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     Published: 7th Jun 2005     Read: 18976 times
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 What is the command for seeing a long listing of all the processes running on your unix box?
  Which of the following module type handles loadable system calls including "semaphore" operation?
  What field will cause the message Your password has expired to be displayed to the user?
  What is the name of the daemon for print jobs submitted with "lpr"
  What command can you use to display all of your groups?
  Consider the following crontab entry: “59 23 13 * 5 /wipe.disk” What time will this cronjob run?
  What command will install the patches: 123456-01 and 123457-01 if both are located in the /just.patches directory?
  The NVRAM is also soldered to the main logic board or motherboard.
  The lp command checks LPDEST and then PRINTER variables, while lpr command reverses this order.
  What parameter prevents files from accidentally being overwritten when doing redirection?
  What software install group do you need to select in order to load the compilers?
  How many different kill signals are there?
  On Solaris 8 where is the log file for a failed patch installation stored?
  What is the command to do an interactive boot from the ok promt?
  Which file contains resources for the login screen behavior?
  According the SA-238 course book, the Boot PROM chip is permanently soldered to the main logic board (motherboard).
  What is the kernel abbreviation for the devices?
  The file _______ is located in the /kernel directory and is the Unix kernel for the system?
  What file is the controlling file for the volume manager?
  Where is the best place to try to locate patches you may wish to install on your box?
  Openboot is used for:
  What file contains the location of the namespace configuration textfiles such as hosts.rev, named.local, etc..?
  Users and root can execute the "chgrp" command by default.
  What command will cause the system to rebuild the device tree?
  What is the default kill signal numeric value?
  Give the command that will display your default boot device.
  The hardware-level user interface that you see before the operating system has been started is called:
  Partition sizes can be set manually or from what configuration?
  What file controls global variables for system wide values for the Bourne Shell?
  Which of the following commands can tell you whether packets are being delayed or dropped on your network?
  What file contains the location of the namespace configuration textfiles such as hosts.rev, named.local, etc..?
  What command enables a printer?
  In order to save a template in /etc/format.dat, what two steps must occur?
  What command will display the VTOC for disk c0t0d0s0?
  Among the applications below, which one is not a client/server application?
  When using the admintool, the membership list for groups is separated by what?
  What file do you put the umask setting in?
 
  Partition sizes can be set manually or from what configuration?
  Given the following command: lp -d sparky -q 0 fastfile the file fastfile will be sent to the printer by user sparky with a high priority.
  All group memberships are stored in the /etc/group file.
  What flag used with patchadd will prevent a later back out by preventing patchadd from backing up files? If this flag is used, the patch cannot be removed.
  Why should you become a superuser prior to creating an additional swap file?
  Where is the location of the "terminfo" directory?
  The ______ device file is specified when using the mount command?
  Which of the following can be an appropriate name for a cluster?
  What command will allow you to schedule repetitive activities?
  What is the command for seeing a long listing of all the processes running on your unix box?
  The file _______ is located in the /kernel directory and is the Unix kernel for the system?
  Where are the templates stored that are copied into the user's home directories for their personal customizations?
  What network client accesses files and directories over the network and then caches them with CacheFS?
  No matter what version of the OS you are running, the command you must use for adding patches is: "patchadd".
  Which of the following module type handles loadable system calls including "semaphore" operation?
  When you download patches to your system; it is suggested you store them in:?
  What is the command to see what hardware the kernel is aware of?
  What file controls system wide password aging?
  What SPARC emergency keyboard sequence will take the system to the ok prompt (forth monitor) but will send output to TTYA?
  If you get a "Not on System Console" error; which file do you need to manipulate?
  Where is the location of the logging that is done about the switching of users using the "su" command?
  Halt runs the rc0 scripts.
  What directory is used to store the at.allow and at.deny files?
  The hardware-level user interface that you see before the operating system has been started is called:
  Why should you become a superuser prior to creating an additional swap file?
  Where is the information stored about all the packages installed on your system at the present time?
  What is the minimum requirements for the spooling directory on a print server?
  Using the crontab command, what is the command to display the lines in your crontab file?
  Of the following filesystems, which ones are of "fs' file system type?
  What network client accesses files and directories over the network and then caches them with CacheFS?
  What is the default spool directory for patches?
  Which NFS daemons are found on the NFS server?
  What file will track all the switching of users that may be occuring?
  What setting determines the default permissions for files and directories?
  What is the line in the .dtprofile that is set to true in order to use the "." files along with CDE?
  In the /etc/default/login file, which of the following will not allow you to login remotely as root?
  Full path names are not required in the crontab file?
  What control character allows you to go from single user mode to multi-user mode?
  Where are the templates stored that are copied into the user's home directories for their personal customizations?
  What is the default location of the packages when spooled with the "pkgadd -d -s spool"
  What is the default spool directory for patches?


 






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