Linux Quiz 2: Users, NFS, and System Files - CSCI 4417 - Prof. Robert A. Nielsen, Quizzes of Computer Science

Download Linux Quiz 2: Users, NFS, and System Files - CSCI 4417 - Prof. Robert A. Nielsen and more Quizzes Computer Science in PDF only on Docsity! CSCI 4417, Linux Quiz 2: Users, NFS, and System Files Steven Jenkins and Qing Yuan February 17, 2004 Overview 12 points total in 3 sections: you must answer at 3 questions from each section, and 1 additional questions for a total of 10. 1 Users 1. (1 point) What file contains username and user-id mapping? 2. (1 point) What file contains the information on which users are in which groups? 3. (1 point) Where is information about the location of a user’s home directory stored? 4. (1 point) What is wrong with storing encrypted passwords in the file mentioned in question 1? 2 NFS 5. (1 point) What session-layer protocol is NFS built on? 6. (1 point) What file lists the filesystems that the server will make available via NFS? 7. (1 point) What command must be run to start up an NFS server? 8. (1 point) What file lists the filesystems that a client will mount at boot time via NFS? 3 System Files 9. (1 point) Briefly explain what is contained in three of the following files: 1