LPI Linux Essentials (010-160)
Domain 5Objective 3
5.3 Managing File Permissions and Ownership (weight: 2) LINUX-ESSENTIALS Practice Questions (Page 1)
Part of the Topic 5: Security and File Permissions domain, which makes up ~17% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~4–7 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 22 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Which statement correctly describes the execute permission on a directory?
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A system administrator needs to set up a shared directory `/data/team` where: 1) all files created inherit the `team` group, 2) users can only delete files they own, and 3) the directory is readable and executable by all team members. Which single chmod command sets the required special and standard permissions?
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A user's umask is set to 027. They create a new file using `touch` and a new directory using `mkdir`. What are the resulting permissions?
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A file is owned by user 'alice' and group 'staff'. Which users are subject to the 'group' permission bits of this file?
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A system administrator is configuring a directory `/tmp/shared` where multiple users collaborate. The requirements are: 1) users can only delete files they own, 2) new files inherit the directory's group, and 3) the directory is fully accessible (read, write, execute) by the owner and group. Which command sets these permissions?
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