You work as the Network Administrator for XYZ CORP. The company has a Unix-based network. You want to see the list of the filesystems mounted automatically at startup by the mount -a command in the…

The correct answer is D. /etc/fstab. In Unix, the /etc/fstab file is used by system administrators to list the filesystems that are mounted automatically at startup by the mount -a command (in /etc/rc or its equivalent startup file). Answer: C is incorrect. In Unix, the /etc/mtab file contains a list of the…

Linux/Unix System Auditing

Question

You work as the Network Administrator for XYZ CORP. The company has a Unix-based network. You want to see the list of the filesystems mounted automatically at startup by the mount -a command in the /etc/rc startup file. Which of the following Unix configuration files can you use to accomplish the task?

Options

A/etc/named.conf
B/etc/groups
C/etc/mtab
D/etc/fstab

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A
5% (1)
B
11% (2)
D
84% (16)

Explanation

In Unix, the /etc/fstab file is used by system administrators to list the filesystems that are mounted automatically at startup by the mount -a command (in /etc/rc or its equivalent startup file). Answer: C is incorrect. In Unix, the /etc/mtab file contains a list of the currently mounted file systems. This is set up by the boot scripts and updated by the mount command. Answer: A is incorrect. In Unix, the /etc/named.conf file is used for domain name servers. Answer: B is incorrect. In Unix, the /etc/groups file contains passwords to let a user join a group.

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#/etc/fstab#filesystem mounts#Unix configuration files#startup filesystems

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