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RHCE - RH302 Red Hat Certified Engineer
Certification Exam Preparation Course in a Book for Passing the RHCE - RH302 Red Hat Certified Engineer Exam
The How To Pass on Your First Try Certification Study Guide
RHCE - RH302 Red Hat Certified Engineer Certification Exam Preparation Course in a Book for Passing the RHCE - RH302 Red Hat Certified Engineer Exam - The How To Pass on Your
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� Hardware installation and configuration� The boot process� Linux filesystem administration� Package management and Kickstart� User and group administration� System administration tools� Kernel services and configuration� Apache and Squid� Network file sharing services (NFS, FTP, and Samba)� Domain Name System (DNS)� E-mail (servers and clients)� Extended Internet Services Daemon (xinetd), the Secure package, and DHCP� The X Window System� Firewalls, SELinux, and troubleshooting
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Contents
RHCE - RH302 Red Hat Certified Engineer ....................................................................................... 1
Certification Exam Preparation Course in a Book for Passing the RHCE - RH302 Red Hat
Certified Engineer Exam - The How To Pass on Your First Try Certification Study Guide .......... 1
Installation and Hardware Configuration ......................................................................................... 14
1.1.Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 14
1.2.Installation ............................................................................................................................................... 14
1.2.1.Using DVD............................................................................................................................ 14
1.2.2.Using Hard Disk .................................................................................................................. 15
1.2.3.Using Network ..................................................................................................................... 15
1.3.Kickstart File ............................................................................................................................................ 16
1.3.1.Creating Kickstart file .......................................................................................................... 16
1.3.2.Use of Kickstart file ............................................................................................................. 18
1.4.Configuring Hardware ............................................................................................................................ 19
1.4.1.Graphical utilities ................................................................................................................ 20
2.The Boot Process .............................................................................................................................. 25
2.1.Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 25
2.2.Grub ......................................................................................................................................................... 25
2.2.1.Grub configuration file ....................................................................................................... 26
2.2.2.Configuring Grub ................................................................................................................ 27
2.3.Starting init .............................................................................................................................................. 29
2.3.1./etc/inittab file .................................................................................................................... 29
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2.3.3.runlevel................................................................................................................................ 33
2.3.4.Initializing System .............................................................................................................. 34
2.3.5.Using command chkconfig ................................................................................................ 37
2.4.Using Graphical utilities ......................................................................................................................... 39
3.Filesystem Administration .............................................................................................................. 40
3.1.Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 40
3.2.Filesystem Information .......................................................................................................................... 40
3.2.1./etc/fstab file ....................................................................................................................... 41
3.2.2./etc/mtab ............................................................................................................................ 42
3.2.3.Mounting a filesystem ........................................................................................................ 43
3.2.4.Unmounting a filesystem ................................................................................................... 43
3.2.5.Creating a filesystem .......................................................................................................... 44
3.3.Creating Swap space ............................................................................................................................... 46
3.3.1.Enabling swap space ........................................................................................................... 47
3.3.2.Disabling swap space ......................................................................................................... 48
3.4.Checking and Repairing a filesystem ..................................................................................................... 48
3.4.1.Searching for badblocks ..................................................................................................... 49
3.5.Automatically mounting a filesystem .................................................................................................... 50
3.5.1.Checking status of automount ........................................................................................... 52
3.6.RAID disks ............................................................................................................................................... 52
3.6.1.Creating RAID device ......................................................................................................... 52
3.7.Logical Volume Group ............................................................................................................................ 54
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3.7.1.Creating A Logical Volume Group ..................................................................................... 54
3.7.2.Remove a logical volume .................................................................................................... 57
3.7.3.Remove a volume group ..................................................................................................... 58
3.7.4.Remove a physical volume ................................................................................................. 58
3.7.5.Logical volume management utility .................................................................................. 58
4.Package Management ...................................................................................................................... 59
4.1.Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 59
4.2.Using yum ................................................................................................................................................ 59
4.3.Using rpm ................................................................................................................................................ 62
4.4.Using make .............................................................................................................................................. 64
4.5.Package Manager .................................................................................................................................... 65
5.User and Group Administration ..................................................................................................... 66
5.1.Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 66
5.2.Creating User Account ............................................................................................................................ 66
5.3.Modifying user account .......................................................................................................................... 72
5.4.Deleting user account ............................................................................................................................. 72
5.5.Group Administration ............................................................................................................................. 73
5.5.1.Adding New Group .............................................................................................................. 73
5.5.2.Modifying group information ............................................................................................ 73
5.5.3.Deleting group ..................................................................................................................... 73
5.6.Using User Manager ............................................................................................................................... 73
5.6.1.Changing user password ..................................................................................................... 76
5.7.Space Usage ............................................................................................................................................. 76
6.System Administration .................................................................................................................... 77
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6.1.Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 77
6.2.Getting Administration Rights ............................................................................................................... 78
6.2.1.The su command ................................................................................................................. 78
6.2.2.Using the su ........................................................................................................................ 78
6.2.3.Administrative commands ................................................................................................ 79
6.2.4./etc/sudoers file ................................................................................................................. 79
6.3.Changing owner and group .................................................................................................................... 81
6.4.Monitoring System performance ........................................................................................................... 82
6.4.1.Using System Monitor ........................................................................................................ 82
6.4.2.Using top ............................................................................................................................. 84
6.4.3.Other commands ................................................................................................................ 84
6.5.Log information....................................................................................................................................... 86
7.Kernel Services and Configuration ................................................................................................. 87
7.1.Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 87
7.2.kernel Modules ....................................................................................................................................... 87
7.2.1.Modules Loaded into Kernel .............................................................................................. 88
7.2.2.Inserting module into kernel ............................................................................................................... 89
7.2.3.Removing module from kernel .......................................................................................... 89
7.2.4.Using modprobe command ............................................................................................... 89
7.3.Process and Kernel Information ............................................................................................................ 90
7.3.1.The ps command ................................................................................................................. 90
7.3.2.Changing priority of process .............................................................................................. 90
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7.3.3.Using dmesg ........................................................................................................................ 91
7.3.4.Syslogd ................................................................................................................................. 92
7.4.Automating Tasks -- ................................................................................................................................ 93
7.4.1.Using at ................................................................................................................................ 93
7.4.2.Using batch command ........................................................................................................ 96
7.4.3.Using cron ........................................................................................................................... 97
8.Web Server ....................................................................................................................................... 99
8.1.Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 99
8.2.Starting Apache ....................................................................................................................................... 99
8.3.Main Configuration file ........................................................................................................................ 101
8.3.1.Global Environment Configuration ................................................................................. 101
8.3.2.Main server section .......................................................................................................... 103
8.3.3.Virtual hosts section ......................................................................................................... 105
8.4.HTTP Server Configuration ................................................................................................................. 106
