CS615A - Aspects of System Administration
Quiz #2



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(1.5 points)


Note: Multiple choice questions may have more than one correct answer.


(1) 2 points
    You have a program that you need to run to perform a one-time task at a
    specific hour.  In order to schedule this taks, you would use:

(a) cron(8)
(b) at(1)
(c) batch(1)
(d) load(5)


(2) 2 points
    For at least one of the other solutions, give an example scenario when to
    use it.










(3) 2 points
    In order to run the script found in /usr/local/bin/cleanup.sh at 3:55 pm
    every Sunday, you add the following crontab entry:

(a) 15  55 *  *  6     /bin/sh /etc/weekly 2>&1 | tee /var/log/weekly.out
(b) */5 15 *  *  sun   /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/cleanup.sh
(c) 55  3  *  0  2     /usr/local/bin/cleanup.sh
(d) 55  15 *  *  0     /usr/local/bin/cleanup.sh



(3) Suppose you have the following entries in the same password file:

(a) jschauma:*:000:100::/home/jschauma:/bin/ksh
(b) jdoe:.Xjs84eeH20ow:1001:100:John Doe:/usr/people/jdoe:/bin/sh
(c) xmanxman:*aa73yhdpi10x:1002:100:& &,(555) 123-1234:/home/xman:/bin/sh
(d) jdoe2::1010:101:Jane Doe:/home/jdoe2:
(e) figlurt:*************:1002:110::/:/bin/false

    For each line, note at least one thing that is noteworthy (2.5 points each).