Operating Systems - Linux

Question 1

What does BASH stand for?

Answer 1

Bourne Again SHell

Question 2

Where is the Global initialisation?

Answer 2

/etc/bash

Question 3

Where is the customisations?

Answer 3

/home/$USER/.bash_profile

Question 4

Where are commands run from the command line stored?

Answer 4

/home/$USER/.bash_history

Question 5

What is the first disk called in linux?

Answer 5

/dev/sda

Question 6

What is the first partition called in linux?

Answer 6

/dev/sda1

Question 7

What is the secound partition called in linux?

Answer 7

/dev/sda2

Question 8

What is the secound disk called?

Answer 8

/dev/sdb

Question 9

What is the first partition in the secound drive called?

Answer 9

/dev/sdb1

Question 10

What is the comand to list attached disks?

Answer 10

lsblk

Question 11

What does the “lsblk” comand do?

Answer 11

List attached disks.

Question 12

What is the comand to create and manipulate a disk partition?

Answer 12

fdisk

Question 13

What does the “fdisk” comand do?

Answer 13

creates and manipulates partition tables.

Question 14

What does the “gdisk” comand do?

Answer 14

It displays the disk sectors start, end, size and code.

Question 15

What does the “/bin” comand do?

Answer 15

It shows common commands.

Question 16

What comand shows common commands?

Answer 16

/bin

Question 17

What does the “/boot” comand do?

Answer 17

It shows files needed at boot?

Question 18

What comand shows the files needed at boot?

Answer 18

/boot

Question 19

What does the “/dev” comand do?

Answer 19

Shows Devices attached

Question 20

What comand shows devices attached?

Answer 20

/dev

Question 21

What does the “/etc” comand do?

Answer 21

It has config scripts and files.

Question 22

What comand shows config scripts and files?

Answer 22

/etc

Question 23

What does the “/home” Comand do?

Answer 23

Brings you to user directories.

Question 24

What brings you to your user directories?

Answer 24

/home

Question 25

What does the "/mnt" comand do?

Answer 25

It shows temporary mount points.

Question 26

What is the comand for temprary mount points?

Answer 26

/mnt

Question 27

What does the "mount -t (filesystem) -o (options) (device) (mountpoint)" comand do?

Answer 27

It creates a mount on the filesystem with the stated options.

Question 28

Why is mount not good for forensics?

Answer 28

It can change data in the mata files causing issues when doing timeframes.

Question 29

What does the "ifconfig" comand do?

Answer 29

It show the network configuration.

Question 30

What comand shows the network configuration.

Answer 30

ifconfig

Question 31

What does the "ping" comand do?

Answer 31

Tests the connection to a device.

Question 32

What comand tests the connection to a device?

Answer 32

ping

Question 33

What does the "netstat" comand do?

Answer 33

Listening services and established connections.

Question 34

What comand shows listening services and established connections?

Answer 34

netstat

Question 35

What does the "lsof" comand do?

Answer 35

Opens network points.

Question 36

What comand shows opens network points?

Answer 36

lsof