Locating an xinetd service file | LinuC Level 1 102 Exam original practice question

1.10.2Basic

Disable only the telnet service managed by xinetd.

Find its per-service configuration file.

Which path is conventional?

Hint 1: Focus on the requirement

Identify what must change and what must remain unchanged. Then choose the command whose scope matches that requirement.

Hint 2: Check each command's role

Separate commands that display information, change state, remove data, or affect a child process.

/etc/passwd/telnet: Incorrect. /etc/passwd contains user information.
/var/log/xinetd/telnet: Incorrect. This is a log-like path, not the standard configuration directory.
/etc/hosts/telnet: Incorrect. /etc/hosts is a name-resolution file.
/etc/xinetd.d/telnet: Correct. /etc/xinetd.d/telnet is the conventional per-service path.

Detailed explanation

Incorrect/etc/passwd/telnet

Incorrect. /etc/passwd contains user information.

Incorrect/var/log/xinetd/telnet

Incorrect. This is a log-like path, not the standard configuration directory.

Incorrect/etc/hosts/telnet

Incorrect. /etc/hosts is a name-resolution file.

Correct/etc/xinetd.d/telnet

Correct. /etc/xinetd.d/telnet is the conventional per-service path.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

printf '%s
' '/etc/xinetd.conf' '/etc/xinetd.d/<service>'

/etc/xinetd.d/<service>

Foundation review

Check whether the command acts on the current shell, a new process, an existing process, or a file.

Use the supplied command and compare the output with the expected result.

Question IDKL-102-1140

Environmentprintf / 設定ファイル変更なし

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