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310-202 · Question #209

You are extending the NIS support in your network to include a new NIS map to support automount direct maps. As part of this process, you modify the NIS Makefile to include the following line: touch…

The correct answer is C. The line updates the timestamp on the /var/yp/auto.direct.time file so that the system has a record of. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

You are extending the NIS support in your network to include a new NIS map to support automount direct maps. As part of this process, you modify the NIS Makefile to include the following line:

touch auto.direct.time; \ What is the purpose of this line?

Options

  • AThe line updates the timestamp in the index file for the NIS map so that the data file and the index file
  • BThe line is used to create the auto.direct.time source file for the NIS map in situations where the source
  • CThe line updates the timestamp on the /var/yp/auto.direct.time file so that the system has a record of
  • DThe line creates the /etc/auto.direct.time file, which causes a message to be sent to the syslogd daemon

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(45 responses)
  • A
    9% (4)
  • B
    13% (6)
  • C
    73% (33)
  • D
    4% (2)

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