd log is stored

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cupsaccept

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By indicating a printer name, it will set that printer to accept all submitted jobs

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ntpq

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  • Query an ntp server for stats and connect to local system by default
  • Special prompt
  • Peers — Time hosts already associated with
  • Associations — More details on each server
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ntp / ntpd

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  • Network Time Protocol
  • Network Time Protocol daemon (service)
  • Allows you to define a pool of network servers that are synchronized to a globally distributed network of time servers
  • Those that get a time update from a “reference” clock (like the naval observatory in the USA) are called “stratum 1 servers”
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ASCII

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  • American Standard Code for Information Interchange
  • Encoded into seven bits, giving 128 total possible characters
  • English encoding
  • Once those characters ran out, storing went to eight bits, giving another 128 possible characters
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/usr/share/zoneinfo

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  • The top-level directory containing all time zone definitions
  • NOTE: These are binary files and cannot simply be viewed on the console
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/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts

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  • A directory containing a host of scripts responsible for the configuration of all interfaces on the system
  • For example, ifcfg-eth1
  • Responsible for the configuration (static or DHCP) of the address information for the ETH1 interface on your system
  • Changes to the network interface configuration are applied by restarting the network service
  • For example, service network restart
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ssh-keygen

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  • Creates a public/private key pair for use with SSH
  • -b [#] — Encryption key size (e.g., 1024, 2048, etc.)
  • -t [type] — Encryption key type (DSA or RSA — RSA is more secure and is currently the default)
  • Will prompt for a password — blank will allow you to use the key to log in completely without password, whereas entering a passphrase effectively creates two-factor authentication (key + passphrase)
  • File permissions on keys should be either 644 (older) or 600 (newer)
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/etc/cups

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  • Configuration directory for CUPS
  • Configuration file list:
  • classes.conf — Configures class definitions
  • cupsd.conf — Primary configuration file for the daemon
  • cupsd.conf.default — Sample default configuration file to revert to as backup
  • printers.conf — Configuration of each printer on the system
  • ppd — Directory of PPD (printer driver files) on each printer on the system
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anacron

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  • “Simplified” cron, used to augment crond
  • Runs jobs that can be run with less time precision, particularly catching up on running jobs that were scheduled while the system was shut off
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/etc/logrotate.conf

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  • Primary configuration for log rotation (defaults and system files to rotate)
  • Each file in logrotate.d adds or overrides settings to the defaults in the configuration file
  • NOTE: Files in logrotate.d are usually added/maintained by the package manager as part of the install/update/removal of packages
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groupmod

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  • Modify the characteristics of the indicated group

* -g [GID] — Alters the GID of the indicated group

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How can you copy a branch from one repository into the origin repository?

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git push origin

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cupsreject

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By indicating a printer name, it will set that printer to reject all submitted jobs

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True or False: Branching is an efficient operation in Git.

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True. This is one of the notable features of Git.

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xinetd

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Replacement for inetd, allowing more granular control of services

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/etc/aliases

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  • Ability to refer to a user by another name/account
  • For example (entry in file) — sysadmin: root would indicate that an email arriving on the system for the sysadmin account would actually be delivered to root
  • Format of an alias — alias: account[,another,another]
  • The brackets are optional, defining multiple accounts that an alias refers to is in a comma-delimited list
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iconv

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  • A utility used to convert between character encodings
  • -c — Clears unknown characters
  • -f [type] — From indicated type
  • -t [type] — To the indicated type
  • -l — Lists all available encoding types
  • For example — iconv -c -f ASCII -t MACCYRILLIC VNCHOWTO > VNCHOWTO.new.cyrillic
  • Would clear any unknown characters in the file stream from VNCHOWTO and convert from ASCII to MACCYRILLIC encoding, writing the new file to VNCHOWTO.new.cyrillic
  • NOTE: This is not a language translator — simply a character encoding translator
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cupsd

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  • Daemon for CUPS

* CUPS operates on port 631 and can be accessed through your local browser (http://localhost:631)

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/var/spool/mqueue

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  • Email that is waiting to be delivered

* Will ONLY exist if mail is in the queue; on a correctly configured server, it should be empty

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cupsenable

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Enables the indicated printer

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What is the term for the commit that Git is currently referencing?

