108.2 System Logging LPIC-1 Practice Questions (Page 7)

Questions 31–34

1. 31foundation · easy

   Which statement about the /etc/rsyslog.d/ directory is true?

   • AIt is used only by syslogd, not rsyslogd
   • BIt stores the actual log files generated by rsyslogd
   • CIt contains additional configuration files that are included by the main rsyslog.conf
   • DIt contains the rsyslogd executable and related binaries
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2. 32application · medium

   A web server on a company's Linux host is generating a high volume of access log messages. The system administrator needs to send only the web server's access messages to a dedicated log file at /var/log/web-access.log, while ensuring that all other messages continue to be processed normally. Which configuration line should be added to /etc/rsyslog.conf?

   • A*.info /var/log/web-access.log
   • Bmail.* /var/log/web-access.log
   • Clocal0.* /var/log/web-access.log
   • Dauthpriv.* /var/log/web-access.log
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4. 33foundation · easy

   Which logrotate directive would cause the log file to be compressed after rotation?

   • Acompress
   • Bmissingok
   • Cdelaycompress
   • Dcreate
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5. 34expert · hard

   A system administrator is migrating from syslogd to rsyslogd. The administrator notices that the old /etc/syslog.conf file is not being read by rsyslogd. What is the most likely reason?

   • Arsyslogd is not installed on the system.
   • BThe /etc/syslog.conf file has incorrect permissions.
   • Crsyslogd requires a special directive to read /etc/syslog.conf.
   • Drsyslogd reads /etc/rsyslog.conf, not /etc/syslog.conf.
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