Structure And File Location

Question 1

If an asterisk (*) is in the password field what does that mean?

Answer 1

The account has been disabled

Question 2

What file holds the variable for how many days have to pass before the account is disabled

Answer 2

/etc/default/useradd

Question 3

Describe the Last_Modified field in the file /etc/shadow

Answer 3

This field displays the number of days since,January 1 1970 that the password has been changed

Question 4

Describe the field Min_days field of the file /etc/shadow

Answer 4

This field displays the min number of days required before the password can be changed.

Question 5

The default value of how many days are required before a password can be changed is located where?

Answer 5

/etc/login.defs

Question 6

Define the Max_days field in the file /etc/shadow

Answer 6

This field displays the max days before a password expires.

Question 7

The default value for the max days before a password can be modified is located ….?

Answer 7

/etc/login.defs

Question 8

Describe the Warn_days field in/etc/shadow

Answer 8

This field displays the number of days before warning a user of password expiration

Question 9

Where is the default value for the Warn_Days located

Answer 9

/etc/login.defs

Question 10

If I would like to change the default inactive value the user accounts what file would I go to?

Answer 10

/etc/default/useradd

Question 11

the command useradd obtains the defualts for adding users to the system in what file?

Answer 11

/etc/default/useradd

and

/etc/login.defs

Question 12

what is the file /etc/skel used for?

Answer 12

to populate the new users home directory

Question 13

If I would like to see what is in the /etc/default/useradd file what command would I execute?

Answer 13

useradd -D

Question 14

Linux groups information is stored where?

Answer 14

/etc/groups and /etc/gshadow

Question 15

what directory is connected to /usr/bin and contains command binarys ?

Answer 15

/bin

Question 16

this directory contains files required to boot your system.

Answer 16

/boot

Question 17

What directory contains special files used to represent the various hardware devices installed in the system?

Answer 17

/dev

Question 18

what directory contains global configuration files

Answer 18

/etc

Question 19

What directory contains system library files?

Answer 19

/lib

Question 20

What directory is intended to be a temporary mount point?

Answer 20

/mnt

Question 21

What directory is inteded to contain subdirectories used as mount points for removable media?

Answer 21

/media

Question 22

What directory is the suggested location for 3rd party applications?

Answer 22

/opt

Question 23

What directory contains system binaries used by the root or other systems administrators for booting , restoring, or repairing the operations system?

Answer 23

/sbin

Question 24

What directory contains temporary files created by usr applications>?

Answer 24

/tmp

Question 25

What directory contains user system files?

Answer 25

/usr

Question 26

what directory contains variable data, including you system log files?

Answer 26

/var

Question 27

what directory contains the home directories of user accounts ?

Answer 27

/home

Question 28

what directory contains system information gathered from boot time forward. this directory is also cleared at the start of the boot process?

Answer 28

/run

Question 29

what directory contains data for services(such as HTTP and FTP ) running on the server?

Answer 29

/srv

Question 30

what directory provides device, driver, and some kernal information?

Answer 30

/sys

Question 31

what directory is a dynamic memory base directory that contains process and other system information?

Answer 31

/proc

Question 32

what directory contains a special directory that contain kernel operating parameters . Also what is the name of the special directory?

Answer 32

/proc and /sys