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Linux System Administration Fundamentals Questions

Core Linux administration knowledge and hands on operational skills required to install, configure, and maintain Linux systems. Covers user and group management, file permissions and ownership, process management and signals, package management across distributions, the boot process and runlevels or targets, basic systemd service control, filesystem navigation and basic disk management, common system configuration files, shell and command line proficiency, and differences between major enterprise and community distributions. Candidates should demonstrate practical troubleshooting of routine issues, patching and updates, and an ability to perform day to day administration tasks reliably.

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