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cron

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  • The primary job scheduling system in Linux
  • Jobs are configured to run on a fixed schedule (either once or multiple times as needed)
  • crond
  • The service that is responsible for making sure cron jobs are run
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IP (internet protocol)

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  • A method of uniquely identifying an address (destination) for a specific system. Two primary versions:
  • IPv4 — Standard address structure of four “octets” containing numbers between 0–255 for each (e.g., 192.168.72.211)
  • IPv6 — Intended as a replacement for IPv4, consists of a 128-bit hexadecimal number for addressing (e.g., 2DAF:FF40:0928:CD01:4433:00DD:0988:FFFF)
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systemd (logging)

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  • Uses its own logging system called journal (with journald being the daemon for it)
  • Adopted on most modern systemd-based distributions
  • Primarily, the difference lies in that the logging is done to a binary rather than plain text file, allowing you the ability to query metadata, command line details, PIDs, binaries, and security privileges (some of which just are not available with a plain text file)
  • Because it is part of the service management system, all daemon messaging is automatically logged rather than the sysvinit variant of syslog wherein each service is responsible for how and what messages are logged
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tracepath (all users)

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  • Utility to determine the distance (in hops) between your system and a desired endpoint as well as the response time of each hop along the way
  • -n — Do not attempt name resolution for each hop, IP only
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Drift

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The amount of time that the hardware and system clocks differ

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route

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  • Displays the current routing table
  • Adds/removes routes as indicated
  • For example — route add default gw 192.168.1.1 would manually add a default gateway to the system going to 192.168.1.1
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CUPS

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  • Common Unix Printing System
  • Combination of converters, filters, and “printer drivers” that a document can be sent to when output to printing devices, scripts to create SVG, PDF, or other formatted documents
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What is the term for a set of file states in Git?

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What does the env command do?

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Shows the environmental variables for the current user

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syslog-ng

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Alternative “next generation” syslog

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lpq

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  • Displays the print queue and jobs
  • -a — Display all print jobs for all printers
  • -P [printer] — Display print jobs for the indicated printer
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lpstat

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  • Show current lp configuration (printers and defaults)
  • -p — Show printers
  • -d — Show defaults
  • -a — Display all print queue and status
  • -r — Indicates status of service
  • -s — Summary of system configuration
  • -t — Verbose summary of system configuration
89
Q

journalctl

A
  • The command used to view the aforementioned journal file on the console
  • -f — Allows you to follow as new log messages are written
  • SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER=[value] — Allows you to add a filter to just view matching log entries
  • -u [service] — Only display messages logged from the indicated service
  • -o verbose —Display a LOT more information about the requested service or filter
  • -e — Jump to the end of the log
  • -x — Adds information to explain the context under which a logged event or error occurs (like in service start failures)
90
Q

What command reboots the machine?

A

shutdown -r

91
Q

What does the following command do:

git init alpha

A

Creates a repository named “alpha” in the current working directory

92
Q

/var/spool/at

A

Directory containing the jobs to run

93
Q

/etc/X11/prefdm

A

Script that tests for the preferred display manager (on Red Hat/CentOS systems)

94
Q

What command would you run to commit all currently staged files with the message “fixed everything”?

A

git commit -m "fixed everything"

95
Q

Special GIDs

A
  • GID 0 — root/admin group (members of this group have access to restricted resources)
  • GID 1 — bin group (system binaries and nonlogin accounts)
  • GID 100 — users group (put users in this group to give access to resources by assigning the group ownership to this group)
96
Q

.bashrc

A
  • Located in user’s home directory (e.g., /home/user)
  • “Sourced” or executed (if it exists) from the .bash_profile of the user
  • Affects the current user’s environment (and ONLY that user’s environment)
  • Another file that commonly is used to define aliases, bash prompt appearance, functions for the environment, etc.
97
Q

MUA

A

Mail User Agent, which is whatever application you use to create and send email (Thunderbolt, Evolution, SquirrelMail, etc.)

98
Q

/var/log/maillog

A

Mail messages are written here

99
Q

What are the three scopes of configuration in Git?

A
  • System
  • Global
  • Local
100
Q

Default gateway

A
  • The destination of ALL traffic whose destination is not on the local system network OR does not have another matching static route configured
  • Can be configured within either /etc/sysconfig/network or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth# (where # is the interface number)
  • For example — GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 would configure the system’s default gateway for the IP 192.168.1.1
101
Q

What does the dig command do?

