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Unix Process Ownership and Permissions - Quiz

Each question is worth one point. Select the best answer or answers for each question.
1. The effective user ID of a process is
Please select the best answer.
  A. The ID of the user who started that process
  B. The user ID of the init process
  C. The ID of the user who booted the system
  D. The user ID used to evaluate access permissions for that process

2. What is the ancestor of all processes on the system?
Please select the best answer.
  A. grep
  B. su
  C. init
  D. chmod

3. For what are the SUID and SGID bits used?
Please select the best answer.
  A. To change a file’s ownership and permissions when it is executed
  B. To change a file’s group permissions
  C. To allow a program to run with additional permissions
  D. To allow running processes to change file user IDs to root

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