Linux System Administrator Interview Questions

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Why are you looking? What is the importance of cd? What are built-in commands? What is forking? How does a process fork? What is the difference between hardware and software RAID? Hint: They use mdadm so if you use other types of RAID, they wouldn't appreciate it. What are the types of RAID? Hint: review on the basics of RAID0, RAID1, RAID0+1, RAID1+0 and be ready to give examples of what applications can be used for each type of RAID.
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Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Interviewed at Medical Science & Computing

4.1
Jun 20, 2017

Why are you looking? What is the importance of cd? What are built-in commands? What is forking? How does a process fork? What is the difference between hardware and software RAID? Hint: They use mdadm so if you use other types of RAID, they wouldn't appreciate it. What are the types of RAID? Hint: review on the basics of RAID0, RAID1, RAID0+1, RAID1+0 and be ready to give examples of what applications can be used for each type of RAID.

Can you explain the difference between a process and a thread in Linux? What is the purpose of the grep command in Linux? Can you provide an example of how you would use it? How do you manage users and groups in a Linux environment?

Linux Systems Administrator

Interviewed at ITinTech.in

Apr 17, 2024

Can you explain the difference between a process and a thread in Linux? What is the purpose of the grep command in Linux? Can you provide an example of how you would use it? How do you manage users and groups in a Linux environment?

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