Linux General Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

Linux General Interview Questions

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What is the minimum number of partitions you need to install Linux?

HCL, Vedam,

18 26012

Which partitions might you create on mail server HDDs other than the root, swap and boot partitions?

1 4596

Which partitioning tool is available in all distributions?

2 4955

Which file defines all users on your system?

8 12085

Do you know the correct sequence of fields in /etc/passwd file?

2 4972

When you create a new partition, in what terms you need to designate its size

2 4639

What file defines the levels of messages written to system log files?

2 7240

List all the files with ‘.mem’ extension in reverse alphabetical order in a particular directory?

HCL,

2 7318

How do you change permissions on a directory of file?

4 6440

How can you view a file?

5 6481

Explain the read, write, and execute permissions on a UNIX directory

3 5810

Where is standard output usually directed?

2 5387

What account is created when you install Linux?

7 15347

Why you shouldn’t use the root login?

2 5090

How big should the swap-space partition be?

7 8083

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Un-Answered Questions { Linux General }

What is the maximum length for a filename under linux?

700

Is linux important to learn?

612

Name a service that you should disable (which acts both as web and ftp server) on a linux server?

833

How permissions are granted under linux?

715

Where is wget installed on linux?

646

What are the main features of linux operating system?

674

How to remove directory with files?

698

if login in the suse linux the yast application only appearing on the scren. If we closing the screen it comes to log out. What is the procedure to customize the desktop?

640

Do hackers use python?

679

Is mac a unix or linux?

641

What is named semaphore?

689

What type of file server do we have on a linux server?

732

How to uninstall software with the command line in linux?

643

How to copy text to the clipboard?

648

Please explain lilo?

733

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