9.Squid Server ................................................................................................................................... 111
9.1.Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 111
9.2.Configuring Squid ................................................................................................................................. 111
9.2.1.Network options ................................................................................................................ 111
9.2.2.Neighbor selection algorithm option .............................................................................. 112
9.2.3.Cache size options............................................................................................................. 112
9.2.4.Log File and Cache directory section .............................................................................. 112
9.2.5.Access control section ...................................................................................................... 113
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9.2.6.Administrative parameters .............................................................................................. 114
9.3.Cache Manager ...................................................................................................................................... 114
9.4.Squid Daemon ....................................................................................................................................... 115
10.NFS Server .................................................................................................................................... 116
10.1.Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 116
10.2.Starting NFS service ............................................................................................................................ 116
10.3.Sharing Folders ................................................................................................................................... 117
10.3.1.Format of hostname ....................................................................................................... 117
10.3.2.Options format................................................................................................................ 118
10.4.Accessing the NFS directory ............................................................................................................... 119
10.5.NFS Server Configuration ................................................................................................................... 120
10.6.Using nfsstat ........................................................................................................................................ 122
11.Samba Server ................................................................................................................................ 122
11.1.Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 122
11.2.Samba Server Configuration ............................................................................................................... 122
11.3.Samba configuration file ..................................................................................................................... 126
11.4.Starting Samba service ........................................................................................................................ 127
11.4.1.Checking the service ........................................................................................................ 127
12.FTP Server .................................................................................................................................... 128
12.1.Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 128
12.2.Starting vsftd........................................................................................................................................ 128
12.3.Configuring vsftpd ............................................................................................................................... 128
12.4.ftp command prompt .......................................................................................................................... 130
12.5.Very Secure FTP daemon Configuration ........................................................................................... 131
13.LDAP Server ................................................................................................................................. 133
13.1.overview ................................................................................................................................................ 133
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13.2.Configuration ....................................................................................................................................... 133
13.3.Starting the ldap .................................................................................................................................. 135
14.NIS server...................................................................................................................................... 135
14.1.Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 135
14.2.Setting NIS domain name ................................................................................................................... 135
14.3.Configuring NIS ................................................................................................................................... 136
14.4.Starting NIS server .............................................................................................................................. 137
14.4.1.Staring NIS server ........................................................................................................... 137
14.4.2.Starting ypbind service ................................................................................................... 137
14.5.Mapping Information .......................................................................................................................... 137
14.5.1.NIS database .................................................................................................................... 139
15.DHCP Server ................................................................................................................................. 139
15.1.Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 139
15.2.Starting the DHCP server.................................................................................................................... 139
15.3.Configuration file ................................................................................................................................. 140
15.4.Working of DHCP server..................................................................................................................... 140
15.5.DHCP client.......................................................................................................................................... 140
16.DNS server .................................................................................................................................... 143
16.1.Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 143
16.2.Starting Named daemon ..................................................................................................................... 143
16.3.BIND Configuration GUI .................................................................................................................... 143
16.4.Important files ..................................................................................................................................... 145
17.Mail Services ................................................................................................................................. 146
17.1.Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 146
17.2.Sendmail ............................................................................................................................................... 146
17.2.1./etc/mail ........................................................................................................................... 147
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17.2.2.Generating the .db files .................................................................................................. 147
17.2.3.Checking Sendmail Server ............................................................................................. 148
17.2.4.Important Files ............................................................................................................... 149
17.2.5.Actions taken by server on a mail .................................................................................. 149
17.3.Postfix ................................................................................................................................................... 150
17.3.1.Starting postfix server ..................................................................................................... 150
17.3.2.Configuration file ............................................................................................................ 151
17.3.3.Mailbox ............................................................................................................................ 151
17.3.4./var/spool/postfix .......................................................................................................... 152
17.3.5.Log files ............................................................................................................................ 152
17.4.Switching MTA .................................................................................................................................... 152
17.5.Dovecot ................................................................................................................................................. 153
17.5.1.Starting Dovecot .............................................................................................................. 153
17.5.2.Configuration file ............................................................................................................ 153
18.Network Security.......................................................................................................................... 155
18.1.Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 155
18.2.The daemon xinetd .............................................................................................................................. 155
18.3.Using TCP wrappers ............................................................................................................................ 156
18.3.1./etc/hosts.allow............................................................................................................... 156
18.3.2./etc/hosts.deny ............................................................................................................... 156
18.4.Security Level Configuration .............................................................................................................. 157
18.4.1.Configuration files .......................................................................................................... 159
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18.5.Command Reference ........................................................................................................................... 159
19.PAM and SELinux ........................................................................................................................ 160
19.1.PAM ...................................................................................................................................................... 160
19.2./etc/pam.d ........................................................................................................................................... 160
19.2.SELinux ................................................................................................................................................ 162
19.2.1.SELinux administration .................................................................................................. 162
19.3.Command Reference ........................................................................................................................... 163
Over 250 Exam Preparation Questions ........................................................................................... 164
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I N S T A L L A T I O N A N D H A R D W A R E C O N F I G U R A T I O N
1.1.Overview
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is one of the major commercial Linux distributions available in
market . Fedora Core Linux is an open source project of Red Hat. New version of Fedora Core
Linux is released every six months.
1.2.Installation
Anaconda is the default installer in Red Hat Linux. The installation process can be broadly
divided into many parts depending on the method used for installation
� DVD� Network� Hard Disk
1.2.1.Using DVD
To begin installation using the DVD place the DVD media in the DVD drive of the computer and
set the BIOS to boot from DVD drive. The steps of the installation process are
� The DVD media is checked� Choose language to use during installation process.� Choose keyboard layout.� Choose install type. User can either choose for new install
or upgrade an existing installation.
� Choose the software packages to install.� Choose partition scheme (options are automatic partition or manual partition) .� Choose partitioning (options are use free space on hard disk,use current Linux
partitions,use whole hard disk,and custom partition) � If custom partition option is chosen create at least one / partition and swap partition (for
single boot system) and create a / partition,swap partition and one /boot partition (for dual boot system)
� Install the grub bootloader on MBR.� Configure the network device.� Set the firewall options.� Choose the languages system should support.� Choose the time zone in which system is.� Enter the root password.� Select the packages.
After installation is complete remove the DVD media from DVD drive. The user had to accept
the License terms,Configure the firewall,Configure the sound card.
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Then the user is prompted for user name and password on the login screen.
1.2.2.Using Hard Disk
For installation from hard disk it is assumed that Red hat Linux is already running on the
computer. In the hard disk install copy all the files of the DVD in a partition drive which is not
used during the new installation.
Then copy the vmlinuz and initrd files of the DVD media in /boot directory. These files are
needed to boot the installation process. GRUB is installed as the bootloader in Red Hat by
default. To boot the installation process the boot loader should be informed about the files
copied in the /boot directory.
