Ch10: Common Administrative Tasks: Multiple Choice

You use lpstat and determine that a user named User1 has placed two large print jobs in the queue for Printer1 that have yet to start printing. They have print job IDs of Printer1-17 and Printer1-21 respectively. Which command would you use to remove these two jobs from the print queue?

cancel Printer1-17 Printer1-21

When referring to the /etc/rsyslog.conf file specifies information from a certain area of the system. Whereas is the level of importance of that information

facility- priority

What command can you use to view journald log entries on a system that uses Systemd?

journalctl

What is the name of the utility used to rotate log files?

logrotate

Which command can be used to temporarily alter the primary group associated with a given user?

newgrp

The process of sending print jobs from the print queue to the printer is called:

printing

What is the name of the file that contains a listing of all users on the system and their home directories?

/etc/passwd

Most log files on the system are found in which directory?

/var/log

Along with a listing of user accounts the /etc/passwd file contains information on account expiry.

False

Which command would you use to unlock a user account?

unlock username

When a printer is rejecting requests____ a the print queue does not accept jobs and sends a message to the user noting that the printer is unavailable b the print queue accepts jobs into the print queue and holds them there until the printer is accepting requests again c the printer appears as offline when an lp request is sent d the print queue redirects all print jobs sent to it to /dev/null

a

Which command can be used to send a print job to the default printer named Printer1? (Choose all that apply) a lp -d Printer1 file b lp Printer1 file c lp file d lp -m Printer1 file

a c

What is the term used to describe a user providing a user name and password to log in to a system?

authentication

Which file contains default information such as UID and GID ranges and minimum password length to be used at user creation?

/etc/login.defs

You can clear a log file simply by redirecting nothing into it.

True

You can lock a user account by changing the default login shell to an invalid shell in /etc/passwd.

True

UIDs and GIDs are unique to the system and once used can never be reused.

False

Which command can you use to lock a user account?

usermod -L username

When a printer is disabled

the print queue accepts jobs into the print queue and holds them there until the printer is enabled again

Which command is used to delete a user account?

userdel username