XK0-006 System Management Practice Question
An administrator needs to create a hard link to an existing file. Which two statements are true about hard links? (Choose two.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Hard links are indistinguishable from the original file
Hard links share the same inode and cannot span filesystems. They cannot link to directories.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Hard links can be created for directories
Why it's wrong here
Hard links to directories are not allowed.
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Hard links can be created across different filesystems
Why it's wrong here
Hard links must be on the same filesystem.
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Hard links are indistinguishable from the original file
Why this is correct
They are additional directory entries pointing to the same data.
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Hard links share the same inode number
Why this is correct
All hard links point to the same inode.
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Deleting the original file removes the hard link
Why it's wrong here
Deleting original reduces link count; hard link still exists.
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File Permissions and Ownership
Key term
inode
An inode is a data structure in a Unix-like file system that stores metadata about a file, such as its size, permissions, and location on disk, but not its name.
Key term
Hard link
A hard link is a directory entry that associates a name with a file's data on a storage device, allowing multiple filenames to point to the same underlying inode and data blocks.
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