LPIC-3 Mixed Environments
Domain 4Objective 2
393.2 Linux File System and Share/Service Permissions (weight: 3) LPIC-3-MIXED-ENVIRONMENTS Practice Questions (Page 3)
Part of the Topic 393: Samba Share Configuration domain, which makes up ~15% of our current practice bank. Linux Professional Institute does not publish an official question count, but from its 90-minute exam (~35–60 total, ~5–9 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 27 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 11–15
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A Samba share is used for a collaborative project. The administrator notices that files created by users are not inheriting the setgid bit from the parent directory, so new files are not group-owned by the project group. The directory has the setgid bit set (2775). What could be the reason?
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A Samba share is configured with `read only = no` and `writable = yes`. A Linux user has write permission on the underlying directory. What is the effect of the Linux file system permissions on the Samba share?
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An organization uses a Samba share for a shared project. All Linux users in the 'project' group need to be able to create and edit files, and all new files should be owned by the 'project' group. The directory is currently owned by 'projectadmin' with group 'project' and permissions 2775. What Samba configuration parameter should be added to ensure new files are group-owned by 'project'?
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A user can connect to a Samba share but cannot see any files. The administrator checks the share configuration and sees 'path = /srv/share' and 'valid users = @staff'. The Linux directory /srv/share has permissions 750 with owner 'root' and group 'staff'. What is the most likely reason the user cannot see files?
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A company shares a directory for the sales team. The Linux directory permissions are 755 with owner 'salesadmin' and group 'sales'. The Samba share has 'read only = no' and 'valid users = @sales'. A user in the sales group tries to create a new file in the share but receives an 'Access denied' error. What is the most likely cause?
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