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. Explain the features of Linux in detail
   • b. What are the steps to Configure Linux Firewall packages?
   • c. Explain the files required to configure DNS server
   • d. Explain POP3 and IMAP4
2. Q2 Attempt any three of the following:
   • a. What are different Linux distributions? Explain any three in brief
   • b. Explain the duty of the Linux system administrator in monitoring and tuning
   • d. Compare GRUB and LILO boot loaders
   • e. Explain the Linux directory structure
   • f. Write a short note on ext2 and ext3 file system
3. Q3 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. What is use of fstab? Explain contents of fstab
   • b. What is cron? How cron files are taking care of system task? Explain
   • c. What are the network files to be changed when we setup or move the system? Explain
   • d. Explain Classless Inter domain Routing (CIDR)
   • e. What are the advantages and disadvantages of NFS? Explain
   • f. What is NFS? What are the steps to configure a NFS server on Linux system?
4. Q4 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. Explain the global section of smb.conf file
   • b. How optimize samba networking? Explain the concept of catching proxy server
   • d. Explain the squid configuration. parameters
   • e. Write a short note on SSH
   • f. What is xinetd? How is xinetd server configured?
5. Q5 Attempt any three of the following: A List and explain different types of domain name servers B Explain the two programs used to check the DNS configuration C Explain Mail User Agent, Mail transfer Agent and Mail Delivery Agent D What is Postfix Mail Server? List the steps for configuring postfix E How is vsftpd configured? Explain the important configuration files of vsftpd F Explain any five parameters of vsftpd.conf file 15 marks
6. Q6 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. Explain the features of Apache Web Server
   • b. Explain the <Files><Files>and<IfModule></IFModule>blocks
   • c. Write an SSI page that will display the long listing of the directory /home/tyit
   • d. List and explain the common mailman administrative tasks
   • e. Explain any five features of ht://Dig
   • f. What is RSS? List and explain the tags required for creating an RSS feed
7. Q7 Attempt any three of the following: 15 marks
   • a. How are LDAP services optimized? Explain
   • b. How are ftp services optimized? Explain
   • c. What is sudo? What are its features?
   • d. Explain useradd command to create new user account with syntax and options
   • e. Explain the quotacheck command with example
   • f. Explain rpmquery command with options

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