A developer needs to run a program that requires root privileges to access a hardware device, but the developer should not have full root access. The program is owned by root and is currently not setuid. Which command makes the program run with the owner's (root's) privileges when executed by the developer?

chown root:root /opt/tool/program

LPI LPIC-1:Linux Administrator (101-500)

Domain 4Objective 4

104.5 Manage File Permissions and Ownership LPIC-1 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the Topic 104: Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard domain, which makes up ~14% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~5–8 in this domain), expect 1–1 from this objective — we provide 21 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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16application · medium
You administer a shared directory /shared/team where all members of the 'team' group need to create and delete their own files, but no one should be able to delete or rename another member's files. The directory is owned by root:team with mode 775. Which additional configuration is required?
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17application · medium
A developer needs to run a program that requires root privileges to access a hardware device, but the developer should not have full root access. The program is owned by root and is currently not setuid. Which command makes the program run with the owner's (root's) privileges when executed by the developer?
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18foundation · easy
Which octal mode gives the owner read and write, the group read, and others no permissions?
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19expert · medium
A developer needs to make a script executable by everyone, but only the owner should be able to write to it. The current mode is 644. Which command sets the correct permissions?
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20application · medium
You need to grant a group of developers read and write access to a shared project file, while allowing everyone else only read access. The file is currently owned by root:developers. Which chmod command sets the correct permissions?
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104.5 Manage File Permissions and Ownership LPIC-1 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

You administer a shared directory /shared/team where all members of the 'team' group need to create and delete their own files, but no one should be able to delete or rename another member's files. The directory is owned by root:team with mode 775. Which additional configuration is required?

Which octal mode gives the owner read and write, the group read, and others no permissions?

A developer needs to make a script executable by everyone, but only the owner should be able to write to it. The current mode is 644. Which command sets the correct permissions?

You need to grant a group of developers read and write access to a shared project file, while allowing everyone else only read access. The file is currently owned by root:developers. Which chmod command sets the correct permissions?

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