CompTIA Exam XK0-005 Topic 3 Question 27 Discussion

Actual exam question for CompTIA's XK0-005 exam

Question #: 27
Topic #: 3

While inspecting a recently compromised Linux system, the administrator identified a number of processes that should not have been running:

Which of the following commands should the administrator use to terminate all of the identified processes?

Apkill -9 -f 'upload*.sh'

Bkill -9 'upload*.sh'

Ckillall -9 -upload*.sh'

Dskill -9 'upload*.sh'

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Suggested Answer: B

systemctl stop systemd-journald systemctl start systemd-journald is the best approach among the given options. Stopping and starting the systemd-journald service can help in managing the disk space used by journal logs without manually deleting log files or using more aggressive cleanup methods. This method ensures that log management is handled gracefully by the system's own services.

by Hubert at Apr 19, 2024, 07:33 PM

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I think the answer is A) pkill -9 -f \'upload*.sh\' because it uses the pkill command to terminate processes matching a specific pattern.

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