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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Bettyann

2 months ago

Wait, did I just see 'skill' as an option? Looks like someone's trying to pull a fast one on us! Nice try, but I'm sticking with A.

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Amie

12 days ago

Definitely going with A to terminate those processes. Can't be too careful with compromised systems.

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Pa

13 days ago

Yeah, A seems like the most straightforward command to use in this situation.

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Moira

21 days ago

I think A is the best option too. Let's go with that.

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Gladis

22 days ago

I agree, 'skill' seems like a sneaky option. A seems like the safest choice.

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Glendora

2 months ago

Gotta love a good ol' process purge. Option A seems like the way to go, get those nasty scripts out of there!

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Kelvin

1 months ago

Let's go with Option A and clean up the system quickly.

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Tyisha

2 months ago

I agree, Option A is the most efficient way to get rid of those unwanted scripts.

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Rima

2 months ago

A) pkill -9 -f \'upload*.sh\' is definitely the best choice for terminating those processes.

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Wilda

3 months ago

Ooh, look at those sneaky upload scripts! I bet the administrator's gonna have a field day shutting those down.

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Joanna

1 months ago

D) skill -9 \'upload*.sh\'

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Veronika

2 months ago

C) killall -9 -upload*.sh\'

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Fernanda

2 months ago

B) kill -9 \'upload*.sh\'

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Elvera

2 months ago

A) pkill -9 -f \'upload*.sh\'

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Iluminada

3 months ago

Hmm, I'm leaning towards option A. Killing those upload scripts with a -9 signal should do the trick nicely.

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Tennie

2 months ago

I've used pkill before and it worked well, so I also think option A is the way to go.

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Lashanda

2 months ago

I'm not sure about option B, using kill with -9 might not target all the processes correctly.

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Vallie

2 months ago

I think option C might work too, using killall with the -9 signal could also do the job effectively.

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Staci

3 months ago

I agree, option A seems like the best choice to terminate those processes quickly.

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Krystal

3 months ago

Whoa, that's a lot of suspicious processes! Time to terminate them all before they cause any more trouble.

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Meghann

2 months ago

B) kill -9 \'upload*.sh\'

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Garry

2 months ago

A) pkill -9 -f \'upload*.sh\'

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Mira

3 months ago

That makes sense too, killall could be a better option. Thanks for sharing your opinion, Gracia.

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Gracia

3 months ago

I disagree, I believe the correct answer is C) killall -9 -upload*.sh\' because it uses the killall command to terminate processes by name.

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Mira

4 months ago

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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