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Most log files on the system are found in which directory? |
/var/log |
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The process of sending print jobs from the pring b queue to the printer is called? |
Printing |
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What command can you use to view journal log entries on a system that uses systemd? |
Journalctl |
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What is the name of the file that contains a listing of all users on the system and their home directories? |
/etc/passwd |
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What is the name of the utility used to rotate log files? |
Logrotate |
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What is the name used to describe a user providing a user name and password to log into a system? |
Authentication |
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When a printer is disabled, __________________________________ |
The print queue does accept jobs and holds them there until the printer is enabled again. |
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When a printer is rejecting requests, ______________________________________. |
The print queue does not accept jobs and sends a message to the user noting that the printer is unavailable. |
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When refering to the /etc/rsyslog.conf file, ________ specifies info from a certain area of the system, where as _________ is the level of importance of that information. |
Facility, priority |
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Which command can be used to alter the primary group associated with a given user temporarily? |
newgrp |
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Which commands can be used to send a print job to the default printer named printer1? |
lp file lp -d printer1 file |
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Which command can you use to lock a user account? |
usermod -L username |
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Which command is used to delete a user account? |
userdel username |
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Which command would you use to unlock a user account? |
usermod -U username |
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Which file contains information such as UID And GID ranges and minimum password length to be used at user creation? |
/etc/login.defs |
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You use lpstat and determine that a user named user one has place to large print jobs in the queue for printer one that have yet to start printing. They have print job ids of printer 1-17 and printer 1-21 respectively. Which command would you use to remove these two jobs from the print queue? |
cancel printer 1-17 printer 1-21 |
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UID and GID are unique to the system and once you can never be real true or false? |
False |
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You can clear a log file simply by redirecting nothing into it. True or false? |
True |
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You can lock a user account by changing the default login shell to an invalid show in /etc/passwd. True or false? |
True. |
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Along with a listing of user accounts, the /etc/passwd file also contains information on account expiry true or false? |
False |
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Files that have been compressed using the compress utility typically have the _____ extension. |
.Z |
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When compiling source code into a binary program, which command does the compiling using the GNU C compiler? |
Make |
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When compiling source code into binary program, which command performs a system check and create the Makefile? |
./configure |
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Which of the following commands can be used to list the files contained within an installed RPM package? |
rpm -ql packagename |
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Which command can be use to remove the test DPM package, including any test configuration files? |
apt-get purge test |
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Which dump level indicates a full backup? |
0 |
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Which file contains full and incremental backup information for use with the dump / restore utility? |
/etc/dumpdates |
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Which file name extension indicates a tarball that is not using a compression utility? |
.tar |
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Which of the following commands can be used to search for packages that contain the word oobla on rpm software repositories? |
yum search oobla |
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Which of the following commands creates an archive? |
tar -zcvf /dev/st0 * |
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Which of the following commands extracts an archive? |
cpio -vicdu -I /dev/fd0 |
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which of the following represents the first non rewinding SCSI tape device on a system? |
/dev/nst0 |
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Which option to the dpkg command can be used to list the files that comprise a package? |
-L |
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Which option to the rpm command can be used to remove a package from the system? |
-e |
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You have created a full backup and for incremental backups. In which order must you restore these backups? |
0-4 |
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Most source code is available on the Internet in tarball format true or false? |
True |
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The -9 option to the gzip utility result in a higher compression ratio. True or false? |
True |
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The bzip2 and gzip utilities use similar compression algorithms. True or false? |
False |
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The Debian package manager (dpm) is the default package manager used by Fedora 20 true or false? |
False |
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To install a new program from rpm software repositories on the internet, you can use the yum update programname command true or false |
False. |
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Which command would be used to activate the Nic alias as eth0? |
ifup eth0 |
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Before a computer can use a router, what configuration information must be provided? |
Default gateway |
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Which file would you modify to permanently changed the TCP / IP address of the first wired NIC on a fedora 20 system? |
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 |
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The line that configures the hostname for the computer at boot time can be found in the /etc/sysconfig/network. True or false? |
True |
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Which of the following utilities can be used to check tcp/ip configuration and network conectivity? |
Ifconfig ping netstat -i |
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Standalone demons are started on demand using inetd or xinetd. True or false? |
False |
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Which two commands can be used to modify the route table on a Linux computer |
route ip |
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SSH encrypts all traffic that passes across the network whereas telnet does not true or false |
True |
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A subnet mask is used to differentiate the host portion from the network portion in a TCP / IP address true or false |
True |
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To test DNS configuration by resolving a host name to IP address, which command or commands can you use? |
nslookup hostname host hostname dig hostname |
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Which file stores the TCP / IP addresses of the DNS servers used to resolve host names if no DNS servers are specified within the network configuration file for the NIC? |