A

Look up IP addresses and DNS names

102
Q

ssh-agent

A
  • Wrapper for SSH that allows you to pass items (keys) into the SSH shell for connectivity
  • Executing ssh-agent starts the agent on the indicated shell
  • For example — ssh-agent bash starts a bash prompt with the agent wrapping it
103
Q

GnuPG

A
  • GNU Privacy Guard

* Public and private key creation for encrypting data

104
Q

What command may be used to administer a FreeRADIUS server?

105
Q

ssh-copy-id

A
  • Copies your public key to the user and host as indicated
  • For example — ssh-copy-id user@user.mylabserver.com
  • After the password is entered for the indicated user, will copy the public key from this host and user to the remote host and user’s authorized_keys file, and you can then log in on that system and account with this key
  • Manual method — Copy/paste the contents of your public key into the remote user’s authorized_keys file and set the permissions at 600
  • Next connection will either work (no passphrase set up) or prompt just for passphrase
106
Q

/etc/at.deny

A
  • Blacklist of users who cannot run at jobs
  • If this file exists and is empty, all users can access at and run jobs
  • NOTE: Order of precedence will apply at.allow and ignore at.deny if it exists
107
Q

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

A
  • The primary configuration file for the XWindows system
  • Major sections (exam)
  • Files — Files that are used by your X server (e.g., fonts)
  • Module — Devices
  • InputDevice — Keyboards and mice (and perhaps special keypads if detected)
  • Device — Video card(s) and any driver references
  • Monitor — Monitor(s) detected
  • Screen — Description of resolutions and color depths that are supported for the detected monitor and X server
108
Q

/etc/hosts

A

Local file containing name(s) associated with an IP

109
Q

Which option in setfacl removes an ACL entry entirely?

110
Q

/etc/securetty

A

Defines where the root user is allowed to log in (if it does not exist, root can log in from anywhere)

111
Q

IMAP

A

Internet Message Access Protocol, which is used by MUAs to get email

112
Q

Unicode

A
  • Defines every character as a number (code point)
  • Originally encoded in 2 bytes, giving you 16k possible characters (called UCS-2)
  • Once again, the number of characters in this spec was exceeded
  • UTF-16 was introduced to allow any character over 16k to be represented with a second pair of bytes
  • UTF-8 allows 1 to 6 bytes to be used to encode a character, with the character length encoded into the high order bits of the character number and maintains full compatibility with the original spec 128-character ASCII code
  • UTF is the dominant encoding type
113
Q

What is the default branch in a Git repository?

114
Q

/var/lib/ntp/drift

A

File that tracks system time drift

115
Q

Which command is used to preserve the currently active iptables rule set?

A

iptables-save

116
Q

.forward

A
  • Home directory file for users to define their own forwarding rules
  • No alias needs to be indicated since it is for the account it exists within; only need to indicate the account to forward it to
117
Q

ICMP

A

Designed for networking devices (routers, intelligent switches, firewalls, etc.) to send error messages. In addition, it can perform queries around network service availability (as in the case where the ping command is used to test whether an address responds to a request).

118
Q

echo $BUCKET

A

Will display the current value of the variable BUCKET

119
Q

GID

A
  • A group ID

* A numeric ID from 0 to over 4 billion

120
Q

/etc/ssh/known_hosts

A

File used to check public keys of known/trusted hosts (does not exist by default)

121
Q

tzselect

A
  • Allows you to override the system-wide time zone setting in the above directory
  • Often set in a user’s home directory as part of the .bashrc file
122
Q

/etc/syslog.conf

A
  • syslog configuration file

* Defines where certain facilities will write logs

123
Q

tzselect

A
  • Allows you to find the name of the time zone you want to use
  • NOTE: This command does not change the time zone.
124
Q

MTA

A
  • Mail Transfer Agent
  • Accepts email from the MUA and sends it (if needed) to the receiving mail server (another MTA if this is not the destination)
  • There are a number of MTA servers in Linux (Postfix, which we will use, sendmail, etc.)
125
Q

How can you instruct Git to track a particular file within a repository?

