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A client has a requirement to monitor components of Windows systems (services, events, etc.) using WMI, and has created an unprivileged account in their domain for this purpose. They have asked you to identify the minimum permissions required to be able to query WMI from a remote system. The environment consists of servers running a mixture of Windows 2003 and 2008 which are all configured in the company domain. Please do the following: 1. Identify the minimum privileges required, noting any differences between versions of Windows. 2. Specify how the permissions are to be granted and deployed to machines in the environment.
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Remote Linux Systems Administrator

Interviewed at Pythian

4.1★
Sep 16, 2015

A client has a requirement to monitor components of Windows systems (services, events, etc.) using WMI, and has created an unprivileged account in their domain for this purpose. They have asked you to identify the minimum permissions required to be able to query WMI from a remote system. The environment consists of servers running a mixture of Windows 2003 and 2008 which are all configured in the company domain. Please do the following: 1. Identify the minimum privileges required, noting any differences between versions of Windows. 2. Specify how the permissions are to be granted and deployed to machines in the environment.

## Technical Round 1 Linux boot process What is LVM? Steps to extend and reduce a logical volume. How to create file system? Entries in fstab file. Explain NFS How to update kernel? Troubleshoot an unreachable host belonging to a different network. Init Runevels Grub file and its contents How to pass parameters to kernel? ## Technical Round 2 What is an iNode? What happens in the background when you upgrade a kernel? How to detect and identify a malicious binary out of thousands of binaries (/bin)? Lots of hypothetical scenario based questions depending on what you've mentioned in your CV. ## Managerial Round What is most important for you in your current role? How will you react if you see your junior outperform your skills? Any past experience of having dealt with an angry customer? What would you do if your colleague has done a mistake that incurred loss to your client? Ans how will you deal with the client as well as your colleague? Why Redhat?
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Linux Technical Support/Senior Technical Support Engineer

Interviewed at Red Hat

4.1★
Dec 10, 2018

## Technical Round 1 Linux boot process What is LVM? Steps to extend and reduce a logical volume. How to create file system? Entries in fstab file. Explain NFS How to update kernel? Troubleshoot an unreachable host belonging to a different network. Init Runevels Grub file and its contents How to pass parameters to kernel? ## Technical Round 2 What is an iNode? What happens in the background when you upgrade a kernel? How to detect and identify a malicious binary out of thousands of binaries (/bin)? Lots of hypothetical scenario based questions depending on what you've mentioned in your CV. ## Managerial Round What is most important for you in your current role? How will you react if you see your junior outperform your skills? Any past experience of having dealt with an angry customer? What would you do if your colleague has done a mistake that incurred loss to your client? Ans how will you deal with the client as well as your colleague? Why Redhat?

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