Girl Geekette

While trying to understand the basic meaning of the umask command I jotted down some notes on the umask command. These notes are my attempt to understand explain the basics of the umask command. It is assumed the reader has a basic understanding of the permissions in linux.

For further information on umask, there are also more notes on umask written by hunter. These notes do not take into account sticky or setuid bits either.

Click on the above graphic to download the CompTIA Linux+ Study Sheet

CompTIA’s Linux+ Exam is an exam for people wanting to certify in the Linux OS. The previous exam - XK0-001 retired July 31 of 2005. The new exam - XK0-002 which this cheat sheet covers is the latest version to date (1/2006)

Where the previous one required a 655 to pass, this exam requires a 675. XK0-001 was equivalent to 6 months on the job experience where as the new one XK0-002 is now equivalent to 6 months to  1 year. The new, revised exam gives greater weight to security, installation, configuration, and documentation, while decreasing emphasis on hardware.

The XK0-002 exam has 98 questions on it (Previously on XK0-001 there were 94) that are given in conventional format. This non-adaptive test allows you to mark questions for review later at the end before you submit your answers.

I want to thank everyone who commented, emailed me, crossed their fingers or thought about me while I was taking my test. Sadly, I did not pass I ended up getting a 640 and a 675 was needed to pass. I guess I am sort of taking this pretty hard. This really has gotten under my skin. Will I try again? I don’t know. It has really made me re-evaluate things. I have had to wonder if computers is even what I want to work in now. This test was even hard for me. Most of the others, with the exception of the CCNA exam.. I found to be very easy and had no problems on. This - well, this is a different story. I really had to work to get the score I did - and.. It wasn’t good enough. I keep thinking it doesn’t matter how good I am working with Linux.. or how long I have used it.. If I couldn’t pass this test, I must not be good enough. But, who knows. More than anything, I am just mad at myself for not passing