The following entry is added in the /boot/grub/grub.conf file to achieve the purpose
title Red Hat-Installation
root (hd0,7)
kernel /vmlinuz
initrd /initrd.img
root(hd0,7) means that /boot partition exists on eighth partition of first hard disk.
After above steps reboot the computer. Choose Red Hat Installation on the Grub menu to begin
the install process.
1.2.3.Using Network
For the network installation the installation files should be copied to the computer which will
act as install server.
In case of web server or HTTP server the files need to be copied in the directory
/var/www/html.
In case of NFS server the directory containing the installation files should be made accessible.
In case of FTP server copy the files to directory /var/ftp/pub.
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Note : when using the installation from Network or Hard disk choose the option INSTALL OR
UPGRADE in text mode on the first screen of the Installation process. At the boot prompt enter
the command askmethod
:boot linux askmethod
This lets the user to select the Installation Method.
1.3.Kickstart File
After successful installation of Red Hat Linux a kickstart file /root/anaconda-ks.cfg is created
based on the options chosen by the user during the installation process.
1.3.1.Creating Kickstart file
User has a choice to use graphical utility to create kickstart file or open a text editor and write
the commands.
1.3.1.1.Text File
install
cdrom
lang en_US.UTF-8
keyboard us
xconfig --startxonboot
network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp
rootpw --iscrypted
firewall --enabled --port=22:tcp
authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5
selinux --enforcing
timezone
bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda --append="rhgb quiet"
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The install option denotes new installation and upgrade option will denote upgrade of an exist-
ing system.
cdrom shows the install method used. NFS,FTP,HTTP,hard drive are other options which can
be used for NFS,FTP,HTTP,and hard disk install methods.
� For FTP method use option url –url give the ftp url name� for HTTP method use option url –url give http url name� for hard drive use option harddrive –dir=/give directory path –partition=give partition� for NFS method use option nfs –server=servername –dir=directory name
Third line sets the installation language to be used during installation .
Fourth line chooses the keyboard layout.
The xconfig is used to configure the monitor and video card.
The network command is used to configure the network. In above case it configures the Ether-
net interface.
rootpw denotes the root password.
firewall command sets the firewall label. option –enable means firewall is enabled. option
disable means firewall disabled.
selinux is used to set the security enhanced linux the options are - -enforcing,--permissive,--
disable
timezone is used to select the timezone of the user.
bootloader command is used to set the partition where the default bootloader grub is installed.
1.3.1.2.Graphical utility
Open Terminal and type the command system-config-kickstart to start the kickstart configura-
tor.
[root@localhost ~]# system-config-kickstart
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The user can use the graphical interface to choose the options and the kickstart file will be
generated automatically.
1.3.2.Use of Kickstart file
It is used to automate the installation process. To use kickstart installation use following steps
� create a kickstart file� copy the kickstart file on cdrom, on network or on Local hard drive� use above commands on the :boot prompt during the installation
ks=cdrom: Kickstart from CDROM
ks=file:<path> Kickstart from a file (path = 'fd0/ks.cfg')
ks=ftp://<path> Kickstart from FTP.
ks=hd:<dev> Kickstart via harddrive (dev = 'hda1', for
example)
ks=http://<path> Kickstart from HTTP.
ks=nfs(:options):<path> Kickstart from NFS. NFS mount options
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are optional.
1.4.Configuring Hardware
The file /etc/sysconfig/hwconf contains the listing of installed hardware. The command kudzu
can be run to detect and configure the changed hardware on a system. kudzu is run every time a
Red Hat box is rebooted. It checks the file /etc/sysconfig/hwconf for the hardware installed and
matches the data with the current hardware. Below is the format of the /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
file
class: CDROM
bus: SCSI
detached: 0
device: scd0
desc: "HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8526B"
host: 1
id: 0
channel: 0
lun: 0
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class: VIDEO
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: i2c-i810
desc: "Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device"
video.xdriver: i810
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vendorId: 8086
deviceId: 2562
subVendorId: 8086
subDeviceId: 2562
pciType: 1
pcidom: 0
pcibus: 0
pcidev: 2
pcifn: 0
The first entry is for a CDROM drive attached with the system and second is for the VIDEO card
attached with the system. If any hardware is added or removed then it configures the added one
and unconfigures the removed one. It then updates the data in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf. kudzu
can be started in two modes
� safe probe mode� no safe probe mode
safe probe mode disables serial port probing,DDC monitor probing,PS/2 probing.
To enable no safe probe mode on startup enter the line
SAFE=no
in the file /etc/sysconfig/kudzu.
1.4.1.Graphical utilities
1.4.1.1.For keyboard layout
Enter the below command in terminal
[root@localhost pub]# system-config-keyboard
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The user can select the keyboard layout and press OK .
1.4.1.2.For monitor and video card
Enter the below command in terminal
[root@localhost pub]# system-config-display
� User can set the Resolution,Color depth under the setting tab � configure the monitor type and video card under tab hardware tab� Use dual type tab for second monitor type and video card.
1.4.1.3.For sound card
Enter the below command in terminal
[root@localhost pub]# system-config-soundcard
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This utility can be used to check the proper working of soundcard and reload the audio drivers
and rewriting the configuration files.
1.4.1.4.For network devices
Enter the below command in terminal
[root@localhost pub]# system-config-network
or
[root@localhost pub]# neat
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This utility is used to configure the network devices.
� On devices tab all network devices detected by Red Hat Linux are listed. Any network device can be selected and activated.
� On hardware tab the network hardware physically attached with computer and detected by Red Hat Linux can be configured.
� IPSec tab is used to configure IPSec tunnel and host to host connections.� DNS tab is used to configure system's hostname and primary,secondary and tertiary dns
IP addresses and dns search path. � Hosts tab is used to specify static computer host name to IP address mapping.
1.4.1.5.For printer
Enter the below command in terminal
[root@localhost pub]# system-config-printer
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This utility is used to add new printer or configure printers.
1.4.1.6.For date and time
Enter the below command in terminal
[root@localhost pub]# system-config-date
or
[root@localhost pub]# system-config-time
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� date & time tab is used to set the current date and time.� network time protocol tab is used to synchronize system's clock with remote time server
using network time protocol� time zone tab is used to select the time zone in which the system lies.
2 . T H E B O O T P R O C E S S
2.1.Overview
The boot process can be divided into many steps.
� Checking of MBR (Master boot record) by BIOS.� Loading the bootloader in MBR.� Choosing Operating system to boot on bootloader menu.� Booting the Operating System
2.2.Grub
Grub is default bootloader if Red Hat Linux is installed in the system. When a system is booted
the user sees the grub menu. The grub menu lists the operating systems which are installed on
the system.
