Linux Administration, Question Paper of Msc.IT 4th Semester, Download Previous Years Question Paper 1

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Total No. of Questions: 13]

Paper ID  [A0415]

M.Sc.(IT-401)(S05)(New)(Sem.-4^th)

LINUX ADMINISTRATION

Time : 03 hours

Instruction of Candidates:

1.     Section –A is compulsory.

2.     Attempt any nine questions from section –B

Section –A

1.       

a.     Differentiate between single user & multi-user system.

b.     What is active directory & how it works

c.      Write the steps in boot process.

d.     Explain the bootstrapping?

e.      How we creating a Boot Disk

f.       List the steps used to create a working multi-OS system.

g.      Write about GNOME is as a graphical desktop.

h.     How we are configuring the package?

i.       Draw the ext2 files system diagram.

j.       Differentiate between root user & normal user.

k.     How we ca change permission rights.

l.       What is SUID/SGID & sticky bit.

m.  Differentiate between set UID & SetGID.

n.     What is /ETC/ Ipd. perms file works.

o.     Explain the Quota management in file system.

Section –B

2.     Write major differences between Windows 2000 & Linux operating system.

3.     What is a Desktop & how Windows managers is more lightweight then desktop.1

4.     Write is the current status of Linux development? Who are some of the key player? How is the project managed?

5.     What is rebooting process & write the steps involved in shutting down the process.

6.     Why is it important to run Lilo-t before installing the LILO boot loader? How do you boot a kernel named something other then vmlinuz?

7.     Write a script that finds all the hard links on a file system.

8.     What is the purpose of the shadow password files?

9.     Explain the steps how file systems  is automatically mounted  & uncounted.

10.                        Explain how we are creating a group & how new user accounts are added to the groups.

11.                        Which are three levels of permission of files & directories in Linux. Explain each of them.

12.                        Write about working of SYSLOGD, KLOGD & Tripwire

13.                        What is init service. Differentiate between the intend & xinetd processes.