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

Questions asked in this paper

1. Q1 Attempt any two of the following: 10 marks
   • a. Write the purpose of following directories of
   • b. a short note on runlevel
   • c. List duties of System Administrator. Explain any two
   • d. Write the steps required to boot system
2. Q2 Attempt any two of the following: 10 marks
   • a. Write the importance of cron files
   • b. the concept of DHCP
   • c. is subnetting? Explain with suitable example
   • d. Write the purpose of exports file Consider the following sample /etc/exports file: Write the meaning of these lines
3. Q3 Attempt any two of the following: 10 marks
   • a. Write the steps to configure network time server
   • b. smbclient and smbmount commands of samba
   • c. What is catching proxy server? Explain proxy server configuration in short
   • d. Write the purpose of home section of samba configuration file
4. Q4 Attempt any two of the following: and explain different types of domain name servers 10 marks
   • b. Explain the zone file with suitable example
   • c. Explain scp and sftp secure services
   • d. List various less secure services. Write the purpose of any four Attempt any two of the following: 10
   • a. Differentiate between IMAP4 and POP3
   • b. Write the use of MUA and MTA components used in mail delivery process
   • c. the purpose of ftpusers and user_list files of ftp any five options of ftp configuration file. Also write the purpose of the same
5. Q6 Attempt any two of the following: 10 marks
   • a. What is the use of <Directory> block in configuring apache server?
   • b. the use of rpmquery command
   • c. Explain the useradd command with suitable example
   • d. What necessary changes are to be carried out in httpd.conf file to enable CGI?
6. Q7 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. a short note on RAID
   • b. the concept of NFS with suitable example
   • c. NTP utility programs. Write purpose of any four
   • d. Explain the concept of domain with example
   • e. List various configuration files of ftp. Also write the purpose of each
   • f. | What is the purpose of /etc/passwd file?

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