Grub is able to boot non Linux operating system like Windows also. Grub boots the operating
system chosen by the user on the grub menu. Every operating system displayed on the grub
menu has its listing in the grub configuration file /boot/grub/grub.conf.
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2.2.1.Grub configuration file
Let the system have two operating system installed windows and Fedora Linux then the con-
tents of the grub configuration file is
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, e.g.
# root (hd0,7)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda11
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,7)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora-Linux
root (hd0,7)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
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chainloader +1
The title is used to set the display name on the grub menu corresponding to the operating
system. E.g. on grub menu
Fedora-Linux
Windows
is displayed.
If user chooses fedora Linux on menu then the bootloader sees /dev/sda8 partition of the first
hard disk (root (hd0,7) means the files needed to boot the operating system is present on the
eighth partition of the first hard disk.
kernel indicates the kernel which is loaded. The kernel gives the control to the init process
which is called father of all processes. The initrd denotes the initial RAM disk boot image.
The ro option on the kernel line means that the partition is to be mounted read only.
If the user chooses the windows option then the windows operating system is booted.
The rootnoverify (hd0,0) means that grub will not mount the partition.
The option chainloader +1 means that grub will call the other boot loader to boot the operating
system.
The option default=0 means that if user makes no choice then the first operating system in the
file will be booted.
The option timeout=5 means that the user will have to make choice in 5 seconds on the grub
menu. If the user makes no choice in 5 seconds then the default operating system will boot.
In the above file the default operating system that will boot is Fedora.
2.2.2.Configuring Grub
There are two ways to configure the grub bootloader.
� By editing the configuration file using text editors� by using Boot Configuration
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2.2.2.1.Editing /boot/grub/grub.conf using Text editors
The configuration file can be edited using any of the text editors like vi, gedit ,and emacs. After
making the changes the grub has to be restarted to make the changes take place.
2.2.2.2.By using Boot Configuration
To start the boot configuration graphical utility type the below command in the terminal win-
dow
[root@localhost ~]# system-config-boot
The utility helps to chose default operating system which will be booted in case user has not
made any choice within the time period on the grub menu. It also helps the user to choose the
timeout period in seconds. If the user chooses 5 seconds then grub will wait for 5 seconds for
user to make a choice after that it will boot the default operating system.
2.2.2.3.Password Protecting Grub
Grub can also be password protected. This option is also available during the installation of Red
Hat Linux. The MD5-encrypted password for grub can be generated using the command
[root@localhost ~]# man grub-md5-crypt
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in terminal. After entering the command the user is prompted to enter the password and then
to verify the password user has to reenter the password.
2.3.Starting init
init is the father of all processes. The kernel starts the init process after mounting basic filesys-
tems during the boot process. The init process has the pid (process identification number each
and every process running on the system has a unique number assigned to them known as PID)
of 1.
init looks to the file /etc/inittab and runs the script in the file /etc/inittab. The init process looks
for the entry initdefault in the file /etc/inittab. The entry initdefault indicates the default runle-
vel with which system needs to be started up. If the entry initdefault is not mentioned in the file
then the user has to enter the runlevel values in the console for the boot process to proceed.
2.3.1./etc/inittab file
This file describes which processes are started at boot up and during normal boot process (for
different run levels different numbers of processes are started). An entry in the inittab file has
the following format:
id:runlevel:action:process
� id is the unique identifier. � runlevel is the value between 0,1,2,3,4,5 and 6 (some more values are available but not
used).The runlevel field of sysinit, boot, and bootwait entries are ignored.� Action describes the action to be taken by init. � process specifies the process to be executed.
init Action Description
respawn The process is restarted using the process
for this action.
wait
The process will be started once when the
specified runlevel is entered and init will
wait for its termination.
initdefault An initdefault entry specifies the runlevel
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entered after system boot. If none exists,
init will prompt for runlevel on console. The
process field is ignored.
sysinit The process will be executed during system
boot. The runlevel field is ignored.
ctrlaltdel If the user presses the CTRL+ALT+DELETE
keys of the keyboard together then the init
responds by shutting down the system or
rebooting (depending on the process set)
powerfail This action denotes that power failure has
occurred and init takes the action depend-
ing upon the process set for this action
Powerokwait If the powerfail action has occurred and the
process mentioned for the powerfail action
is to shutdown after 2 minutes then this
action comes into picture if the power is
restored before 2 minutes then the process
for this action takes place.
Lines beginning with ‘#’ are comments.
Below is a sample /etc/inittab file.
#
# inittab This file describes how the INIT process should set up
# the system in a certain run-level.
#
# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
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# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault:
# System initialization.
si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0
l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6
# Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
# When our UPS tells us power has failed, assume we have a few minutes
# of power left. Schedule a shutdown for 2 minutes from now.
# This does, of course, assume you have powered installed and your
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# UPS connected and working correctly.
pf::powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 "Power Failure; System Shutting Down"
# If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in, cancel it.
pr:12345:powerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c "Power Restored; Shutdown Canceled"
# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6
# Run xdm in runlevel 5
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
The line id:5:initdefault:
sets the action to initdefault and the runlevel is 5.
The line si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit is executed for every runlevel for the action sysinit the
process /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit is executed.
The line 5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5
denotes that the process /etc/rc.d/rc5 will be executed for the runlevel 5 and init will wait until
the process is not completed.
The line ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
denotes that if the user presses the CTRL+ALT+DELETE keys then the system reboots after
three seconds.
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The line pf::powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 "Power Failure; System Shutting Down"
denotes that if power failure occurs then the powerfail action takes place and the system is
scheduled to wait for two minutes before shutting down.
The line pr:12345:powerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c "Power Restored; Shutdown Canceled"
denotes that if the power resumes before two minutes then cancel the shutdown of the system.
The line x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon
denotes that the X11 server is started in case of runlevel 5. Thus graphic interface is available in
runlevel 5.
2.3.3.runlevel
A runlevel is a software configuration of the system which allows only a selected group of
processes to exist.
runlevel Description
0 It is used to halt the system. It should not be
used in initdefault.
1 Single user mode. No graphical tools are availa-
ble.
2 Multiuser mode. Many users can login into the
system. The graphical tools are not available as
the X server is not running.
Network services like NFS/NIS/Xinetd are not
available.
3 Multiuser mode. The network services are
available but the graphics mode is not available
4 Not used
5 Multiuser mode. All the network services are
available. The graphics mode is also available as
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the X11 is running. A good choice for the initde-
fault entry
6 All the process is terminated and the system is
rebooted. This is not good choice for initdefault.
The runlevels 0,1 and 6 are reserved. Other runlevels like 7,8,9,a,b,c are also available but are
not used.
