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Friday, February 3, 2012

Model Question Paper of : Introduction to System Administration (CSC - 401)



Attempt Any Five Questions

Q1        [a] Briefly describe the Linux file system and Disk partitioning for Web Server Installation.                                                                                                                 [8]
[b] Explain the stages of Linux boot process.                                                   [4]

Q2        [a] Explain with syntax of commands adding, modifying users and groups in Linux with file, directory, and device permission command.                          [6]
            [b] What do you understand by quota system in Linux? Briefly write the common UNIX disk quota utilities.                                                                           [6]

Q3        [a] What are the importance of system logging? How do you manage system log with log-rotate?                                                                                                       [4]
            [b] What do you mean by DNS resolver? Differentiate between Cache DNS and primary DNS with the concept of forwarding.                                                      [8]

Q4        [a] What is X-window system? Explain the usage and importance of XDMCP with other ports and protocol required to access remote x-Window.               [6]
            [b] What is masquerading? Describe iptables and ip6tables configuration for Linux with example.                                                                                          [6]

Q5        [a] What is patching? Why do sometimes we need kernel patching?                [4]
            [b] Describe with basic SSH configuration to set restriction to normal users and make root users not permitted from remote login.                                           [4]
            [c] Describe the properties and features of SAMBA server.                               [4]

Q6        [a] what should be the characteristics of System Administrator? How would you troubleshoot if your SMTP server has relay access deny problem.             [6]
            [b] What is NFS? Describe NFS operations with its basic architecture.             [6]

Q7        Write short notes on (any three)                                                                       [4+4+4]
[a] Managing RAID on Linux and LVM
[b] SeLinux
[c] Daemons and Service Startup controlling with xinetd
[d] Virtual Web Hosting in Linux Server
[e] Network Troubleshooting in Linux:TCPDUMP

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