Command Def
Managing Hardware
Quizlet
Never gonna get it!
Command Names
100

Returns all documentation containing the defined command

apropos

100

A command that returns additional information in about 20 lines of output , highly technical info

Iscpu

100

GNOME is a very common ________ in linux.

Desktop Environment 

100

_____________ is the company that makes virtual desktop software?

VMWare

100

route

View routing tables

200

Used to find out information regarding a user

Finger

200

Primary Partition

A type of MBR partition thats defined in a data structure contained in the hard disks partition table in the MBR. MBR is limited to four primary per hard disk.

200

When the source code is delivered with the application is an example of _________.

Open Source

200

program that interprets commands you enter from keyboard

Shell

200

whoami

Outputs username of current user

300

Reboots the operating system

init 6

300

Diskless

A configuration through which a linux computer boots using files stored on a network server.

300

The main bootloader for linux?

GRUB

300

What are some common ways to access the LINUX system?

Telnet, SSH, clinet SW, dumb terminal

300

useradd

Adds new user

400

Print working directory

PWD

400

Which command describes all mountable filesystems and their properties?

/etc/fstab

400

What is Canonical to Ubutu?

Paid for support for Ubuntu



400

Graphical user interface (GUI) can open a terminal window (T or F)

True

400

touch

Created empty file

500

Syncs /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow

pwconv

500

What command is used to partition a hard disk?

fdisk

500

In desktop virtualization the __________ is also called a virtual machine.

Guest OS

500

Is linux written from traditional UNIX code (T or F) 

False

500

cat

Outputs the contents of a file