2.3.4.Initializing System
The script /etc/rc.sysinit is run once at the boot time. It is a shell script which performs many
functions like
� sets the hostname of the system� checks SELinux status� sets the system clock� Initializes hardware� Configures kernel parameters� Mounts the filesystems� Configures the hardware� Starts and enables the swap space
2.3.4.1.Starting Services
The services which will be started for a run level depends on the files contained in the directory
of that runlevel.
runlevel directory
0 /etc/rc.d/rc0.d
1 /etc/rc.d/rc1.d
2 /etc/rc.d/rc2.d
3 /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
4 /etc/rc.d/rc4.d
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5 /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
6 /etc/rc.d/rc6.d
All programs in the directories of the above runlevel are symbolic link to programs in the
directory /etc/rc.d/init.d. The directory /etc/rc.d/init.d contains the run level scripts. Thus for a
run level which scripts of the directory /etc/rc.d/init.d are to be run depends on the contents of
the directory corresponding to the runlevels.
2.3.4.2.Naming convention of files in runlevel directories
The files in the runlevel directories have special naming convention. Name of all the programs
either begins with S or K followed by 2 digits (0-9) and after that name of the service. All the
programs (files of run level directories) whose name begin with S starts the service and name
begin with K kills or stops the service.
The two digits determine the order in which the services will run. E.g. the directory
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d contains files for runlevel 5. It contains two files S10network and S56Xinetd
then the service S10network is run first. The concept of deciding the order in which the scripts
will run remains the same for the files with name beginning with K.
2.3.4.3.Format of scripts in /etc/rc.d/init.d
The directory contains the scripts of all the runlevels. Below is the sample file to start the net-
work service.
#! /bin/bash
#
# network Bring up/down networking
#
# chkconfig: 2345 10 90
# description: Activates/Deactivates all network interfaces configured to \
# start at boot time.
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#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: $network
### END INIT INFO
The line # chkconfig: 2345 10 90
sets the script to start in the runlevels 2,3,4 and 5 with the priority or order 10 and in case of all
other runlevels it stops the service with the order or priority 90.
In the runlevel 5 directory /etc/rc.d/rc5.d a file with name S10network will exist (as network
service starts for run level 5 with the priority 10 and in the runlevel directory /etc/rc.d/rc1.d a
file with name K90network will exist as network service stops with the priority 90 in runlevel 1.
2.3.4.4.Determining current and previous runlevel
To determine current and previous runlevel use the below command
[root@localhost ~]# runlevel
N 5
The letter N denotes that there is no previous runlevel (that is runlevel has not been changed). 5
denote that the current runlevel is 5.
2.3.4.5.Changing runlevels
To change the current runlevel use the below command
[root@localhost ~]# telinit n
The letter n should be replaced by the values 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 that is Use telinit 5 to switch to runle-
vel 5. The init process kills or starts the processes necessary to switch to that runlevel in above
case it will do it for runlevel 5.
2.3.4.6.Configuring services for a runlevel
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User can decide the services which should run in a runlevel and which should not run in a run
level. User can also see the status of each service in each runlevel.
There are two methods to reorganize the services and view the information about the services in
a runlevel.
2.3.5.Using command chkconfig
The command chkconfig can used to view the information about every service in a runlevel and
start or stop them. It can also be used to add a new service or delete a new service as well.
2.3.5.1.Adding a new service
To add new service enter below command in terminal
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --add new-service-name
The new-service-name should have a start or kill entry in each of the runlevel.
2.3.5.2.Deleting a new service
To delete service enter below command in terminal
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --del new-service-name
The service new-service-name is deleted from the chkconfig management and all the links in the
runlevel directories are also removed.
2.3.5.3.Enable a service
To enable a service in a runlevel enter below command in terminal (while working in that run
level).
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig service-name on
The service service-name is enabled for that runlevel.
2.3.5.4.Disable a service
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To disable a service in a runlevel enter below command in terminal (while working in that run
level)
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig service-name off
The service service-name is disabled for that runlevel.
2.3.5.5.List status of a service
To list status of a service in runlevels enter below command in terminal
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig –list service-name
The status of the service service-name is displayed for all runlevel. For example
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --list httpd
httpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
The service httpd is enabled in the runlevels 2,3,4 and 5 and disabled in 0,1, and 6.
2.3.5.6.List status of all services
To list status of all service in runlevels enter below command in terminal
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig –list
The status of all the services is displayed for all runlevel.
2.3.5.7.Starting a service
To start a service enter below command in terminal
[root@localhost ~]# service service-name start
The service service-name is started in that runlevel. For example
[root@localhost ~]# service httpd start
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Starting httpd: [ OK ]
The service httpd is started.
2.3.5.8.Stopping a service
To start a service enter below command in terminal
[root@localhost ~]# service service-name stop
The service service-name is stopped in that runlevel. For example
[root@localhost ~]# service httpd stop
Stopping httpd: [ OK ]
The service httpd is stopped.
2.4.Using Graphical utilities
The service configuration utility can be used to edit a runlevel. It can be used to start a service,
stop a service,add a service and delete a service. To start the service configuration use the below
command in the terminal window
[root@localhost ~]# serviceconf
or
[root@localhost ~]# system-config-services
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User can check the box on the left of the service and then clicks to start,stop or restart the
service. After making any changes it need to be saved using the save option on the graphic tool.
3 . F I L E S Y S T E M A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
3.1.Overview
Red Hat Linux uses the ext3 filesystem. It has journaling feature that improves recovery from
crashes. The filesystems are organized in a hierarchy. The / filesystem is on top of the hierarchy.
All other filesystems are contained in it in form of subdirectories.
If a disk partition is mounted on a filesystem then all the sub directories and files below that
mount point are stored on that partition. Let the / partition and /usr partition are mounted on
/dev/sda5 and /dev/sda6 partitions then the sub directories and files below the /usr are stored
in the /dev/sda6 partition.
All the filesystems which don't have separate partition are stored in the partition of / filesystem.
3.2.Filesystem Information
/bin – it contains commands to be used by common users.
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/boot – it contains bootable Linux kernel and bootloader configuration files.
/dev – it contains files representing device of the system.
/etc – it contains configuration file.
/sbin – it contains administrative commands.
/usr – contains user and administrative commands, user applications, and documentation.
/var – it contains log files of different services, and directories of data used by services like
FTP, Web server.
/proc – The /proc filesystem is virtual file system. This means that the /proc filesystem
is not mounted on any disk partiotion. It contains system information and information
about the processes running on the system. The process information is kept into a sub
directory of the /proc. The name of the sub directory is same as that of process PID.
3.2.1./etc/fstab file
The file contains information about the filesystems. The sample /etc/fstab file is
LABEL=/1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/opt1 /opt ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/usr1 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/home1 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
LABEL=/boot1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
LABEL=SWAP-sda13 swap swap defaults 0 0
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The first column represents the device name representing the filesystem.
The second column represents the mount point in the filesystem.
