Suggestion For EX-200

[Tanveer]

Dear all,

As-salamu alaykum

I have scheduled my EX-200 on 25-0-2019, please give me some great tips.

and please help me with this one.

set umask 0066 for newly created users! the way i do it echo "umask 0066 >> /etc/profile, echo "umask 0066 >> /etc/bashrc" , i was thinking it sets default umask for all the users including system's & root, could it be that i copy the function or part of script from /etc/profile that checks for UID to set umask and create a snap-in file /etc/profile.d with modified mask.

[Tracy_Baker]

Here is a big tip: Look at the published objectives and go from there (I'm assuming EX200 for RHEL 8):

RHEL 8 EX200 exam objectives

I mention this because umask isn't in them. As a result, you won't be tested on umask. -- at least not in the manner you are asking about.

There is this, which might have something to do with umask: Diagnose and correct file permission problems. Even so, this isn't the scenario you asked about.

[Tracy_Baker]

I was just thinking about this: Why would anyone use 0066 for a umask value?

With files, this would result in 0600 (rw-------), which makes sense.

With directories, however, this will result in 0711 (rwx--x--x). Why give execute premissions to group and others without the ability to (at least) read the directory?

This can lead to problems:

[bob@server63 ~]$ id
uid=1001(bob) gid=1002(bob) groups=1002(bob),1001(sales) ...
[bob@server63 ~]$ ls -ld /opt/test
drwx--x--x. 2 root sales 22 Sep 22 20:34 /opt/test
[bob@server63 ~]$ ls -l /opt/test
ls: cannot open directory .: Permission denied

And, if a file is created in the directory, you get this (which, of course, would only have an impact if groups and others needed access to the file):

[bob@server63 ~]$ ls -l /opt/test/test.txt
-rw-------. 1 root sales 13 Sep 22 20:34 /opt/test/test.txt
[bob@server63 ~]$ cat /opt/test/test.txt
cat: /opt/test/test.txt: Permission denied

While directories with 711 permissions can obviously exist, I would imagine that it would be highly improbable that Red Hat would ask you to do such a thing on a certification exam.

[PRIYANKARA]

Hello All,

I am trying to schedule my EX200 exam on remote site, in the stpes of Shedule, it is asking for Certification ID which I have no clue about. Anyone can give me a tip what it is that mentioning "Certification ID"

Many Thanks

Priyankara