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 28631

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

1 4956

Which partitioning tool is available in all distributions?

2 5436

Which file defines all users on your system?

8 13302

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

2 5405

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

2 5095

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

2 7831

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

HCL,

2 7795

How do you change permissions on a directory of file?

4 7177

How can you view a file?

5 7369

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

3 6374

Where is standard output usually directed?

2 5908

What account is created when you install Linux?

7 16453

Why you shouldn’t use the root login?

2 5484

How big should the swap-space partition be?

7 9273

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Un-Answered Questions { Linux General }

The hierarchy of a series of directories branching in a user system starts from?

938

Which antivirus is best for linux?

853

Why was linux created?

923

What shell does a linux administrator assign to a pop3 mail-only account?

1023

Explain /proc file system?

882

What is the scripting language used in linux operating systems?

878

Is apple a linux or unix?

842

What is semaphore code?

947

How documentation of an application is stored?

870

Does playonlinux install wine?

829

What is a spinlock in linux?

900

Does apple use linux?

839

What is curl used for in linux?

894

Which linux is best for home use?

940

How do you start a job on background?

869

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