The third column denotes the filesystem type. The filesystem types ext3,swap are associated
with a device that is Partition of hard disk but the filesystems with type proc,sysfs,tmpfs are not
associated with any partition of hard disk.
The fourth column contains the options used while mounting the filesystem during the system
boot using the mount command.
The filesystem with the option noauto in the fourth field are not mounted during boot time.
The defaults option mounts the filesystem with following options of mount rw, suid, dev, exec,
auto, nouser,and async.
async All I/O to the file system should be done asynchronously. auto means automatically
mounted at boot time, dev Interpret character or block special devices on the file system.
exec means allow execution of executable files,
rw means in read write mode,
suid Allow set-user-identifier or set-group-identifier bits to
take effect.
nouser a non root user cannot mount the filesystem.
3.2.2./etc/mtab
To view the filesystems which are actually used by a running Linux system type the command
mount in terminal or view the contents of the /etc/mtab file. The difference is /etc/fstab con-
tains the static information about the filesystems while /etc/mtab contains the dynamic infor-
mation about the filesystem. The sample /etc/mtab file is below
/dev/sda11 / ext3 rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
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devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/sda12 /opt ext3 rw 0 0
/dev/sda10 /usr ext3 rw 0 0
/dev/sda9 /home ext3 rw 0 0
/dev/sda8 /boot ext3 rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0
sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0
First column contains the disk partition which is mounted.
Second column contains the filesystem mounted.
Rests of the columns are same as that of the /etc/fstab file.
3.2.3.Mounting a filesystem
To mount a filesystem mount command is used. The standard format of mount command is
mount -t filesystem-type device-path-name directory-name
If a user wants to mount cdrom media in directory /home/movie then issue the command
[root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/cdrom /home/movies
If a user wants to mount windows partition /dev/sda4 on /home/movie then issue the com-
mand
[root@localhost ~]# mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /home/movies
3.2.4.Unmounting a filesystem
To unmount a filesystem use the following command
umount directory-name- on-which-the-device-was-mounted
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To unmount the /dev/sda4 use the following command
root@localhost ~]#umount /home/movies
To unmount a device when the device is no longer in use (at the time when the command is
issued the device is in use so the command waits for the device). For example files are being
copied from mounted directory /home/movies then below command will unmount the directory
when file copy is over.
root@localhost ~]#umount -l /home/movies
To force unmounting of a directory use the below command
root@localhost ~]#umount -f /home/movies
3.2.5.Creating a filesystem
A filesystem can be created on a device. A device can be floppy disks,rewritable Cd s,rewritable
DVDs and hard disk partitions.
mkfs command is used to create the filesystems on a device. The format of the command is
mkfs -t filesystem-type device-name
For example if ext3 filesystem is to be created on the re writable CD device then the command
will be
mkfs -t ext3 /dev/cdrom
mkfs command is front end to the commands which are actually invoked to carry out the work
of creating the filesystems on the device. The command which will be invoked depends on the
filesystem which is to be created. Below is the list of commands and filesystems for which the
commands will be invoked.
filesystem Commands used
ext2 mkfs.ext2 , mke2fs , mkfs -t ext2
ext3 mkfs.ext3, mke2fs , mkfs -t ext3
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vfat mkfs.vfat , mkfs -t
vfat,mkdosfs,mkfs.msdos
ntfs mkfs.ntfs,mkfs -t ntfs
xfs mkfs.xfs , mkfs -t xfs
swap mkswap
The commands mke2fs uses the configuration file /etc/mke2fs.conf. The configuration file
contains the default parameters while creating the ext2 and ext3 filesystems. Below is the
sample /etc/mke2fs file
[defaults]
base_features=sparse_super,filetype,resize_inode,dir_index
blocksize = 4096
inode_ratio = 8192
[fs_types]
small = {
blocksize = 1024
inode_ratio = 4096
}
floppy = {
blocksize = 1024
}
news = {
inode_ratio = 4096
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}
largefile = {
inode_ratio = 1048576
}
largefile4 = {
inode_ratio = 4194304
}
The defaults section of the file defines the default parameters used by the mke2fs. The default
parameters can be overridden from the command line.
The fs_types section defines the default parameters which should be used for a specific filesys-
tems for example for the floppy the blocksize is set to 1024.
3.3.Creating Swap space
mkswap command is used to create a swap area on a device or file.
If the system has less swap area and no partition device can be used as swap area or user is not
willing to do that then a swap area can also be created on a file. The file should be created using
the following commands
[root@localhost ~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/swap bs=1000000 count=10
10+0 records in
10+0 records out
10000000 bytes (10 MB) copied, 0.0373886 s, 267 MB/s
This creates a file named swap in the /home directory of size 10 MB. It is data file (the output of
the command file swap will return data as output).The ls -l swap command below shows the file
permissions attached with the swap file created. The chmod command is used to change the file
permissions of swap to 0 so that no one has the right to read,write or execute it.
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[root@localhost home]# ls -l swap
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10000000 2009-01-11 13:28 swap
[root@localhost home]# chmod 0 swap
[root@localhost home]# ls -l swap
---------- 1 root root 10000000 2009-01-11 13:28 swap
Create swap space on the file swap
[root@localhost home]# mkswap swap
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 9994 kB
3.3.1.Enabling swap space
The swap space created cannot be used by the system unless it is enabled using the swapon
command. The format of the swapon command is
swapon device-name
For example to enable the swap space created on the swap file above use the command
[root@localhost home]# swapon swap
The file /proc/swaps shows the swap space area of the system. This file can be used to see
whether the swap area thus enables is used by the system or not.
To check the contents of the /proc/swaps enter the below command on terminal
[root@localhost home]# cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/sda13 partition 819272 4 -1
/home/swap file 9756 0 -2
The listing shows two swap areas on the system /dev/sda13 which is hard disk partition and
/home/swap which is file.
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3.3.2.Disabling swap space
To disable a swap area use the command swapoff. The format of the command swapoff is
swapoff device-name
To disable the swap area created on the file swap in above case use the command
[root@localhost home]# swapoff swap
Now to check whether the swap file is disabled view the contents of the file /proc/swaps
[root@localhost home]# cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/sda13 partition 819272 4 -1
3.4.Checking and Repairing a filesystem
The fsck command is used to check the linux filesystem and optionally repair it. The general
format of the fsck command is
fsck -t filesystem-type device-name
If no device-name is specified on the command line then the command checks the filesystem in
order they are mentioned in the /etc/fstab file.
The fsck command is the front end to the commands which are invoked for different filesystem
types. The command which will be invoked depends on the filesystem which is to be checked.
Below is the list of commands and filesystems for which the commands will be invoked.
