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6. How can we increase disk read performance in single command
blockdev command
This is sample output - yours may be different.
# Before test
$ blockdev --getra /dev/sdb
256
$ time dd if=/tmp/disk.iso of=/dev/null bs=256k
2549+1 records in
2549+1 records out
668360704 bytes (668 MB) copied, 6,84256 seconds, 97,7 MB/s

real 0m6.845s
user 0m0.004s
sys 0m0.865s

# After test
$ blockdev --setra 1024 /dev/sdb

$ time dd if=/tmp/disk.iso of=/dev/null bs=256k
2435+1 records in
2435+1 records out
638390272 bytes (638 MB) copied, 0,364251 seconds, 1,8 GB/s

real 0m0.370s
user 0m0.001s
sys 0m0.370s

7. Command used to lock user password
usermod -L username

8. How many default number of Shells available and what are their names?
SH, BASH, CSH, TCSH, NOLOGIN, KSH

9. What is the path of network (ethX) configuration files
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ethX

10. How can we change speed and make full duplex settings for eth0
We can do this with below given 2 methods:
ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full
ethtool -s eth0 speed 10 duplex half
OR
mii-tool -F 100baseTx-HD
mii-tool -F 10baseT-HD

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