Choosing the sendmail option equivalent to newaliases | LPIC-1 102-500 Exam original practice question

108.3Standard

Use a sendmail-compatible binary to initialize or rebuild the aliases database.

Which option is appropriate?

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.

Detailed explanation

Incorrectsendmail -bp

Incorrect. -bp prints the queue.

Incorrectsendmail -t

Incorrect. -t reads message header recipients.

Incorrectsendmail -q

Incorrect. -q processes the queue.

Correctsendmail -bi

Correct. -bi rebuilds aliases.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

printf '%s\n' 'newaliases == sendmail -bi'

newaliases == sendmail -bi

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 IDKP-108-764

Environment互換option対応表の表示のみ

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