== Users and permissions practicum == * Rig it so everything in the folder gets deleted tonight at 10pm. Every night at 10pm.
== Local security == * How do you feel about `sudo`? * What's the difference between `telnet` and `ssh`? What's a good use for each? * How do you ensure your users have hard-to-guess passwords?
== Filesystem == * What is the difference between a symbolic and hard link? When would you use each? * I have a file named `-fr`. How do I get rid of it? * Why did I just ask that question? * To partition or not? How? * What are RAID 0, 1, 5, 0+1? What level would you use for a web server and why? A database server?
== `/etc` == * `ls -l /etc`. What is all this stuff? * You added a line to `/etc/aliases`, but it doesn't seem to be working. Why? * You've created a `zope` user to run Zope under. How do you secure it so someone doesn't guess its password, log in with it, and mess with stuff? * Bring up `/etc/passwd`. What is all this junk? * What are shadow passwords?
== Processes == * How many processes are running on your machine right now?
== Shells == * Name as many shells as you can. * What's your favorite shell? Why? * Write a shell script to append "snork" to the file "test" but only if "test" already exists. * A user performed a `cd; chmod 644 .` before logging out. What problem occurs when he logs in the next time, and what level of privilege is required to correct the problem?
== Startup == * Describe the boot process of your favorite Linux in as much detail as you can. * What are runlevels?
== Social == * Describe an experience you had with a difficult user. * How do you keep up with current tools and practices? * How did you document your work at your last job so someone else could pick up where you left off?
== Totally miscellaneous == * When debugging a core in gdb, what does the command `bt` give: core memory, heap usage, or calling stack? * A user complains the web site is slow. What do you do?
== Apache == * How do you rig Apache to start up on boot? * Apache doesn't start up on boot, and the thing above checks out okay. How do you track down the problem? * http://weblion.psu.edu/stuff.html used to exist, but now it's moved to http://weblion.psu.edu/junk.html. Name as many ways as you can to get the old URL to still work. Which way is your favorite? * These URLs used to exist: http://weblion.psu.edu/a.html, http://weblion.psu.edu/b.html, ..., http://weblion.psu.edu/z.html. But we want to access them from URLs like these: http://weblion.psu.edu/alphabet/a, http://weblion.psu.edu/alphabet/b, ..., http://weblion.psu.edu/alphabet/z. How can we pull that off without renaming the files? * How do I tell if the web site is busy right now?
== Users and permissions practicum == * Rig it so everything in the folder gets deleted tonight at 10pm. Every night at 10pm.== Local security == * How do you feel about `sudo`? * What's the difference
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