Filesystem Commands used
ext2 fsck.ext2 , fsck -t ext2
ext3 fsck.ext3, fsck -t ext3
vfat fsck.vfat , fsck -t vfat,fsck.msdos
ntfs fsck.ntfs,fsck -t ntfs
xfs fsck.xfs , fsck -t xfs
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fsck command returns the following exit codes
0 - No errors
1 - File system errors corrected
2 - System should be rebooted
4 - File system errors left uncorrected
8 - Operational error
16 - Usage or syntax error
32 - fsck canceled by user request
128 - Shared library error
The exit code returned when multiple file systems are checked is bit-wise OR of the exit codes
for each file system that is checked.
3.4.1.Searching for badblocks
The command badblocks searches for the badblocks on a device. The badblocks command
should not be run with the -w option as badblocks searches for the presence of badblocks on the
device by writing a pattern on every block of the device which erases the data on the device.
So,the filesystems which have data should not be checked with badblocks using the -w option.
Those devices or filesystem should be checked for badblocks using the badblocks command
without any option or with the -n option. The -n option is read only mode so no data is written
on the device block and hence the data is not erased.
To protect data and check for badblocks use the below command
badblocks device-name or badblocks -n device-name
To erase the data and check for the badblocks use the below command
badblocks -w device-name
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3.5.Automatically mounting a filesystem
When a system is booted the filesystems are automatically mounted. The users don’t have to
run the mount command to mount the filesystems like /home,/usr etc. This automatic mount-
ing of filesystem is due to the autofs service which runs when the system boots. The autofs
service lies in the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory. When a system boots then the autofs service runs
with the option start and when the system is shutting down the autofs service runs with the
option stop.
The autofs service controls the operation of the automount daemons. It reads the file
/etc/auto.master and finds the mount points on system. Each mount points found is mounted
by automount and a thread is also started by automount to manage the mount point. Below is
the sample /etc/auto.master file.
automount mounts a mount point when the mount point is accessed and deactivates it when it
is no longer used.
# Sample auto.master file
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# For details of the format look at autofs(5).
#
/misc /etc/auto.misc
/net -hosts
#
# Include central master map if it can be found using
# nsswitch sources.
#
# Note that if there are entries for /net or /misc (as
# above) in the included master map any keys that are the
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# same will not be seen as the first read key seen takes
# precedence.
#
+auto.master
In the above file the lines starting with # are comments.
The line /misc /etc/auto.misc tells the daemon automount to look into the file /etc/auto.misc
for the mount points. The sample /etc/auto.misc file is
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage
cd -fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom
# the following entries are samples to pique your imagination
#linux -ro,soft,intr ftp.example.org:/pub/linux
#boot -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hda1
#floppy -fstype=auto :/dev/fd0
#floppy -fstype=ext2 :/dev/fd0
#e2floppy -fstype=ext2 :/dev/fd0
#jaz -fstype=ext2 :/dev/sdc1
#removable -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hdd
In the above file the line starting with # are comments. The line
cd -fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom
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Causes the automount to mount the /dev/cdrom device when a CDROM media is inserted into
the drive and change the directory to the /dev/cdrom. If user comments this line the
/dev/cdrom drive will not be automatically mounted when a CDROM media is inserted into the
drive.
3.5.1.Checking status of automount
To check whether automount is running in the system or not type the following command in the
terminal
[root@localhost ~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs status
automount (pid 2157) is running...
3.6.RAID disks
Linux uses the ext3 filesystem type which has journaling feature. Journaling feature means that
it helps to recover from crashes and brings the filesystem into a consistent state. If power failure
occurs when a system is running and it shutdowns immediately (not a graceful shutdown that is
the system shuts down before user can shutdown using the shutdown -h now command or from
the graphic panel choosing the shutdown option) leaves the filesystem in a inconsistent state.
Journaling feature of the filesystem enables it to recover from such kind of crashes.
But journaling feature is not sufficient to handle all the cases for example if one of the partition
is damaged then the files cannot be recovered. RAID disks are used to improve disk perfor-
mance and minimize the chance of data loss.
RAID devices are virtual devices created from two or more real block devices. This allows
multiple devices to be combined into a single device to hold a single filesystem.
Linux Software RAID devices are implemented through the md (Multiple Devices) device driver.
Currently, Linux supports LINEAR md devices, RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), RAID4,
RAID5, RAID6, RAID10.
3.6.1.Creating RAID device
The RAID devices can be created during installation and after installation.
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During installation of Red Hat Linux the RAID devices can be created using the disk druid
partition manager.
� On the disk druid menu selecting the raid button launches the raid options panel. � On that panel select create a software raid partition button.� Create the partition with software raid as the filesystem type� from the raid options panel select create a raid device button� Enter the mount point, filesystem type, raid device, raid level information on the raid
device panel.
This creates the raid devices. The raid devices information can be monitored, viewed using the
mdadm command after the installation.
3.6.1.2.Using mdadm command
To create the RAID device use the mdadm command. mdadm command is all purpose com-
mand for raid devices. It creates, enables, assembles and monitors the raid devices. The format
of the mdadm command for creating raid devices is
mdadm - -create raid-device-name - -level=n1 - -raid devices=n2 hard-disk-device-name
n1 is a number which denotes the raid level of the raid device. The values of n1 can be 0, 1, 4, 5,
6, and 10. The value of n2 is equal to the number of physical devices which forms the raid device
/dev/md0. The hard-disk-device name is name of the devices separated by spaces. The raid
device name will be /dev/md0 if the first raid device is being created and so on.
To create a raid device /dev/md0 of level 1 using the hard disks /dev/sda0,/dev/sda1,/dev/sda2
use the following command
mdadm - -create /dev/md0 - -level=1 - -raid devices=3 /dev/sda0 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2
3.6.1.3.Other uses of mdadm
The mdadm can be used to mark a device of a raid array to be marked as failed, remove it from
the raid array or add it to raid array. Raid array means the physical devices which together
makes a logical raid device. The various format of the mdadm command are
mdadm raid-device-name -f hard-disk-device-name
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to mark the device as failed. To mark the device /dev/sda2 of the raid device /dev/md0 of the
above example as failure the command used is
mdadm /dev/md0 -f /dev/sda2
mdadm raid-device-name -r hard-disk-device-name
is used to remove the device. To remove the device /dev/sda2 of the raid device /dev/md0 of
the above example the command used is
mdadm /dev/md0 -r /dev/sda2
mdadm raid-device-name -a hard-disk-device-name
is used to add the device as a spare. To add the device /dev/sda2 of the raid device /dev/md0 of
the above example the command used is
mdadm /dev/md0 -a /dev/sda2
3.6.1.4.Information about a raid device
The mdadm command is also used to see the detailed information about an active raid device.
The command used for the purpose is given below
mdadm - -details raid-device-name
3.7.Logical Volume Group
Logical volume group support is provided in Red Hat Linux.
