Process Management
This is a background process that runs on its own without input from the keyboard. While it runs in the background, other process can be run in the foreground
What is a daemon
This symbol represents the user's home directory
What is ~ or tilde
The three type of users are Regular User, Super User, and ____
What is System User
What mode do you enter when breaking the root password?
What is single user, maintenance, or emergency mode
This command is used to create archive files
When a parent process terminates, its child process becomes a ____ process
What is an orphan process
This hypervisor is commonly used to create and manage virtual machines (you have experience with it)
What is VMWare
Name one of the hidden files that is created when a user account is created
What is .bash-logout, .bashrc, .bash_profile
___ is a pre-defined operating state that determines which services and processes are running on a system after booting up (there are 7)
What is a runlevel
This tool is a fast, versatile, remote file copying tool. It compares differences of directories and files, and only transfers those differences.
What is rsync
This command will terminate a process
What is kill -9 PID
This file holds user account password information
What is /etc/shadow
What two commands create a user and a group
What is useradd and groupadd
uname -r displays the current _____
What is kernel
You need these these four pieces of information when securely copying files to and from another server
What is the username, IP address, password, and file path
This command will display all the processes in execution, including full information and the process in the background
What is ps -eaf
The front end of your virtual machines is referred to as what?
What is GUI
Marissa logs onto a server and is able to perform tasks typically only a root user can. What allows this?
What is being added to the wheel group or /etc/sudoers file
Where is the kernel located?
This flag is used to copy entire directories recursively
This command will provide a list of files that are opened
What is lsof
This directory is used against usermod to permanently disable a user
What is /sbin/nologin
What configuration file holds user account information
What is /etc/passwd
What loads and executes the MBR boot loader?
What is BIOS
SCP uses ___ for data transfer and uses the same authentication as ___
What is SSH