XK0-006 System Management Practice Question
A technician needs to find all files in /home that have the SUID or SGID permission set. Which THREE commands can accomplish this? (Choose three.)
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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find /home -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000
find /home -perm /6000 matches files with either SUID (4000) or SGID (2000). -perm -4000 matches SUID only, -perm -2000 matches SGID only. The / notation matches any of the bits.
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find /home -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000
Why this is correct
Combines -perm -4000 and -perm -2000 with OR.
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find /home -perm -6000
Why it's wrong here
Matches all bits in 6000 set, which includes both SUID and SGID but also requires the others to be set.
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find /home -perm /6000
Why this is correct
Matches files with SUID or SGID.
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find /home -perm 6000
Why it's wrong here
Matches exactly 6000 octal, not SUID/SGID bits.
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find /home -type f -perm /4000 -o -type f -perm /2000
Why this is correct
Finds files with SUID or SGID using / notation.
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File Permissions and Ownership
Key term
SGID
SGID stands for Set Group ID, a Unix/Linux file permission that allows a process or executable to run with the group privileges of the file's group owner, not the user who runs it.
Key term
SUID
SUID (Set User ID) is a special file permission in Linux that allows a user to run an executable file with the file owner's privileges, typically root, rather than their own.
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