BSc IT Sem 5 — Linux Server Administration (november Question Paper PDF 2026 - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

1. Q1 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. Write down the steps for: add a new User and Groups, modify its properties and view
   • b. and Explain duties of Linux system administration
   • c. Explain two ways to gain administrative privileges using su and sudo command,
   • d. How to manage packages on RHEL using both YUM and PackageKit Suit
   • e. Explain adding, enabling, disabling YUM repository
   • f. Describe installing package, package group and removing a package
2. Q2 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. Write down the steps to establish a wireless connection for mobile broadband
   • b. different kinds of partition in Linux
   • c. Describe different types of file system and its properties
   • d. Write a short note on ETH Tool
   • e. Network Configuration and Interface configuration files
   • f. How to create Logical Volume with three different parts
3. Q3 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. Discuss the steps to install and configure VNC Server
   • c. all the steps to set up a Samba server
   • d. is the concept of APACHE HTTP Server? explain in brief
   • f. What is DNS Server and explain its Nameserver zone with BIND
4. Q4 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. ps and top command with their options
   • b. down the steps to run the Net-snmp package
   • c. Explain the basic configuration of RSYSLOG file
   • d. How to install CRON and ANCRON daemons Explain the working with Queue in Rsyslog
   • f. Discuss the following commands:
5. Q5 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. Write down the steps to allow basic services through the firewall using system
   • b. is tables, chains, and rule? How is rule composed? explain in brief
   • c. Explain the configuration of NAT
   • d. Write the steps for creating, exchanging, and managing GPG keys
   • e. | What are the elements of bash shell? Write one example in bash shell with executing
   • f. | How to create and manage certificate using openssl command-line utility

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