Chapter 4 Review Questions

1. What keys can you use in the menu-based YaST interface to navigate between selections?
A. Tab
B. Atl+Tab

2. Which command could you execute at a command prompt to start the user management module?
A. yast users

3. What option to the yast command could you use to display a list of Yast Modules?
yast -1

4. You wish to install another software package using Yast from you SLES installation media. How can you verify that your system has the appropriate prerequisite packages?
d. Right-click the package in YaST and select Verify.

5. How can you change the default source location for packages within YaST?
Software> Change Source of Installation

6. What UID is used by the root user account?
UID 0

7. What is the default Login Shell that is used when you create a new user account using YaST?
kdm

8. What is the default group that new users are assigned to when you create them using YaST?
a. users

9. What two files are modified when you add a new user using YaST?
/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow

10. What file is modified when u add a new group using YaST?
/etc/group

11. Which of the following types of printers can you configure on your system using YaST?
a. usb
b. IrDA
c. Parallel

12. What modem device do you normally specify when configuring a modem using YaST?
/dev/modem

13. Which utilities may be used to connect your computer to an Internet Service Provider using a modem?
b. Kinternet
c. cinternet

14. Which of the following is a valid display name?
c. Hostname:DisplayNumber.ScreenNumber

15. You wish to start a graphical application us the command: application -g 100x90-10+60. What does the -10+60 in this command refer to?
d. The location of the application window from the upper left corner of the screen.

16. Which of the following commands can be used to start the X server, window manager, and desktop environment from a command-line interface?
d. startx

17. What marker in the var/log/XFree86.0.log file indicates values that were obtained from hardware detection?
(--)

18. Which of the following are valid Login Managers in SLES?
a. kdm
b. xdm
d. gdm

19. Which command would you use to connect to a computer across a network in order to run graphical programs remotely?
b. rsh -X hostname

20. Which of the following configuration utilities may be used to configure your X server settings using a text-based interface?
c. xf86config