[Gllug] Basic Linux Test

[David Damerell]

[Also sent to UnixReview's comments address, since I know they can do
better.]

On Friday, 9 Nov 2001, itsbruce at uklinux.net wrote:
>Here: http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1780/urm0111c/0111c.htm
>If you don't get at least 20 out of 25 then you're a weenie, apparently.

Whoever wrote the the quiz is a weenie, then. It contains 6 outright
errors and one question that's RH specific (but flagged as such.)

The answers to question 1 aren't in a normal /etc/exports format at
all.
Question 5 can't happen, AFAIK; LILO will always be able to overwrite
the MBR. fdisk /mbr has its uses, but this isn't one - also, they
really ought to mention that this is MSDOS's fdisk.
Question 6 is based on very old systems; these days everything prompts
for the root password when starting in single-user mode. 'linux
init=/bin/bash' or booting from a rescue floppy would do the trick.
Question 9 is Red Hat specific. Naughty.
Question 16 is distro specific; some distros have used 'apache.conf'
as the default. In addition, the location listed in the answer is very
distro-specific; Apache itself has no default location, since it is
"designed to be configured and run from the same set of directories
where it is compiled" (apache.org).
Question 18 fails to take into account that everyone uses shadow
passwords these days.
Question 21 assumes that your shell is a sh derivative such as bash,
and not a csh derivative; not a safe assumption - bash will nearly
always be present, but you don't have to use it.

[<smug> I did manage to predict their answers to all questions, though.]

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