/etc/resolv.conf |
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Which of the following are standalone daemons? |
Apache (httpd) DNS (named) |
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What are two means available to resolve a hostname to the appropriate TCP / IP address? |
DNS /etc/hosts |
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Which file holds the methods to be used and the order in which they will be applied for host name resolution? |
/etc/nsswitch.conf |
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What devices are used to transfer information from one network to another? |
Routers |
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The TCP / IP address of 127.0.0.1 is also referred to as the blank |
loopback address |
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Which of the following port numbers is associated with telnet? |
23 |
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Which Windows program is often used to connect to a Linux server via SSH? |
Putty |
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The demons associated with network services listen for network traffic associated with a particular blank |
Port |
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Which of the following are graphical remote administration technologies? |
ssh-X VNC |
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Mary is a system administrator in your organization. She has recently made changes to the DHCP configuration file, but the DHCP Damon does not seem to recognize the new changes. What should she do? |
Restart the DHCP daemon |
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What directory are you placed in when you log in as the anonymous user to an ubuntu server 14.04 FTP server |
/srv/ftp |
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What must you do in order to become a DNS server? |
Create zone files. Create resource records for DNS lookups. Run the name Damon (named) |
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Which command can be used to connect to a remote Windows share called data on the server called fileserver |
smbclient //fileserver/data |
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Which command can be used to connect to check the /etc/samba/smb.conf file for syntax errors? |
testparm |
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Which command can you use to synchronize ntpd with an NTP time source? |
ntpq |
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Which command within the command line FTP utility can be used to change the current directory on the local computer? |
lcd |
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Which DNS resource record is an alias to other records? |
CNAME |
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Which file stores the Apache configuration in Fedora 20? |
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf |
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Which of the following can be used to create a database within PostgreSQL? |
The createdb command The CREATE DATABASE statement within the PostgreSQL utility. |
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Which of the following must you perform to share a directory using NFS? |
Run the exportfs -a command Edit the /etc/exports file Start or restart the NFS Daemons. |
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Which SQL statement keyword can be used to delete a record within a table? |
DELETE |
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You have modified the /etc/aliases file to include a new email alias. However, when you send email to the alias, it can not be delivered. What should you do? |
Run the newaliases command |
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You have open a telnet session on port 25 with your email server. What command can you type within your telnet session to start an email session? |
HELO EHLO |
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Chronyd is an NTP Damon that offers a faster response time compared to the ntpd daemon true or false |
True |
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DHCP clients send a DHCPREQUEST packet when they need to renew their i_p configuration packet when they need to renew their IP configuration. T or f |
True |
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NFS can be used to share files natively with computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system true or false |
False |
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NIS clients use NIS records to access their configuration information true or false |
False |
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Stratum 1 NTP servers do not obtain time information from other NTP servers. True or false? |
False |
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The lines within the Apache configuration files that modify the functionality of the Apache are called directives true or false |
True |
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Log files are typically stored in the blank directory |
/var/log |
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You can restrict who can print to certain printers by using the blank command |
lpadmin |
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You can specify the blank option to the userdel command to remove the home directory for the user and all of its contents |
-r |
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To change the primary group temporarily to another group that is listed in the output of the groups and ID commands, you can use the blank command |
newgrp |
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To see a list of all printers on the system and their status, you can use the -t option to the blank command |
lpstat |
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Which of the following are two logging Daemon's used on Linux systems |
rsyslogd, journald |
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The skeleton directory on most Linux systems is blank |
/etc/skel |
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To lock an account, you can use the usermod command with the blank option |
-L |
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You can create user accounts on the Linux system by using the blank command |
useradd |
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To send a print job to a printer, you must first used the blank command and specify what to print. |
lp |
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The blank command looks for a makefile and uses the information within to compile the source code into binary programs using the appropriate compiler program for the local hardware architecture |
make |
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The blank utility is one of the oldest and most widely used to backup utilities |
Tar |
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The blank command is used to execute the Configure command without using the PATH variable |
./configure |
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The gzip utility does not he give you the ability to control the level of compression. True or false? |
False |
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To remove a package from the system, you can use the blank option with the rpm command |
-e |
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The dump / restore utility can only work with the files on ext 2, ext3, and ext4 file systems. True or false? |
True |
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The filename extension given two files compressed with gzip is blank |
.gz |
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The filename extension given two files compressed with bzip2 is blank |
.bz2 |
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You can use the blank command to search internet software repositories for rpm packages in automatically install or upgrade those packages on your system |
Yum |
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The blank option can be used with the tar command to extract a specified archive |
-x |
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The blank Lenox command can be used to assign a TCP / IP configuration to a nice as well as view the configuration of all network interfaces in the computer |
ifconfig |
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Blank is a remote administration tool that encrypts information that passes across the network |
Secure shell (SSH) |
