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 28718

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

1 4968

Which partitioning tool is available in all distributions?

2 5458

Which file defines all users on your system?

8 13364

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

2 5429

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

2 5112

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

2 7859

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

HCL,

2 7818

How do you change permissions on a directory of file?

4 7212

How can you view a file?

5 7405

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

3 6399

Where is standard output usually directed?

2 5936

What account is created when you install Linux?

7 16520

Why you shouldn’t use the root login?

2 5500

How big should the swap-space partition be?

7 9323

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Un-Answered Questions { Linux General }

What are the advantages of linux?

911

For what purpose linux is used?

881

Is the address bus unidirectional?

860

Which supports for creating a Linux VPN (Virtual Private Network)?

982

What is linux mint used for?

871

What is samba?

883

What is stack?

911

What are the different modes of Network bonding in Linux?

882

Why should I use red hat linux?

890

What does whoami do?

941

Which daemon controls the print spooling process?

1083

How do I determine my ip address in linux?

974

Hi All we are porting are application from linux 2.4 to 2.6 .Please let me know what kind of manual balck box testing we can use to test application and how.

1963

What is virtual desktop?

960

What is the advantage of open source?

871

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