A

Use the git add command

126
Q

atq

A
  • Shows a summary of all jobs scheduled with at

* Will not show the details but a time and job ID

127
Q

/etc/adjtime

A
  • Contains values that track calibration to the clock and a final value to display time in LOCAL or UTC time
  • If the file does not exist, no calibration has ever been done and time will default to UTC
128
Q

MX record

A
  • Mail DNS records

* These records are used by MTAs to determine the authoritative mail server for any particular email message

129
Q

visudo

A
  • Special editing mode for Vi that will allow editing and syntax/error checking of the /etc/sudoers file
  • NOTE: The editor used can be changed by setting the EDITOR environment variable to any other available text editor.
130
Q

hwclock

A
  • Allows you to work with the hardware clock directly
  • Outputs the hardware clock date/time
  • NOTE: The hardware clock is unaware of time zones
131
Q

SMTP

A

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, which is a protocol that really defines how email is transferred and saved and is part of the TCP/IP application layer as well as setting rules that email applications follow.

132
Q

What does the command ln -s do?

A

Creates a symbolic link

133
Q

groupdel

A
  • Removes the indicated group

* Files/directories that are owned by the group will then revert to the GID; you can change ownership at that point

134
Q

lpr

A
  • Command line (legacy) utilities for printing
  • For example — echo "my test print job" | lpr would print to the default printer the results of the echo command
  • -P [printer] — The destination printer (if not default)
  • -#[#] — Print indicated number of copies
135
Q

What is the file name in each configuration level that Git uses to store configurations?

A
  • /etc/gitconfig
  • ~/.gitconfig (~/.config/git/config is also acceptable)
  • .git/config (in a repository directory)
136
Q

MDA

A
  • Mail Delivery Agent
  • Receives email from the MTA and then delivers it to the local mail spool for retrieval by any of dozens of client email applications
  • Sometimes an MTA can also function as an MDA, but often (procmail for example), they are independent applications that can also filter mail (like spam)
137
Q

What command halts the machine?

A

shutdown -h

138
Q

What are the three primary protocols Git may clone over?

A
  • SSH
  • HTTPS
  • Git (for system local clones)
139
Q

KDM

A
  • KDE display manager (legacy)
  • Replaced by KWin and later LightDM
  • /etc/kde/kdm — Configuration directory
  • /usr/bin — Executable location
140
Q

/etc/timezone

A

Local file that Debian systems use to store the name of the time zone configured

141
Q

/etc/ssh/ssh_host_[rsa/dsa]_key

A

Specific encryption private keys with permissions of 600 to restrict access to root user

142
Q

set

A
  • Shows all variables and functions in the current environment
  • Also allows the enable/disable of various shell features
143
Q

/etc/shadow

A
  • Mapping of usernames and (if the account has one assigned) their hashed password value
  • Default permissions
  • Red Hat -r——- (400)
  • Debian rw-r—– (640)
144
Q

traceroute (root only)

A
  • Utility to determine the distance (in hops) between your system and a desired endpoint as well as the response time of each hop along the way
  • -n — Do not attempt name resolution for each hop, IP only
145
Q

/etc/usertty

A
  • Defines parameters for user logins (locations, days, times, etc.)
  • NOTE: Only used if the system does not have pluggable authentication modules (PAM)
146
Q

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

A

Main configuration for sshd (the service)

147
Q

rsyslog

A

Alternative “fast” version of syslog

148
Q

POP

A
  • Post Office Protocol

* Used by MUAs to get email (covered in more detail later)

149
Q

ifup

A

Brings up the indicated network interface

150
Q

locale

A
  • A way of representing your language, country, and encoding type
  • -a — Show you the locales that are installed on your system
151
Q

cupsctl

A

Used to control CUPS configuration, run with no options, displays the current configuration

152
Q

/etc/sudoers

A
  • File that lists users that can execute commands with elevated root-level privileges
  • Format requires the user be listed (or a group if an entire group should have root privileges) along with what they can do
  • For example — user ALL=(ALL) ALL would provide the user account sudo rights for any command using elevated privileges
  • For example — user ALL=(ALL) /bin/systemctl would limit the user to only be able to run systemctl with sudo privileges (so they can restart services)
153
Q

~/.ssh/authorized_keys

A

Stores public keys for logging in as the user that owns the directory

154
Q

MSA

A

Mail Submission Agent, which acts as an intermediary or gateway between the MUA and an MTA to start the transfer of email.

