Exam 11: Common Administrative Tasks

The ____________________ facility used by the System Log Daemon specifies messages from the Linux kernel.

To lock an account, you can use the usermod command with the ____ option.

The ____ log file contains information and error messages regarding network access generated by daemons such as sshd and xinetd.

In the process called ____________________, a user's user name and password are checked against a system database that contains all user account information.

Describe how the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow directories are used in the authentication process. Why are two files used instead of one? How can you convert a system to use the /etc/shadow file to store passwords?

CUPS contains versions of the lpr , lpc , lpq , and lprm commands.

If you want to enable a printer, you must specify the full path to the enable command.

Any line that starts with a(n)____ character is a comment in the /etc/syslog.conf file.

The lp command uses the ____ option to specify the destination printer name.

You can create user accounts on the Linux system by using the ____ command.

The skeleton directory on most Linux systems is ____.

After adding or modifying printer settings, you must restart the CUPS daemon for the settings to take effect.

You can restrict who can print to certain printers by using the ____ command.

By default, all print jobs have a priority of ____.

To convert a system so that it uses an /etc/shadow file to store the encrypted password after installation, you can run the ____ command.

A set of information that is sent to a printer at the same time is called a(n)____________________.

The ____ priority used by the System Log Daemon indicates an error that should be rectified immediately, such as a corrupt system database.

You can specify the ____ option to the userdel command to remove the home directory for the user and all of its contents.

On most Linux systems, the logrotate utility is automatically scheduled to run weekly.