Linux Module 10 Flashcards
The process of sending print jobs from the printer queue to the printer is called?
Printing
You can clear a log file simply by redirecting nothing in to it. True or False?
True
When a printer is disabled :
The print queue does accept jobs into the print queue and holds them there until the printer is enabled again
What is the name used to describe a user providing a user name and password to log in to a system?
Authorization
Which command can you use to lock a user account?
usermod -L username
Which command can be used to alter the primary group associated with a given user temporarily?
newgrp
Which command can be used to send a print job to default printer named Printer1?
lp -d Printer 1 file
What is the name of the file that contains a listing of all users on the system and their home directories?
/etc/passwd
UIDs and GIDs are unique to the system and once used can never be reused?
False
What is the name for the utility used to rotate log files?
logorotate
You can lock a user account by changing the default login shell to an invalid shell in /etc/passw
True``
When a printer is rejecting requests, ______
The print queue does not accept jobs and sends a msessage to the user noting that the printer is unavailable.
When referring to the /etc/rsyslog.conf file, this term specifies information from a certain area of the system, whereas this term is the level of importance of that information.
facility, priority
Most log files on the system are found in which directory?
/var/log
Which file contains default information such as UID and GID ranges and minimum password length to be used at user creation?
/etc/login.defs
What command can you use to view journald log entries on a system that uses Systemd?
journalctl
Which command would you use to unlock a user account?
usermod -U username
Along with a listing of user accounts, the /etc/passwd file also contains information on account expiry. True or False?
False
You use lpstat and determine that a user named User1 has placed two large print jobs in the queue for Printer1 that have yet to start printing. They have print job IDs of Printer1-17 and Printer1-21, respectively. Which command would you use to remove these two jobs from the print queue?
cancel printer1-17 printer1-21
Which command is used to delete a user account?
userdel “username”
