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What does the pkgadd command do?

Install s/w

How do you create a solaris package?

pkgmk -o

How do you view shared memory

statistics?

vmstat -S

How do you get system diagnostics

information?

dmesg - collect system diagnostic

messages to from error log.

What is OBP and how do you access it?

Open boot prom. Stop+A

What is LOM and how do you access it?

Lights of Management. We can login to

the system configurations

What is VTS?

Validation test suite which is working for

h/w testing purpose.

What is an alternative to the top

command on Solaris?

prstat

What is /etc/system for?

10 What does ndd do?

It is used to examine and set kernel

module parameters, namely the TCP/IP
drivers.

11 What does init 5 do?

12 What does init 0 do?
13 How do you boot from CD-ROM?
14 What is jumpstart?

Jumpstart offers a way to install Solaris

OS over multiple server with similar or
different configurations.

15 How do you boot from a Network with

jumpstart?

In OK prompt boot net -install

16 What is JASS?

JumpStart Architecture and Security

Scripts

17 What is the difference between NFS

version 2 and NFS version 3?

nfs 2 default 8kb transfer rate,it did not

check the
authentication at the time
connection.client wants to access
unauthorized file it shows error messages
like "write
error","read error"
nfs 3 32kb transfer rate. It check at the
time
connection.ACL Support

18 What is RPC? Why do I need it?

RPC is simply known as "Remote

Procedure Call".

19 Are kernel parameters tunable during

runtime?
20 What does fmthard do?
21 List the files in current directory sorted
by size ?

ls -l | grep ^- | sort -nr

22 List the hidden files in current

directory ?

ls -a1 | grep "^\."

23 Delete blank lines in a file ?

cat sample.txt | grep -v '^$' >

new_sample.txt

24 Display the processes, which are running ps aef | grep $USER ???
under yourusername ?
25 How to save man pages to a file ?

man | col b > Example : man top | col b

> top_help.txt

26 How to know the date & time for when Add the following script line in shell
script is executed ?
script.eval echo "Script is executed at
`date`" >> timeinfo.infHere,
timeinfo.inf contains date & time
details ie., when script is executed and
history related to execution.
27 How do you find out drive statistics ?

iostat -E

28 Display top ten largest files/directories ?

du -sk * | sort -nr | head

29 Display Ethernet Address arp table ?

arp -a

30 Display the no.of active established

connections to localhost ?

netstat -a | grep EST

31 Display the state of interfaces used for

TCP/IP traffice ?

netstat -i

32 Display the parent/child tree of a

process ?

ptree Example: ptree 1267

33 Show the working directory of a

process ?

pwdx Example: pwdx 1267

34 Display the top most process utilizing

most CPU ?

top b 1

35 Alternative for top command ?

prstat a

36 Display the page size of memory ?

pagesize -a

37 Where are the failed login attemps to

system logged?

/var/adm/loginlog (We need to create this

file as it does not exist by default)

38 Which command will show detailed

information about a user?

finger m

39 Which command displays all login and

logouts?

last (It reads the information from

/var/adm/wtmpx file)

40 What is the StickyBit file permission?

Sticky Bit permission protects the file

within a public writable directory.
File set with sticky bit will not allow any
user to delete the file except the Owner of
file, owner of the group or the root user.

41 How is ACL (Access Control Lists)

implemented?

getfaclcommand : To display an ACL on

file.
setfacl command : To set the ACL on file.
setfacl m command : To modify ACL
entries.
setfacl s command : Remove old ACL
entries and replace with new one.
setfacl d command : Delete ACL entry.

42 what editor do you use? (hint: a wrong

answer here will heavily
influence the interview... what
is on ALL Unix systems? ;)
43 what shell do you use?
(hint: a wrong answer here will affect
your chances)
44 what is the best shell for root?

Best shell for root in unix is /sbin/sh

45 why is that the best shell for root?

- /sbin/sh is statically linked and therefore

has no external
dependencies. This provides a minimal,
safe environment;
- /bin/sh, /bin/csh, etc. are dynamically
linked and are therefore
dependent on external libraries, usually
found in /usr. These libraries
must exist, must be intact, and must be
the correct version.

46 list the operating systems you are familiar

with and the versions.
47 how do you backup your system?
48 what commercial tools have you used for
backup and archive?
49 what UID does root have across an NFS
mount by default?
50 what file contains the mounted file
systems in Solaris?

/etc/mnttab

51 what file contains the mounted file

systems in HP-UX?
52 what command identifies the NIS server
you are bound to?

ypwhich

53 what is the name of the administrative

tool for Sun?
54 what is the name of the administrative
tool for HP?

sam

55 what is the name of the administrative

tool for IBM?

smit

56 if you are going to modify CDE files,

which directory
should you edit:/usr/dt... or /etc/dt... ?
57 what differs between the NIS entry in
the /etc/passwd
file btwn HP and Sun?
58 in Solaris 2.5 what is the name of the file
with the NFS
exported files?
59 in Solaris 2.6 what is the name of the file
with the NFS
exported files?
60 identify some differences btwn CDE in
Solaris 2.6 and
Solaris 2.7?
61 How can you tell what is attached to the
SCSI chain on a
Sun system?
62 How can you tell what is attached to the
SCSI chain on an
HP system?
63 What command will tell you have much
memory a system has
in Solaris?
64 What command will tell you have much
memory a system has
in HP-UX?
65 Where are system messages logged in
Solaris?
66 Where are system messages logged in

/var/adm/messages

HP-UX?
67 How would you "break" an NFS mount
on a system that has users on it?
68 Explain how you could stop and start a
process without rebooting?
69 What command will tell you how long a
system has been running?

The uptime command shows how long a

system has been running

70 What is LVM?
71 what is an HFS?
72 what is fsck?
73 what is Jxfs or Vxfs?
74 how do you get a Sun system to single
user mode?
75 how do you get an HP system to single
user mode?
76 What files control basic hostname and
network information on a Sun?
(hint: 3)
77 What files control basic hostname and
network information on an HP?
(hint: 2)
78 What command will provide status of
your filesystems on a Sun?
79 What command will provide status of
your filesystems on a HP?
80 What command will provide status of
your filesystems on a Linux
system?
81 What file do you edit to permit nonconsole login of root on a
Solaris system?
82 What file (with path) contains the
information that appears when you
right click on the background of a
CDE login?
83 What command, with path, launches
OpenWindows on a SunOs 4.1.3 system?
84 What command provides information on
the health and performance of NFS?

/etc/default/login

85 What command provides information on

your network connection?
86 What are some of the tags in HTML that
do not require a closing tag?
87 What command can you use to find the
path to an application?
88 What option can you use with FTP to
automatically transfer using
wildcards?
89 What character(s) show up in an ascii file
created in MSDos or
Windoze when FTP'd in Binary mode?
90 What does the ioscan command do?
91 What does the lanscan command do?
92 What command in Solaris shows disk
partitions?
93 What are the tar commands to display the
contents of an archive?
94 What directory are programs like perl and
netscape installed in?
95 What is the recommended ratio of swap
to memory for X-windows?
96 What command tells you who is logged
into a file system?
97 What is the command to shutdown and
halt a Sun system?
98 What is the command to shutdown and
halt an HP system?
99 How do you mount a filesystem?
100 What command can you use to identify a
hostname or ip address?
101 What character is used to launch an
application and run it in the
background?
102 What command lists the current running
jobs?
103 How do you kill a running job?
104 Where are startup scripts for an HP-UX
10.20 system?

105 Where are startup scripts for a Solaris 2.6

system?
106 What command is used to display NIS
host information for an
IP address?