XK0-005 Exam Dumps - CompTIA Linux+ Exam

The command iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.0.2.25:3128 adds a rule to the nat table that redirects all incoming TCP packets with destination port 80 (HTTP) to the proxy server 192.0.2.25 on port 3128. This is the correct way to achieve the task. The other options are incorrect because they either delete a rule (-D), use the wrong protocol (top instead of tcp), or use the wrong port (81 instead of 80). References: CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Certification Study Guide, Chapter 12: Managing Network Connections, page 381.

The OnCalendar schedule is incorrect in the timer definition, which is causing the issue. The OnCalendar schedule defines when the timer should trigger the service. The format of the schedule is OnCalendar=-- ::. If any of the fields are omitted, they are assumed to be *, which means any value. Therefore, the schedule OnCalendar=*-*-* 00:00:00 means every day at midnight, which is why the job is running daily. To make the job run every two hours, the schedule should be OnCalendar=*-*-* *:00:00/2, which means every hour divisible by 2 at the start of the minute. The other options are incorrect because they are not related to the schedule. The checkdiskspace.service is running, as shown by the output of systemct1 status checkdiskspace.service. The checkdiskspace.service is enabled, as shown by the output of systemct1 is-enabled checkdiskspace.service. The system-daemon services do not need to be reloaded, as the timer and service definitions are already loaded by the restart. References: CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Certification Study Guide, Chapter 14: Managing Processes and Scheduling Tasks, page 437.

The command that will accomplish the task of running a container with the httpd server inside and exposing it at port 443 of the Linux host machine while it internally listens on port 8443 is podman run -d -p 443:8443 httpd. This command uses the podman tool, which is a daemonless container engine that can run and manage containers on Linux systems. The -d option runs the container in detached mode, meaning that it runs in the background without blocking the terminal. The -p option maps a port on the host machine to a port inside the container, using the format host_port:container_port. In this case, port 443 on the host machine is mapped to port 8443 inside the container, allowing external access to the httpd server. The httpd argument specifies the name of the image to run as a container, which in this case is an image that contains the Apache HTTP Server software. The other options are not correct commands for accomplishing the task. Podman run -d -p 8443:443 httpd maps port 8443 on the host machine to port 443 inside the container, which does not match the requirement. Podman run –d -e 443:8443 httpd uses the -e option instead of the -p option, which sets an environment variable inside the container instead of mapping a port. Podman exec -p 8443:443 httpd uses the podman exec command instead of the podman run command, which executes a command inside an existing container instead of creating a new one. References: CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Certification Study Guide, Chapter 18: Automating Tasks

The command semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p tcp 6379 adds a new port definition to the SELinux policy and assigns the type http_port_t to the port 6379/tcp. This allows the web application to run on this port and accept connections from users. This is the correct way to resolve the issue. The other options are incorrect because they either delete a port definition (-d), use the wrong protocol (top instead of tcp), or list the existing port definitions (-l). References: CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Certification Study Guide, Chapter 18: Securing Linux Systems, page 535.

The command that would address the memory-related issue is kill -9 8321. This command will send a SIGKILL signal to the process with the PID 8321, which is the mysqld process that is using 99.7% of the available memory according to the top output. The SIGKILL signal will terminate the process immediately and free up the memory it was using. However, this command should be used with caution as it may cause data loss or corruption if the process was performing some critical operations.

The other options are not correct commands for addressing the memory-related issue. The top -p 8321 command will only display information about the process with the PID 8321, but will not kill it or reduce its memory usage. The renice -10 8321 command will change the priority (niceness) of the process with the PID 8321 to -10, which means it will have a higher scheduling priority, but this will not affect its memory consumption. The free 8321 command is invalid because free does not take a PID as an argument; free only displays information about the total, used, and free memory in the system. References: How to troubleshoot Linux server memory issues; kill(1) - Linux manual page

The command sudo fdisk -l should be issued to verify the device name of the partition. The sudo command allows the administrator to run commands as the superuser or another user. The fdisk command is a tool for manipulating disk partitions on Linux systems. The -l option lists the partitions on all disks or a specific disk. The command sudo fdisk -l will show the device names, sizes, types, and other information of the partitions on all disks. The administrator can identify the device name of the partition by looking at the output. This is the correct command to use to accomplish the task. The other options are incorrect because they either do not list the partitions (sudo fdisk /dev/sda or sudo fdisk -h) or do not exist (sudo fdisk -s /dev/sda). References: CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Certification Study Guide, Chapter 10: Managing Storage, page 317.

The command echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/operations1/bin' >> /etc/profile should be used to resolve the issue of users not being able to access the application without using the full path. The echo command prints the given string to the standard output. The export command sets an environment variable and makes it available to all child processes. The PATH variable contains a list of directories where the shell looks for executable files. The $PATH expands to the current value of the PATH variable. The : separates the directories in the list. The /opt/operations1/bin is the directory where the application is installed. The >> operator appends the output to the end of the file. The /etc/profile file is a configuration file that is executed when a user logs in. The command echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/operations1/bin' >> /etc/profile will add the /opt/operations1/bin directory to the PATH variable for all users and allow them to access the application without using the full path. This is the correct command to use to resolve the issue. The other options are incorrect because they either overwrite the PATH variable (echo 'export PATH=/opt/operations1/bin' >> /etc/profile) or do not use the correct syntax (echo 'export PATH=$PATH/opt/operations1/bin' >> /etc/profile or echo 'export $PATH:/opt/operations1/bin' >> /etc/profile). References: CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Certification Study Guide, Chapter 9: Working with the Linux Shell, page 295.

The file that must be updated to ensure the filesystem mounts at boot time is /etc/fstab. This file contains information about the filesystems that are mounted automatically by the mount -a command, which is usually invoked during the system startup. The /etc/fstab file has six fields for each filesystem: device name, mount point, filesystem type, mount options, dump frequency, and pass number. To add a new filesystem to the /etc/fstab file, you need to specify these fields correctly and make sure the mount point directory exists.

The other options are not correct files for controlling persistent mount points of filesystems. The /etc/sysctl file is used to configure kernel parameters at runtime. The /etc/filesystems file is used to specify the order of filesystem types used by mount when no filesystem type is given. The /etc/nfsmount.conf file is used to set options for mounting NFS filesystems. References: Persistently mounting file systems; fstab(5) - Linux manual page