Linux Directories

Question 1

/

Answer 1

root directory

Question 2

/bin

Answer 2

contains executable programs which are needed in single user mode and to bring the system up or repair it.

Question 3

/dev

Answer 3

special or device files which refer to physical devices like a hdd, keyboard, monitor, etc

Question 4

/etc

Answer 4

contains configuration files which are local to the machine. Some larger software packages, like Apache, can have their own subdirectories below /etc like /etc/httpd

Question 5

/home

Answer 5

Space for users to store files. This can be changed by admins.

Question 6

/lib

Answer 6

houses shared libraries that are necessary to boot the system and run the commands in the root filesystem

Question 7

/sbin

Answer 7

like /bin, this directory holds commands needed to boot the system, but which are usually not executed by normal users, root or admin user specific commands go here

Question 8

/usr

Answer 8

usually mounted from a separate partition. This should contain only sharable, read-only data so it can be mounted by various machines running linux.