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Practise Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 2 LPIC-2 File Sharing and Samba practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.

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What to know about File Sharing and Samba

File Sharing and Samba questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.

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  • ▸Choosing a broad answer when the question asks for the most specific fix.
  • ▸Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.

Practice set

File Sharing and Samba questions

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Question 1easymultiple choice
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A company wants to use Samba to share files with Windows clients. Which service must be enabled in Samba to support Windows Active Directory domain membership?

Question 2mediummultiple choice
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A Samba administrator notices that Windows clients cannot access a shared directory. The share is defined in smb.conf as follows:

[shared]

path = /srv/samba/shared valid users = @staff browseable = yes read only = no

The /srv/samba/shared directory has permissions 755 and is owned by root:staff. Which is the most likely cause of the access issue?

Question 3hardmultiple choice
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A Samba server is configured as a domain member in an Active Directory environment. Users report that after changing their password on a Windows client, they cannot authenticate to Samba shares. The Samba server is using winbind and the 'idmap_ad' backend. What is the most likely cause?

Question 4mediummultiple choice
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A Samba share is configured with 'force user = jane'. A user 'bob' accesses the share. With what effective user ID will file operations be performed?

Question 5easymultiple choice
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Which Samba component provides NetBIOS name resolution and browsing services?

Question 6hardmultiple choice
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A Samba server is configured with 'security = ads' and joined to an Active Directory domain. Users can authenticate but cannot access shares. The smb.conf includes 'winbind use default domain = yes'. What could be the problem?

Question 7mediummulti select
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An administrator needs to configure Samba to allow guest access to a share. Which two parameters must be set?

Question 8easymultiple choice
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After modifying smb.conf, which command should be used to verify the configuration syntax before restarting Samba?

Question 9mediummulti select
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Which TWO parameters are used to control Samba's printer sharing? (Choose two.)

Question 10hardmulti select
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Which THREE statements about Samba's 'net' command are true? (Choose three.)

Question 11easymulti select
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Which TWO files are commonly used by Samba for configuration and user authentication? (Choose two.)

Question 12hardmulti select
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Which THREE are valid values for the 'security' parameter in smb.conf? (Choose three.)

Question 13mediummultiple choice
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Given the smb.conf exhibit, which share(s) allow write access to user 'alice' who is a member of the 'staff' group?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

[global]
workgroup = MYGROUP
server string = Samba Server
security = user

[share1]
path = /srv/samba/share1
valid users = alice, bob
read only = no

[share2]
path = /srv/samba/share2
valid users = @staff
read only = yes

[share3]
path = /srv/samba/share3
guest ok = yes
read only = no
Question 14hardmultiple choice
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Based on the smbstatus output, which statement is true?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

$ smbstatus
Samba version 4.15.2
PID     Username     Group        Machine                        Protocol Version
12345   alice        staff        win10-pc (192.168.1.10)        SMB3_11
12346   bob          users        win7-pc (192.168.1.11)         SMB2_10

Service      pid     Machine       Connected at
share1       12345   win10-pc      Tue Mar 14 10:00:00 2023
share2       12346   win7-pc       Tue Mar 14 10:05:00 2023

Locked files:
Pid          Uid        DenyMode   Access      R/W        Oplock       SharePath   Name
12345        1001       DENY_NONE  0x100089    RDONLY     NONE         /srv/samba/share1   report.pdf
12346        1002       DENY_NONE  0x100089    RDONLY     NONE         /srv/samba/share2   data.xls
Question 15hardmultiple choice
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Your company runs a Samba file server (version 4.15) in a mixed environment with Windows 10 and Linux clients. The server is part of an Active Directory domain. Recently, a new security policy requires that all SMB connections use SMB3 encryption. You have configured 'smb encrypt = required' in the [global] section of smb.conf and restarted smbd. However, Windows clients report that they cannot connect to the server, while Linux clients can connect using mount.cifs with the 'seal' option. You check smb.conf and verify that 'server min protocol = SMB3' is set. What is the most likely cause of the Windows clients' inability to connect?

Question 16easymultiple choice
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A system administrator wants to configure a Samba share that grants read-only access to the 'staff' group and full control to the 'managers' group. Which share configuration achieves this?

Question 17mediummulti select
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A Linux server running Samba as a domain member is experiencing slow authentication for users. Which two configuration changes are most likely to improve authentication performance?

Question 18hardmultiple choice
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A Samba server is configured as a print server. Clients running Windows 10 report that printer drivers cannot be uploaded. The relevant smb.conf section is:

[printers]

comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no printable = yes

What is the most likely cause?

Question 19mediummulti select
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Which TWO of the following are valid ways to map a Windows user to a Linux account in Samba?

Question 20mediummultiple choice
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A company runs a mixed Linux/Windows environment. The Samba server (version 4.15) is configured as a domain member using 'security = ADS'. Recently, the IT team enabled 'winbind use default domain = yes' to simplify logins. After the change, users report that they can no longer access Samba shares when authenticating with just their username (e.g., 'jdoe') instead of 'DOMAIN\jdoe'. However, authentication using the full domain-qualified name still works. The smb.conf includes:

[global]

security = ADS workgroup = MYDOM realm = MYDOM.LOCAL winbind use default domain = yes winbind separator = /

Users are in the 'Domain Users' group and the share configuration is:

[share]

path = /srv/share valid users = @"MYDOM\domain users"

Which of the following is the most likely cause and solution?

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What does the LPIC-2 exam test about File Sharing and Samba?
File Sharing and Samba questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.
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