BSc IT Sem 5 Linux System Administration Question Paper PDF 2026 - Mumbai University | munotes

Questions asked in this paper

1. Q1 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. Explain the duty of linux system administrator in monitoring and tuning Performance of a
   • b. Explain with the help of an example,
   • i) How pipe can be used to add functionality to a command
   • ii) How the result of a command can be sent to a file
   • c. What is a linux distribution? State in brief the Linux support offered by Red Hat
   • d. With the help of an example, explain how backup can be scheduled and automated using
   • e. State the features of the two types of links. Show how a deleted file can be restored using
   • f. Discuss how yum overcomes the limitations of a tar ball and rpm
2. Q2 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. What is the difference between a partition and a logical volume? Highlight in brief the features of the different types of partitions
   • b. Discuss the steps to create an encrypted volume
   • c. Briefly explain the configuration file variables
   • d. With the help of an example, explain how to setup SSH port forwarding
   • e. Explain the purpose and contents of the following files:
   • i. /etc/group
   • f. State the commands to do the following. Give an example for each
   • i. Display ownership of file or directory
   • iv. Set file permissions for user, group, and others using absolute mode
   • v. Set file permissions for user, group, and others using relative mode
3. Q3 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. What are tables, chains and rules in a firewall?
   • b. Enlist the steps to setup iptables logging State the reasons for which public/private keys are typically used. With the help of an example explain how public/private keys are used to encrypt traffic that is sent to
   • d. What is GPG signing? State the commands to sign a file using GNU Privacy Guard
   • e. Discuss the configuration of NFS server and client
   • f. Discuss the generic Samba parameters in the global section of the samba configuration
4. Q4 Attempt any three of the following: a Write the steps to setup a secondary DNS server b Explain in brief the most relevant parameters from the dhcpd.conf file c Briefly discuss the three components play a role in the process of Internet mail d Name and explain the parameters that should be configured for a mail server handling messages from the Internet e List and explain the various performance parameters for Apache modes f Explain the steps to setup a Protected Web Server 15 marks
5. Q5 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. What is a shell script? State the elements of a good shell script
   • b. Demonstrate the use of pattern matching operators in a shell script
   • c. Explain the steps to create an iSCSI target configuration
   • d. Discuss the steps to troubleshoot a nonoperational cluster
   • e. Explain the steps to perform a Virtual Machine Network Installation Using a Kickstart
   • f. List the steps to configure TFTP server for PXE boot

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