155
Q

ifconfig

A
  • Utility to view all active interfaces (including the loopback adapter)
  • -a — Force the display of ALL interfaces (active or not) in the report
  • Key fields
  • Ether — Hardware (MAC) address, a 48-bit interface adapter’s physical address
  • inet — The network address assigned to that interface
  • broadcast — Broadcast address for the system’s network
  • netmask — Network mask or logical network segment information
156
Q

userdel

A
  • Removes the indicated user’s account
  • -r — Also removes all user mail, owned print jobs, cron jobs, and the home directory with all contents (NOTE: All other files owned by the user will still exist, with ownership reverting to the UID of the removed user — thus, becoming orphaned.)
  • NOTE: You cannot delete a user that is in use or has a process associated with the account.
157
Q

lpoptions

A
  • Allows the setting of printer options at the command line
  • -d [printer] — Sets the default printer to the indicated value
  • -p [printer] — Deals with the indicated printer
  • -l — List options for the indicated printer/queue
  • For example — lpoptions -p CUPS-PDF -l would display all options for the CUPS-PDF printer
  • lp
158
Q

ssh-add

A
  • Will prompt you for your passphrase on your public key (if set)
  • Once entered, subsequent uses will not require entry until exited
159
Q

/var/spool/cron

A

All user crons created/edited with crontab are located here

160
Q

What are the three major items that Git manages to keep track of file changes?

A
  • Content snapshots
  • Checksums
  • Metadata
161
Q

/etc/ntp.conf

A
  • Pool of NTP servers

* Defines drift file to track clock drift

162
Q

/etc/ssh/ssh_host_[rsa/dsa]_key.pub

A

Specific encryption public keys with permissions of 644 to restrict access to root user and read for other users

163
Q

ntpdate

A

Allows you to set the clock against the indicated NTP server

164
Q

IP forwarding

A
  • The ability for your host to forward packets to another location and respond
  • Allows your system to function as a router
  • Two methods to enable:
    1. echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
    2. edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
  • NOTE: Method one is not permanent but will take immediate effect; method two requires a reboot (or combined with method one)
165
Q

xwinfino

A
  • Displays a plethora of window information on the chosen window on the desktop
  • Running the command will present you with a special pointer to choose the window to query for info
166
Q

What does the command uname -i do?

A

Display hardware platform

167
Q

UID

A
  • User ID
  • A numeric ID from 0 to over 4 billion
  • Typical user accounts will range from 500 to 65,000
168
Q

newaliases

A
  • The command that updates the aliases.db with the changes in the aliases file
  • Errors will display if found; success will return no results
  • If you make a change to aliases and do not run this command, it will be logged in /var/log/messages that the database is older than the aliases file
169
Q

#!/bin/bash

A

Indicates that this script will execute using the /bin/bash command as the shell it will run within

170
Q

getent

A

Utility to allow you to search both local (/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow) for account information as well as network sources (e.g., LDAP)

171
Q

What sub-command is used to bring changes from a branch into another branch?

172
Q

XFS

A
  • Font server for X

* Provides access to fonts for the X server

173
Q

True or False: The iptables command manages both IPv4 and IPv6.

A

False. iptables specifically manages IPv4 packets, whereas ip6tables manages IPv6 packets.

174
Q

lpd

A

The traditional “line printing daemon,” before CUPS, was the default method to output to a printer/printing device

175
Q

groupadd

A
  • Much like useradd, will add a new group as indicated
  • NOTE: Does not add users to the group
  • -g [GID] — Create the group with the indicated GID
176
Q

etc/nsswitch.conf

A
  • Determines the order that user account information is searched for on a system during login
  • For example — password: files nis shadow: files nis
  • Will search for LOCAL files for account information and then search the remote user database configured if not found
177
Q

mailq

A

Command that shows the mail queue

178
Q

Name three commands that can compress a file.

A

Possible answers:

  • zip
  • gzip
  • bzip
  • tar -zcf (tar with gzip)
  • tar -jcf (tar with bzip2)
179
Q

lprm

A
  • Allows you to remove print jobs
  • NOTE: Running the command without a job ID will remove the first job on the queue
  • -P [printer] — Work with the indicated printer
  • -a — Remove all print jobs in the queue
180
Q

ping

A
  • Utility to test the response from a particular network address
  • -n [#] - Ping indicated number of times
181
Q

alias

A

Allows you to substitute one command for another or to set a “shortcut” equal to a more complicated command with switches

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