104.5 Manage File Permissions and Ownership LPIC-1 Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   A file is owned by user alice and group developers. A process running as user bob, who is a member of the developers group, tries to read the file. Which permission set is used to determine access?

   • AThe other permission set, because bob is not the file owner.
   • BThe user permission set, because bob is not the file owner.
   • CThe group permission set, because bob is a member of the owning group.
   • DThe most permissive of the user, group, and other sets.
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2. 12foundation · easy

   A user wants new files to be created with permissions rw-r----- (640) and new directories with rwxr-x--- (750). Which umask value should be set?

   • A022
   • B037
   • C027
   • D026
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4. 13foundation · easy

   Which command sets the permissions of a file to rwxr-x--- using octal notation?

   • Achmod 751 file.txt
   • Bchmod 740 file.txt
   • Cchmod 750 file.txt
   • Dchmod 770 file.txt
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5. 14foundation · easy

   What is the effect of the sticky bit on a directory?

   • AThe directory is hidden from normal ls output.
   • BFiles in the directory are automatically compressed.
   • CAll files in the directory inherit the directory's group ownership.
   • DOnly the file owner, directory owner, or root can delete or rename files within the directory.
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6. 15foundation · easy

   What is the primary effect of the setuid (set user ID) special permission bit on an executable file?

   • AThe file is automatically backed up when executed.
   • BThe process runs with the effective user ID of the file's owner.
   • CThe file can be executed by any user regardless of permissions.
   • DThe file's owner is changed to the user who executes it.
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