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What makes enterprise distros of linux unique?

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Much slower release cycles, older release of the linux kernel that are known to be stable.

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What are some cons to enterprise linux distros?

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They may lack support for the latest hardware

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What are Redhat and Ubuntu’s support lifespane?

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10 years
5 years

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What are some BSD based OS’s

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FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD

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what is macOS based on?

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BSD Unix with Bash shell

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What command is used to find your kernel version?

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uname -r

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What do power supplies do?

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They normalize power into standard voltage requirements. This allow hardware to be made that can be used anywhere in the world.

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What does a motherboard do?

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Normalizes the interconnection using standardized connectors and form factors to bring all the components of the computer together.

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What type of software do motherboard sometimes have on board?

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Firmware to deal with motherboard specific hardware

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Give an example of a motherboard firmware

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BIOS

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What is the BIOS responsible for?

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Configuration but also identifying, loading, and transferring control to the operating system

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What standard did intel define motherboard standards?

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EFI - extensible firmware interface

UEFI - Unified extensible firmware interface

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What command can be used to see free memory?

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free -m

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What is the distinction between CPU and Processor?

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A processor may hold more logic units than JUST the cpu, like a built in GPU for example

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What command can you run to see information about your processor?

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lscpu

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What is the max size of memory that can be accessed on a 32 bit system?

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4gb

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What is HTT?

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Hyper-Threading Technology Allows a single CPU to concurrently process multiple instructions thus virtually acting as multiple physical CPUs

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What are modern connection standards for storage devices?

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SATA or SCSI

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What is partitioning?

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Tells Linux if it should see the entire devices as one contiguous block of memory or if it is broken up into pieces

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What would you expect the name of the device in /dev to be for the partition 3 of the third SATA drive?

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sdc3

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What does the lsblk -f command do?

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Lists the drives and their partitions with the -f it also shows the file system format/type

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Where are binary files stored?

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/bin
/sbin
/usr/bin
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/sbin

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Where are configuration files stored?

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/etc

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What are some common files found in /etc

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group
hostname
hosts
passwds
.conf files
profile
bash.bashrc

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What are some common .config files in $HOME
.bashrc .profile .bash_history
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Where is the kernel stored?
/boot
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What is the PID that the kernel first runs after it's loaded into memory?
1 or systemd
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What is the /proc directory?
It's a list of files and directories stored in memory, it's not written to disk. contains info about running processes, kernel config, system hardware
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What is the /proc/sys directory?
Includes kernel configuration settings
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What is the /dev directory?
Devices directory for all connected hardware devices
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What is a block devices?
Devices where data is read or written
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What is a character device?
Are those in which data is read and written in sequential order one character at a time (keyboards, text consoles, serial ports)
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What is /dev/zero?
Provides as many null characters as requested from it
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What is /dev/urandom?
Generates pseudo-random numbers
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Explain the versioning in the following: vmlinuz-4.15.0-50-generic
4 = Kernel Version 15 = Major revision 0 = Minor revision 50 = Patch number
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What command would you use to list all hard drives and partitions in /dev?
ls /dev/sd*
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What does ps command do?
Lists the processes associated with the current shell
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what does ps -uf do?
shows the relationship between parent and child processes
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what does ps -v do?
Show the amount of memory usage associated with the current shell processes
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what does uptime do?
Shows system uptime but also gives metrics on load averages
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where are logs stored?
/var/log
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what is the syslog daemon?
Manages system messages. it collects messages from services and programs and stores them in log files in /var/log
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what does last do?
displays information about logins and reboots
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what does logrotate do?
implements log rotation or cycling which means moving files, archiving/compressing, or emailing to sysadmin
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what is the kernel ring buffer?
Fixed size data structure that records kernel boot messages as well as live kernel messages. It's purpose is to log all kernel messages produced on boot
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what is journald?
It is the standard logging component of the OS
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what does journalctl utility do?
reads logs because they are in binary format
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What virtual directory of /proc should you visit to see data that top is using?
/proc/887
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What command is used to read /var/log/wtmp
last
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What command is used to read /var/log/btmp
lastb
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What command is used to read /run/log/journal/id/system.journal
journalctl
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what does dmesg do?
prints the kernel ring buffer
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What did systemd replace?
System V in all distros
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What command to find out when last reboot was?
last
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which hard disks are installed (kern.log)
less /var/log/kern.log
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When last login occured (auth.log)
less /var/log/auth.log
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what two command can you use to view the kernel ring buffer?
dmesg and journalctl -k
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how can you use journalctl to query ssh?
journalctl -u ssh.service
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In top, how can you kill a process?
by pressing k followed by the pid
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What does the Link layer handle?
Communication directly between connected devices
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What does the network layer handle?
Handles routing outside of individual networks with addressing (IP)
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What does the application layer do?
Enables individual programs to talk to each other
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What addressing is using on the Link Layer?
Mac
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What does ip link show do?
Displays a list of all available network interfaces and their link layer addresses
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What is CIDR notation?
Used to specify how many bits are set in the subnet mask
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What are the private IP address schemas?
10.0.0.0/8 172.16.0.0/12 192.168.0.0/16
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what does ip route show do?
shows the routes associated with link layers
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What do routing tables do?
They hold a mapping of link layer mac addresses with IP addresses
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How many groups do IPv6 addresses have?
8 groups of 4 hex digits
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What are the three major prefix types in ipv6?
Global Unique Address Unique Local Address Link Local Address
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What is the Neighbor Discovery Protocol?
Allows devices to find eachother and request information regarding a network they share
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Where is DNS data stored?
/etc/resolv.conf
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What is in the /etc/hosts file?
Checks to see if there is an address for a specific IP listed. It overrides DNS that may be at the Org or ISP level
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what does the host command do?
Given a DNS name ig ives back IP address information
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What does the dig command do?
Provides a more detailed version of host including DNS record types
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What is a socket?
Communication endpoint for two programs talking to each other. Think web browser and web server
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Name the three types of sockets
Unix socket UDP TCP
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what does the ss command do?
Used to investigate all sockets
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What commands would you use to assign IP addresses to an interface?
sudo ip addr add address dev interfacename
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What does an entry in a host file look like?
ipaddress websitename
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DNS Record type for textual data
TXT
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DNS Type for reverse IP Address Lookup
PTR
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DNS Type for a domain that has no address of its own and relies on another domain for this information
cname
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DNS Type for a mail server
MX
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What does bridging do?
Connects multiple network interfaces. Allowing all devices to communicate as if they were on the same link layer network
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which ss command is used to see UDP sockets?
ss -u

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