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The -e option of the crontab command opens the current user’s crontab in an editor. The editor used is determined by the environment variables VISUAL or EDITOR. If neither of these variables is set, the default editor is vi. The user can edit the crontab file to add, modify, or delete cron jobs, which are scheduled commands or scripts that run at a specified time or interval. The crontab file has the following format:

minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week command

Each field can be a number, a range, a list, or an asterisk (*), which means all possible values. The command can be any valid shell command or script. For example, the following crontab entry runs the backup.sh script every day at 2:30 AM:

30 2 * * * /home/user/backup.sh

To save and install the crontab file, the user needs to exit the editor. The crontab command will check the syntax of the file and report any errors. If the file is valid, it will be installed and the cron daemon will execute the cron jobs according to the schedule. References:

crontab(1) - Linux manual page

FreeBSD Handbook: 11.6. Scheduling Tasks

 The sysrc command is used in FreeBSD and NetBSD to manage system-wide daemon and service settings, including those that are started at boot time. It allows administrators to safely edit system rc files, such as /etc/rc.conf, where services to be started at boot time are specified1.

References:

FreeBSD Handbook - rc.conf

FreeBSD Man Pages - sysrc

The nice command is used to run a command with a modified scheduling priority, which affects how much CPU time the command receives. The priority can be specified by the -n option, which takes an integer value between -20 and 19, where lower values indicate higher priority. By default, the nice value is incremented by 10, which means the command runs with lower priority than normal. Only the superuser can specify a negative increment, which means the command runs with higher priority than normal. For example, the command nice -n 5 date runs the date command with a priority of 5, while the command nice -n -10 ls runs the ls command with a priority of -10, but only if the user is the superuser. The nice command is useful for running CPU-intensive commands that do not need to finish quickly, or for running commands that need more CPU time than normal. References:

nice - FreeBSD, the manual page for the nice command on FreeBSD.

HowTo: Use ps, kill, nice, and killall To Manage processes in FreeBSD and OS X Unix Operating System - nixCraft, a tutorial on how to use the nice command and other process management commands on FreeBSD and OS X.

The subnet mask 255.255.224.0 corresponds to the hexadecimal netmask 0xffffe000 shown in the output. This subnet mask indicates a subnet with 19 bits for the network portion and 13 bits for the host portion, allowing for a large number of hosts within the subnet.

References:

BSD Specialist Exam 702 Objectives - Linux Professional Institute

FreeBSD Handbook - Networking

The /etc/printcap file on a BSD system defines the printers that are available by the Ipr printing system. The Ipr printing system is a BSD-compatible printing system that uses the lpd daemon to manage print jobs and spooling. The /etc/printcap file contains a series of entries, one for each printer, that specify the printer name, device, options, and filters. The format and syntax of the /etc/printcap file are described in the printcap(5) manual page. References:

About Printing on FreeBSD | The FreeBSD Forums

The BSD Printing Protocol (System Administration Guide, Volume 2) - Oracle

Chapter 11. Printing | FreeBSD Documentation Portal

The umask command in BSD is used to set default permissions for files or directories the user creates1. The umask value is permissions to deny, taken off whatever permissions would be given by default2. The default permission values for files are 666 (rw-rw-rw-), meaning read and write for user, group, and others3. The umask value of 022 means that the permissions to deny are 022 (—w–w-), meaning write for group and others. To calculate the default permissions for newly created files, we need to subtractthe umask value from the default permission value, using bitwise AND operation4. For example:

666 - 022 = 644 rw-rw-rw- - —w–w- = rw-r–r–

Therefore, the default permissions for newly created files with a umask of 022 are 644 (rw-r–r–), meaning read and write for user, and read for group and others.

References: 1: Umask command in Linux with examples - GeeksforGeeks 2: Different permission between directory and file with ‘umask’ - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange 3: Default File Permissions (umask) - docs.oracle.com 4: What is Umask and How to Use It {Update Default Linux File Permissions} - phoenixNAP KB

The command that generates the output showing kernel module IDs, reference counts, addresses, sizes, and names iskldstatin FreeBSD. This command is used to display thestatus of loaded kernel modules, including those loaded dynamically. The output format shown in the question is characteristic ofkldstat, where it lists the kernel modules currently loaded into the system's memory along with their respective details.

References:

FreeBSD Handbook or Manual Pages (man pages), specifically the section on kernel modules and thekldstatcommand.

Linux Professional Institute BSD Specialist resources, which cover FreeBSD commands and utilities, including those for managing kernel modules.

The command grep "non [-] disclosure" legalfile matches the lines in the file that contain the pattern non [-] disclosure, where the brackets indicate a character class that matches either a space or a dash. Therefore, the lines that contain non-disclosure or non - disclosure are matched by the command, while the line that contains disclosure only is not matched. The file has two lines that contain non-disclosure, so the correct answer is E. non-disclosure and non-disclosure Only. References:

grep - IBM

Character Classes and Bracket Expressions - GNU

The command chown changes the ownership of a file or directory. The syntax is chown user:group file, where user is the new owner and group is the new group of the file. In this case, the superuser can grant the user bob write permission to the file by changing both the owner and the group of the file to bob. This way, bob will have the same permissions as the original owner, which is read and write. Alternatively, the superuser can also use the command chmod to change the permissions of the file without changing the ownership. For example, chmod g+w bobsfile will add write permission to the group, and chmod o+w bobsfile will add write permission to others. However, these commands will also affect other users who belong to the same group or are not the owner or the group of the file. References:

FreeBSD Handbook: File and Directory Ownership

FreeBSD Handbook: File and Directory Permissions

Linux Professional Institute BSD Specialist: 702.1 Filesystem and Devices

The wq! command is used to save a file and quit the vi editor, even if the file is read-only. The w command means write, the q command means quit, and the ! command means force. By combining these commands, the vi editor will override the file permissions and save the changes to the file, then exit the editor. The other options are either invalid syntax or do not force the write operation. For example, wq will save and quit only if the file is writable, ql will quit without saving, and fw! will force write but not quit. References:

[vi] - FreeBSD vi(1) Manual Page

[wq!] - How to save a file in vi / vim editor in Linux / Unix