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Question #: 37
Topic #: 1

Nancy, a security specialist, was instructed to identify issues related to unexpected shutdown and restarts on a Linux machine. To identify the incident cause, Nancy navigated to a directory on the Linux system and accessed a log file to troubleshoot problems related to improper shutdowns and unplanned restarts.
Identify the Linux log file accessed by Nancy in the above scenario.

A. /var/log/secure
B. /var/log/kern.log
C. /var/log/boot.log
D. /var/log/lighttpd/

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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️

by kanchantanwani at July 18, 2023, 2:46 p.m.

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044f354

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Selected Answer: C

EC-Council Official Curricula Certified Cybersecurity Technician v1 https://online.vitalsource.com/reader/books/9781635679533/ Module 18 Page 2096 /var/log/boot.log: This file stores all information related to system booting. The booting messages are sent by system initialization script, /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh, to this log file. This file is helpful when trying to troubleshoot problems related to improper shutdowns, booting failures, or unplanned reboots. By checking this file, the time span of system downtime that occurred due to an unexpected shutdown can be determined.

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Selected Answer: C

C is correct: /var/log/boot.log: This file stores all information related to system booting. The booting messages are sent by system initialization script, /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh, to this log file. This file is helpful when trying to troubleshoot problems related to improper shutdowns, booting failures, or unplanned reboots. By checking this file, the time span of system downtime that occurred due to an unexpected shutdown can be determined.

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