Interview questions for Linux admin

  1. Advantages/disadvantages of script vs compiled program.
  2. Name a replacement for PHP/Perl/MySQL/Linux/Apache and show main differences.
  3. Why have you choosen such a combination of products?
  4. Differences between two last MySQL versions. Which one would you choose and when/why?
  5. Main differences between Apache 1.x and 2.x. Why is 2.x not so popular? Which one would you choose and when/why?
  6. Which Linux distros do you have experience with?
  7. Which distro you prefer? Why?
  8. Which tool would you use to update Debian / Slackware / RedHat / Mandrake / SuSE ?
  9. You’re asked to write an Apache module. What would you do?
  10. Which tool do you prefer for Apache log reports?
  11. Your portfolio. (even a PHP guest book may work well)
  12. What does ‘route’ command do?
  13. Differences between ipchains and iptables.
  14. What’s eth0, ppp0, wlan0, ttyS0, etc.
  15. What are different directories in / for?
  16. Partitioning scheme for new webserver. Why?
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2 Comments on Interview questions for Linux admin

  1. Very helpful to newbie
    Posted 3/25/2005 at 10:16 pm | Permalink

    Actually newbie must visti this page ,
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    Barot Ashish

  2. john
    Posted 8/4/2008 at 12:19 pm | Permalink

    # Name a replacement for PHP/Perl/MySQL/Linux/Apache and show main differences.

    LAMP

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