A systems administrator has been tasked with disabling the nginx service from the environment to prevent it from being automatically and manually started. Which of the following commands will…

The correct answer is C. systemctl mask nginx. The command systemct1 mask nginx disables the nginx service from the environment and prevents it from being automatically and manually started. This command creates a symbolic link from the service unit file to /dev/null, which makes the service impossible to start.

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A systems administrator has been tasked with disabling the nginx service from the environment to prevent it from being automatically and manually started. Which of the following commands will accomplish this task?

Options

Asystemctl cancel nginx
Bsystemctl disable nginx
Csystemctl mask nginx
Dsystemctl stop nginx

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C
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Explanation

The command systemct1 mask nginx disables the nginx service from the environment and prevents it from being automatically and manually started. This command creates a symbolic link from the service unit file to /dev/null, which makes the service impossible to start.

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#systemd#service management#systemctl#Linux administration

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