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    Re: Way off what this forum is for but here go's anyway

    Seems I can't reply to a top board level post here: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3118477.0, so I reposted the the whole post here:

    A friend of mine is studying for a certification test and this is one of her practice exams she gave me. My question is can anyone off the top of their head give me a quick explantion on why these are the answers or even if they are correct? I don't want to trouble anyone with this as I really shouldn't be posting this here, I just hope this may be fun for some poeple. To me some of this just looks wrong but thats why I will be buying a study book before I think about taking any test, (Which I will have to finsh the MCTS Server 2008 Active Directory I'm working on first

    I do have a link for this document if you wanted to see the whole thing.

    www.JasonProcell.com/JP/Linux.zip


    Which command (without options) would you use to display how much space is available on all
    mounted partitions?

    Answer: /BIN/DF


    What command with all options and/or parameter will send the signal USR1 to any executing process of program apache2?

    Answer: KILLALLSUSR1APACHE2

    What application can be used in place of xhost? Please enter only the name without path.

    Answer: XAUTH

    Which program finds only files that are in your Path?

    Answer: /USR/BINyWHICH

    USB fax/modems that conform to this subclass of the Communication Device Class (CDC) vendor neutral standard are Linux compatible (answer is a 3 letter acronym).

    Answer: ACM(ABSTRACTCONTROLMODEL)

    What command is used to display a file in octal format?

    Answer: /USR/BIN/HEXDUMP

    Which environment variable you have to set up to use shared libraries that are not in the standard
    search path?

    Answer: LD LIBRARY PATH

    To prevent users from being able to fill up the / partition, the____________directory should be on
    a separate partition if possible because it is world writeable.

    Answer: /var
    The answers seem correct at a quick glance (it might be easier to dig deeper if you explained what seems out-of-place to you, aside for the few "typos" in the answers), a few quick notes:
    1. df (see 'man df') will show the usage status of mounted partitions (not the only one, but one that is commonly installed by default...in *buntus it's part of the 'coreutils' package). Similarly, 'man which', 'man hexdump' and 'man xauth' should give you details on the commands.

    2. killall -sUSR1 apache2

    3. /var is often set up as a separate partition on large multiuser/server installations so users (or user processes) wouldn't be able to fill the root partition (either intentionally or unintentionally) because var needs to be user writable because user processes commonly store mostly temporary changing data in /var. Of course users home directories (/home) should also be on a separate partition(s) in such environments.

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    Re: Way off what this forum is for but here go's anyway

    Are commands case sensitive like files?
    Computer are like air conditioners: they stop working when you open windows!<br /><br />Linux : Because you wouldnt put a Porsche&#39;s engine in a Pinto<br /><br />case : HAF 932<br />mother board: ASUS p5e3<br />processor: Intel e8500 3.16 GHz<br />RAM: 8 GB Corsair DDR3 1600<br />power supply: Corsair 850W<br />video card: GeForce 8400

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      Re: Way off what this forum is for but here go's anyway

      Originally posted by jpro6363
      Are commands case sensitive like files?
      short answer...... yes

      commands are usually lower case ........with thair options/switches being uper or lower case ...........now of course if the command includes a path the path is case sensitive always ............/home/vinny/music is not the same as /home/vinny/Music

      VINNY
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      16GB RAM
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        Re: Way off what this forum is for but here go's anyway

        Great! Thank you for the response!!!
        Computer are like air conditioners: they stop working when you open windows!<br /><br />Linux : Because you wouldnt put a Porsche&#39;s engine in a Pinto<br /><br />case : HAF 932<br />mother board: ASUS p5e3<br />processor: Intel e8500 3.16 GHz<br />RAM: 8 GB Corsair DDR3 1600<br />power supply: Corsair 850W<br />video card: GeForce 8400

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