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The simplest method for mapping host names to IP addresses is by placing entries into the /etc/hosts file. True or false? |
True |
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The most common media access method used to send TCP / IP packets onto network media is called token ring. True or false? |
False |
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Computer names are called what |
Hostnames |
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The demons associated with network services listen for network traffic associated with a particular what |
Port |
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The most common LAN protocol suite used today is what |
TCP/IP |
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The /etc/resolv.conf file can contain up to how many DNS servers |
3 |
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The Blank command send a small TCP / IP packet to another IP address and await a response |
Ping |
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The utility used to troubleshoot routing is the what command |
traceroute |
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Apache daemon listens for HTTP requests on which port? |
TCP 80 |
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Network interfaces can be configured automatically using what |
DHCP |
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When working with Postfix, you can use the blank command to test SMTP Support |
HELO |
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Blank servers results fully qualified domain names to IP addresses for a certain namespace on the Internet |
DNS |
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The blank httpd.conf directive specifies that the index.html file in the document root directory will be sent to clients who request an HTML document |
Directoryindex index.html |
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What daemon is used to emulate the SMB protocol |
Samba |
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DNS zone files contain what |
Resource records |
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Client computers can retrieve email from email servers via what or what |
POP; IMAP |
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The Blank command can be used in the bash prompt to obtain a web page from the Apache server |
curl |
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When working with postfix, if you modify the /etc/aliases file, you need to run the blank command to rebuild the aliases database |
newaliases |
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What is the act of verifying a user's identity by comparing a username and password to a system database |
Authentication |
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What is the damon responsible for printing in the CUPS printing system |
CUPS daemon |
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What command is used to change the GECOS for a user |
chfn command |
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What is the process of accepting a print job into a print queue |
Spooling |
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A group of CUPS printers that are treated as a single unit for the purposes of printing and management |
Printer class |
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The command used to remove print jobs from the print queue in the cups print system |
cancel command |
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The area of the system from which information is gathered when loging system events |
Facility |
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The group that is specified for a user in the /etc/passwd file and that is specified as a group owner for all files created by a user |
Primary group |
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A unique number assigned to each user account |
User identifier, UID |
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The command used to modify the name or GID of a group on the system |
groupmod command |
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A utility that can be used to manage DPM packages using a graphical interface |
Aptitude |
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A command used to decompress files compressed by the bzip2 command |
bunzip2 command |
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A gzip compressed archive |
tarball |
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A command used to view the contents of an archive created with compress or gzip to standard output in a page by page fashion |
zmore command |
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A command used to extract archives created with the dump |
Restore command |
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The process whereby files are copied to an archive |
System backup |
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A group of RPM packages that are commonly installed to provide a specific function on the system |
Package group |
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A calculated value that is unique to a file size and contents |
Checksum |
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A command used to decompress files compressed by the gzip command |
gunzip command |
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The amount of compression that occurred during compression algorithm |
Compression ratio |
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A table of information used to indicate which networks are connected to network interfaces |
Route table |
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A set of rules of communication used between computers on a network |
Protocol |
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A user friendly name assigned to a computer |
Hostname |
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A series of four 8-bit numbers that represent a computer on a network |
Internet Protocol IP address |
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The TCP / IP communication destined for a certain group of computers |
Multicast |
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The tcp/ip communication destined for all computers on a network |
Broadcast |
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The portion of an ipv6 address that refers to a unique computer. It is analogus to the host portion of an ipv4 address |
Link local |
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A notation that is often used to represent an IP address and its subnet mask |
Classless inter-domain routing CIDR notation |
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A portion of an IP address that represents a binary bit |
Octet |
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The most common version of IP used on the internet that uses a 32-bit addressing scheme organized into different classes |
IP version four ipv4 |
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A file that contains the IP addresses of top level DNS servers |
DNS cache file |
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The process of copying resource records for a zone from a master to a slave DNS server |
Zone transfer |
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A DNS name resolution request where buy an IP address is resolved the FQDN |
Reverse lookup |
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A computer nis domain that receives its configuration from an Nis master server or nis slave server |
NIS client |
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If protocol use my windows computers a unique 15 character name to file and printer sharing traffic |
NetBios |
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The difference in time between two computers that use the NTP protocol |
Offset |
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The most common Linux daemon used to provide ipv4 and ipv6 addresses to other computers on the network |
Dhcpd daemon |
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The standard that all DNS servers and configuration files adhere too |
Berkeley internet name domain (BIND) |
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The difference between time measurements from several different NTP servers |
Jitter |
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The most common protocol used to transfer files across networks such as the Internet |
File Transfer Protocol FTP |
