Question

Options

• A

  ifconfig -a

• B

  cat /opt/sybase/interfaces

• C

  cat /etc/hosts

• D

  less /etc/hosts

• A
  15% (4)
• B
  74% (20)
• C
  7% (2)
• D
  4% (1)

Explanation

Option B is correct because the Sybase interfaces file, located at /opt/sybase/interfaces, is a Sybase-specific configuration file that stores server names, IP addresses, and port numbers for all defined Sybase database servers -- making it the authoritative source for confirming a Sybase server's IP address during installation.

Option A (ifconfig -a) is wrong because it displays the network interface configuration of the local machine you are logged into, not the remote Sybase server's address. Options C and D (cat /etc/hosts and less /etc/hosts) are wrong because /etc/hosts is a general-purpose hostname-to-IP mapping file for the local system; it may not contain the Sybase server's entry at all, and it is not Sybase-specific. Options C and D are also functionally identical, meaning they cannot both be distractors with different logic -- the exam is testing whether you know to go to the Sybase-specific file rather than a generic system file.

Memory tip: Think "Sybase has its own address book." Just as /etc/hosts is the OS's address book, /opt/sybase/interfaces is Sybase's own address book -- when confirming anything about a Sybase server's network identity, always check Sybase's own file first.

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