RHCSA Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024
How do you Secure Shell into another system? - ANSWER-ssh <user>@<host>
How do you execute commands on a remote system via Secure Shell without actually opening a new shell? - ANSWER-ssh <user>@<host> <command>
How do you generate a public key and private key file for SSH authentication? - ANSWER-ssh-keygen
How do you export a public key for SSH authentication on a different machine? - ANSWER-ssh-copy-id <user>@<host>
How do you export a *specific* public key for SSH authentication on a different machine? - ANSWER-ssh-
copy-id <user>@<host> -i <key file path>
If an SSH authentication key has a passphrase, how do you cache that passphrase on the local machine for passwordless authentication? - ANSWER-1. eval $(ssh-agent)
2. ssh-add <key file path>
What is Cockpit? - ANSWER-A server Management Tool
How do you check if a service is running? - ANSWER-systemctl status <service>
How do you start a service? - ANSWER-systemctl start <service>
How do you enable a service on startup? - ANSWER-systemctl enable <service>
Which directory contains persistent, system-specific configuration data? - ANSWER-/etc Which directory is the top of the system's file hierarchy? - ANSWER-/
Which directory contains user home directories? - ANSWER-/home
Which directory contains temporary files? - ANSWER-/tmp
Which directory contains dynamic data, such as for databases and websites? - ANSWER-/var
Which directory is the administrative superuser's home directory? - ANSWER-/root
Which directory contains regular commands and utilities? - ANSWER-/usr/bin
Which directory contains non-persistent process runtime data? - ANSWER-/run
Which directory contains installed software programs and libraries? - ANSWER-/usr
How do you create a directory? - ANSWER-mkdir <directory name>
How do you copy a file? - ANSWER-cp <old file> <new file>
How do you copy a directory and its contents? - ANSWER-cp -r <old directory> <new directory>
How do you move (or rename) a file or directory? - ANSWER-mv <old file> <new file>
How do you remove a file? - ANSWER-rm <file>
How do you remove a directory containing files? - ANSWER-rm -r <directory> How do you remove an empty directory? - ANSWER-rmdir <directory>
How do you create parent directories while creating a new directory? - ANSWER-mkdir -p <new parent directories>/<new directory>
How do you list the contents of a directory? - ANSWER-ls
How do you list all contents of a directory including hidden files? - ANSWER-ls -a
How do you list the contents of a directory and subdirectories? - ANSWER-ls -R
How do you list the contents of a directory with more detailed information? - ANSWER-ls -l
How do you change directories? - ANSWER-cd <directory path>
How do you change directories to the last directory you were in? - ANSWER-cd -
How do you change directories to the parent directory of your current directory? - ANSWER-cd ..
How do you list the contents of a file? - ANSWER-cat <file>
How do you create an empty file/update an existing file's "last changed" timestamp without making any changes? - ANSWER-touch <file>
How do you check the working directory? - ANSWER-pwd
How do you list directories that are on different file systems? - ANSWER-df
How do you create a soft link between two files/directories? - ANSWER-ln -s <existing file path> <link path>
How do you Secure Shell into another system? - ANSWER-ssh <user>@<host>
How do you execute commands on a remote system via Secure Shell without actually opening a new shell? - ANSWER-ssh <user>@<host> <command>
How do you generate a public key and private key file for SSH authentication? - ANSWER-ssh-keygen
How do you export a public key for SSH authentication on a different machine? - ANSWER-ssh-copy-id <user>@<host>
How do you export a *specific* public key for SSH authentication on a different machine? - ANSWER-ssh-
copy-id <user>@<host> -i <key file path>
If an SSH authentication key has a passphrase, how do you cache that passphrase on the local machine for passwordless authentication? - ANSWER-1. eval $(ssh-agent)
2. ssh-add <key file path>
What is Cockpit? - ANSWER-A server Management Tool
How do you check if a service is running? - ANSWER-systemctl status <service>
How do you start a service? - ANSWER-systemctl start <service>
How do you enable a service on startup? - ANSWER-systemctl enable <service>
Which directory contains persistent, system-specific configuration data? - ANSWER-/etc Which directory is the top of the system's file hierarchy? - ANSWER-/
Which directory contains user home directories? - ANSWER-/home
Which directory contains temporary files? - ANSWER-/tmp
Which directory contains dynamic data, such as for databases and websites? - ANSWER-/var
Which directory is the administrative superuser's home directory? - ANSWER-/root
Which directory contains regular commands and utilities? - ANSWER-/usr/bin
Which directory contains non-persistent process runtime data? - ANSWER-/run
Which directory contains installed software programs and libraries? - ANSWER-/usr
How do you create a directory? - ANSWER-mkdir <directory name>
How do you copy a file? - ANSWER-cp <old file> <new file>
How do you copy a directory and its contents? - ANSWER-cp -r <old directory> <new directory>
How do you move (or rename) a file or directory? - ANSWER-mv <old file> <new file>
How do you remove a file? - ANSWER-rm <file>
How do you remove a directory containing files? - ANSWER-rm -r <directory> How do you remove an empty directory? - ANSWER-rmdir <directory>
How do you create parent directories while creating a new directory? - ANSWER-mkdir -p <new parent directories>/<new directory>
How do you list the contents of a directory? - ANSWER-ls
How do you list all contents of a directory including hidden files? - ANSWER-ls -a
How do you list the contents of a directory and subdirectories? - ANSWER-ls -R
How do you list the contents of a directory with more detailed information? - ANSWER-ls -l
How do you change directories? - ANSWER-cd <directory path>
How do you change directories to the last directory you were in? - ANSWER-cd -
How do you change directories to the parent directory of your current directory? - ANSWER-cd ..
How do you list the contents of a file? - ANSWER-cat <file>
How do you create an empty file/update an existing file's "last changed" timestamp without making any changes? - ANSWER-touch <file>
How do you check the working directory? - ANSWER-pwd
How do you list directories that are on different file systems? - ANSWER-df
How do you create a soft link between two files/directories? - ANSWER-ln -s <existing file path> <link path>
