SAIR 3x0-203 Exam
1. In order for encrypted passwords to be available to Samba, which of the following lines should appear in smb.conf?
(Choose two.)
A. encrypt passwd = yes
B. encrypt passwords = yes
C. smb passwd file = /usr/local/etc/smbpasswd
D. encrypt = /etc/shadow
E. encryptpass = /usr/local/etc/smbpasswd
Answer: BC
2. What is the function of the smbclient command?
A. It provides access to a Samba-enabled computer from a Windows machine.
B. It provides access to shared resources on a Windows computer.
C. It allows a Windows share to be mounted from a computer running Linux.
D. It provides access to Linux shares from a Windows computer.
Answer: B
3. Dora, an administrator, would like to temporarily disable a share so she can change its contents. Which of the
following should she add to smb.conf in the share's section to do this?
A. comment = off
B. browseable = false
C. fstype = no
D. available = no
E. public = no
Answer: D
4. Nicolas, an administrator, needs to create a new log file for each client computer connecting to the Samba server.
In the past, Nicolas entered each client computer name into smb.conf, but now he is looking for a faster method to
direct Samba to the correct log file for each computer. Which log path can Nicolas use so he does not have to
manually enter each individual NetBIOS name?
A. /var/logs/samba.%n
B. /var/logs/samba.%g
C. /var/logs/samba.%h
D. /var/logs/samba.%m
Answer: D
5. Ron, a Windows user on his local network, asked his co-worker Ned to save a file on the file server (a Linux
machine). Ned saves the file in the specified directory and sends Ron a message to tell him it is there. Ron looks in
the file server share, but he cannot find the file until he checks it 20 minutes later. Why is Ron having this problem?
A. The "deadtime" parameter of the smb.conf file is set to 1200.
B. The "browseable" parameter of the smb.conf file is set to 1200.
C. The "change notify timeout" parameter of the smb.conf file is set to 1200.
D. The "browse list" parameter of the smb.conf file is set to 1200.
Answer: C
6. Which of the following commands will be executed first by Samba?
A. preexec = rm -r /home/samba/tmp/*
B. root postexec = mkisofs -log-file %H/log-%d.txt
C. root preexec = mkdir /home/temp
D. root execute = rmdir -R /home/temp
E. prescript = /home/samba/scripts
Answer: C
7. Isabella has recently enabled SSL support on a large Samba server and has issued the command below. What did
Isabella accomplish with this command?
ssleay ca -days 100 -infiles client1-csr > client1.pem
A. She has "signed" the client (client1) certificate and authorized it to use the server.
B. She has removed the client (client1) certificate from the system.
C. She has created a temporary file (client1.pem) that generates a public certificate for the client (client1).
D. She has generated a public key (client1.pem) for the client.
Answer: A
8. Which of the following does the "create mask" parameter allow Samba to do?
A. It allows Samba to map Unix permissions to MS-DOS modes.
B. It allows Samba to map MS-DOS modes to Unix permissions.
C. It allows Samba to override Unix and MS-DOS permissions.
D. It allows authentication for MS-DOS with Unix.
E. It allows authentication for Unix with MS-DOS.
Answer: B
9. Many smb.conf parameters take list arguments such as the hide files parameter. From the following, select the
"hide files" parameter with the proper syntax that would prevent users from accessing files with .mbx extensions and
files beginning with samba.
A. hide files = .mbx, samba.
B. hide files = *.mbx, samba.*
C. hide files = "*.mbx","samba.*"
D. hide files = *.mbx / samba.*
E. hide files = .mbx / samba.
Answer: D
10. Diego, an administrator, has set up a Samba server to provide Windows users access to their Linux home
directories. In the [homes] share, which of the following should he use to define the path of the home directories as
"/home/samba/
A. path = /home/samba/%l
B. path = /home/samba/%h
C. path = /home/samba/%n
D. path = /home/samba/%u
Answer: D