1.3 Given a scenario, configure and manage storage using the appropriate tools.
Objective 1.3 sits in System Management, which carries 32% of the Linux+ exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the CompTIA page it rests on.
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A worked example
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A boot script must mount every filesystem listed in /etc/fstab in one command. Which invocation does that?
Correct.
Concept
The table of usual mounts exists so the system can bring storage up as a set rather than device by device.
Why B
mount -a causes all filesystems mentioned in fstab, filtered by type or options if given, to be mounted as indicated, and it is usually run from a boot script.
Now you: objective 1.3 questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
A technician can mount a backup volume by typing only its mount point, with no device named. What makes that shorthand work?
Sample question 2 of 3
A shared workstation must let any signed-in user mount a removable data volume without sudo. Which fstab option provides exactly that?
Sample question 3 of 3
On a modern system /etc/mtab is a symbolic link to /proc/mounts rather than a regular file. What is the stated reason?
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More objectives in System Management
- 1.1 1.1 Summarize Linux fundamentals.
- 1.2 1.2 Given a scenario, manage files and directories.
- 1.4 1.4 Given a scenario, configure and use the appropriate processes and services.
- 1.5 1.5 Given a scenario, use the appropriate networking tools or configuration files.
- 1.6 1.6 Given a scenario, build and install software.
- 1.7 1.7 Given a scenario, manage software configurations.