GIAC Security Essentials
Domain 4Objective 3
Linux Fundamentals GSEC Practice Questions (Page 1)
Part of the Endpoint and Platform Security domain, which makes up ~32% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~30–51 in this domain), expect 3–6 from this objective — we provide 43 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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A system administrator needs to ensure that a custom monitoring service starts automatically after a system reboot and is restarted if it crashes. The service is defined in a systemd unit file. Which command enables this behavior?
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A developer started a long-running data conversion script in the foreground of an SSH session. The session is about to drop, and the developer wants the script to keep running after logout and be able to check its output later. What should the developer do before the session ends?
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A Debian-based server needs to install a package from a third-party repository. The administrator has added the repository to /etc/apt/sources.list. Which command sequence should be run to install the package?
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A developer reports that they cannot execute a script they own, even though the permissions show -rw-r--r--. The script is located on a mounted filesystem. Which command will allow the owner to execute the script?
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Which firewall management tool is commonly used on RHEL-based systems to manage firewall rules?
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