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Unix Operating System

Subject : it-skills
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1. Default shell for Solaris






2. Command that logs information to the Solaris syslog - specifically to the /var/adm/messages






3. Total number of inodes and blocks - block size - number of blocks/inodes per group and number or reserved blocks before the first block group






4. 6 Hardware Interface Module Functions: ________ - memory management - interrupt handling - low level device control - disk system management - Process synchronization & IPC






5. Frees up memory when a process runs short of memory

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6. Phase where the kernel initializes itself and begins loading modules using ufsboot. Once finished - it unmaps ufsboot






7. Daemon that is used for viewing network services in Linux - has more customization than the Solaris counterpart






8. Command used to change parameters normally set with useradd






9. This Layer consists of user processes that are running - including Shells - UNIX commands - utility programs - and user application programs






10. Three Types of _________: Physical - Instance - and Logical






11. Loopback interface in ifconfig






12. Four Fields of /etc/inittab: Label Name - __________ - Action - Command






13. Two Forms of Apache: __________ and Source (source code)






14. Most commonly used file system based on Unix File System






15. Device Information Command that displays system diagnostic messages and a list of attached devices






16. Two Ordinary File Types: Text and ______






17. Command used to view system calls accessed during the execution of a command on Linux systems






18. Presents each user with a prompt - executes user commands - and supports a custom environment for each user






19. Command to view your swap partition






20. Allows a device driver to be linked into and removed from the kernel while it is running






21. The way used in LDAP to describe the format and attributes of data in the server






22. Similar to -k; shows block size for each mounted file system






23. Used by the cd Command when no argument follows






24. Used to describe the layout of block groups






25. LDAP package that contains the servers and other utilities necessary to configure and run the LDAP server






26. The command to report file system disk space usage






27. Default termination signal






28. Default Run Level for Linux






29. Two Ways to Stop Services in Linux: Editing the _______ service file - and using the chkconfig command






30. File that contains information on the user's password and data - including encrypted password - min/max days of password change - inactivity timeframe - etc






31. 'K' and 'S' in rc scripts: K is Kill - S is _______






32. Phase where the kernel initializes itself and begins loading modules using ufsboot. Once finished - it unmaps ufsboot






33. File that inetd daemon gets it's instructions from - maintains a file format that is the same across all platforms






34. Four Ext* _________: Modify - Access - Change - Delete






35. Contains a list of entries for each user; includes a password placeholder ('x') - UID/GID - home directory - and default shell






36. A simple data structure that contains the file name and the inode address where the file's metadata can be found - also contains a pointer to the next entry






37. LDAP package that contains the libraries necessary to run the Open LDAP server






38. Software interrupt that's processed immediately that's generated by a currently running process






39. Three Steps of Kernel Phase: Create a user process - __________ - and starts other processes by reading /etc/inittab






40. Terminal Interrupt via user keypress






41. Programs similar to GINA in Windows that provides the login prompt






42. Command to view your swap partition in human readable format






43. Command that shows disk space usage and logical mount points in a human readable format






44. The web server widely used in the public domain that was based off of a UNIX Web server






45. Device Information Command that displays system config info including total memory and device configuration






46. Similar to DLLs in Windows that can be built upon and around system calls






47. Creates a user with default group; if not given - a new group with the user's name will be created






48. System Calls: fork() - creates a child process - wait() - exit() - __________ - execl() - execlp() - execv() - execvp()






49. Ordinary file that contains both printable and non-printable characters - ex - most UNIX executables






50. The core of the operating system that is loaded into memory at system boot; it manages the hardware and performs system services