Chapter 9 Study Guide

GNOME is a cross-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces for Linux.

True

In Linux, Autopsy is a web-based graphical user interface for the command-line tool Sleuth Kit.

True

In Linux, the /root directory is the home directory for the root user.

True

In Linux, the /var/log/lpr.log log is the printer log.

True

In Linux, the process of mounting a drive involves accessing the operating system and loading the drive into memory.

True

Kali Linux is a Linux distribution with many security-related tools, such as Metasploit and OWASP Zap.

True

Minix, a UNIX variant created by Professor Andrew S. Tanenbaum, preceded Linux.

True

Snort is an open source intrusion detection system (IDS).

True

The Linux ps command shows the currently running processes for the current user.

True

Linux offers many different shells. Each shell is designed for a different purpose. __________ is the most commonly used shell in Linux.

C shell

An active intrusion detection system (IDS) will log suspicious activity and perhaps notify a network administrator.

False

Linus Tanenbaum created the Linux operating system.

False

The Berkeley Fast File System is also known as the Reiser File System.

False

The Linux history command, by default, displays the last 50 shell commands that were entered.

False

Which Linux shell command performs a textual comparison of two files and reports the difference between the two?

cmp

Which Linux shell command lists all currently running processes (programs or daemons) that the user has started?

ps

Which Linux shell command is used to delete or remove a file?

rm