3.7.1.Creating A Logical Volume Group
To create a Logical volume group at first physical volume is initialized. The pvcreate command
is used to initialize the partition for use by logical volume utilities. The format of pvcreate
command is
pvcreate hard-disk-partition-name
To initialize the partition /dev/sda5 of the hard disk run the command
[root@localhost ~]# pvcreate /dev/sda5
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Physical volume "/dev/sda5" successfully created
Then add the physical volume thus created to the new volume group using the command
vgcreate or added to an existing volume group using the command vgextend. The format of
command vgcreate and vgextend is
vgcreate volume-group-name hard-disk-partition1 hard-disk-partition2 …...........
vgextend volume-group-name hard-disk-partition1 hard-disk-partition2 .....
To create the new volume group my_vol_grp for the /dev/sda5 of the above example use the
command
[root@localhost dev]# vgcreate my_vol_grp /dev/sda5
Volume group "my_vol_grp" successfully created
To view the attributes of the volume group created use the command vgdisplay. The format of
the command vgdisplay is
vgdisplay volume-group-name
For example to view the attributes of the volume group my_vol_grp use the command
[root@localhost dev]# vgdisplay my_vol_grp
--- Volume group ---
VG Name my_vol_grp
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 1
Metadata Sequence No 1
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
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MAX LV 0
Cur LV 0
Open LV 0
Max PV 0
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
VG Size 9.77 GB
PE Size 4.00 MB
Total PE 2500
Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0
Free PE / Size 2500 / 9.77 GB
VG UUID 3I5EmB-es47-Deqz-hN9w-eUaK-u1i6-tMSCoW
To create a new logical volume in the volume group the command lvcreate is used. The format
of the command lvcreate is
lvcreate -l %VG or %FREE volume-group-name
lvcreate -L G or M or K volume-group-name
In the first case the space on which the logical group is to be created is expressed as the percen-
tage of the total space of the volume group or the percentage of the total space of the free space.
In the second case space on which the logical group is to be created is given as the total space
expressed in MB, GB, KB (G means GB, M means MB and K means KB).
To create the logical volume group on the my_vol_grp volume group created earlier use the
command
[root@localhost dev]# lvcreate -L 9.7G my_vol_grp
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Rounding up size to full physical extent 9.70 GB
Logical volume "lvol0" created
The above commands create the logical volume successfully. To check the logical volume
created view the contents of the directory /dev/my_vol_grp. It will contain an entry lvol0.
To display the information about the logical volume thus created use the lvdisplay command.
[root@localhost dev]# lvdisplay /dev/my_vol_grp/lvol0
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/my_vol_grp/lvol0
VG Name my_vol_grp
LV UUID CaD0Bp-Czo8-fCbu-QXi5-d0I1-LHS3-TwJvVw
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 0
LV Size 9.70 GB
Current LE 2484
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors 0
Block device 253:0
3.7.2.Remove a logical volume
The lvremove command is used for this purpose. The format is
lvremove /dev/volume-group/logical-volume-name
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To remove logical volume logical-volume-name.
To remove all the logical volumes in a volume group use
lvremove /dev/volume-group
3.7.3.Remove a volume group
The command vgremove is used for this purpose.
vgremove volume-group-name
3.7.4.Remove a physical volume
The command pvremove is used for this purpose.
pvremove physical-volume
3.7.5.Logical volume management utility
Red Hat offers graphical utility to achieve all the functions performed above like creating a
volume group, creating a logical volume, removing volume group and logical volume, viewing
and editing the information about the volume group and logical volume.
To invoke the Logical Volume Management utility run the below command in the terminal
window
[root@localhost ~]# system-config-lvm
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In the above utility the left hand panel shows the volume groups and the uninitialized entries.
The uninitialized entries are the normal partitions of the hard disks and the volume group
shows the volume group created for example this window shows the volume group my_vol_grp
and within the volume group the logical volume lvol0 is listed. User can use the buttons edit
properties to edit the properties of the logical volume.
4 . P A C K A G E M A N A G E M E N T
4.1.Overview
A good operating system should allow the user to install and update software with ease. Red Hat
offers the luxury of maintaining the package in a simple and efficient way. There are many
options available to the user yum, rpm, and graphical utilities.
4.2.Using yum
yum (Yellow Dog Updater ,Modified) is used to install and update the software packages in rpm
format from software repositories on the web. The yum uses the configuration file
/etc/yum.conf and the configuration files in the directory /etc/yum.conf.d.
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The yum command checks the configuration files and searches the locations mentioned in the
configuration files for the package which is needed to be updated or installed by yum. The
format of sample configuration file /etc/yum.conf is
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
metadata_expire=1800
cachedir mentions the directory which yum uses as the cache memory that is storage for storing
temporary file.
keepcache options value if 0 causes the headers and cache files to be deleted after successful
installation and value 1 retains the files.
The log file where yum writes the log information.
The option gpgcheck if 1 forces yum to check the gpg keys of the packages and if 0 the gpg keys
are not checked.
The files in the directory /etc/yum.repos.d contain the location on the web which yum searches
for the packages. Each file represents the location of the packages. The contents of the directory
are
[root@localhost etc]# cd yum.repos.d;ls
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fedora-development.repo fedora-updates.repo livna-devel.repo
fedora.repo fedora-updates.repocp livna.repo
fedora.repocp fedora-updates-testing.repo livna-testing.repo
Each file corresponds to a software repository on web. The file will be in the below form
[fedora]
name=Software-Server
baseurl=give the http address of the server
mirrorlist=give address of the mirror location
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=location of the gpg key file.
The yum command takes a number of inputs. The general format of the command is
yum option package-name
In case of some options yum don't need package name so the format becomes
yum option
Option Description usage
install Installs a package yum install package-name
update Updates a package yum update package-name
check-update Checks whether an
update is available
for the packages
installed in the
system
yum check-update
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remove Removes the pack-
age and any depen-
dent package from
the system
yum remove package-name
erase Same as remove Same as remove
4.3.Using rpm
A lot number of Red Hat software exists in rpm format. It is very easy to install the rpm soft-
ware packages by using the rpm command. The rpm command can be used to install, upgrade,
verify, and uninstall the rpm software.
Option Usage description
-i rpm – i package-name Install a package
-U rpm -U package-name Updates package
already installed on
the system. If any
previous version of
package is not in-
stalled then the pack-
age is installed.
-F rpm -F package-name Upgrade a previously
installed package.
-e rpm -e package-name Erases a package from
system
-q rpm -q package-name Queries about a pack-
age
-V rpm -V package-name Verify an installed
package against its
original software
package. If the in-
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stalled package
matches with original
software package then
there is no output.
-v rpm -v Prints verbose infor-
mation
-vv rpm -vv Prints lots of verbose
information
-h rpm -h Prints # marks during
the package processing
using rpm. 50 # are
printed when 100%
processing is done.
If the rpm command is to be used with two options then use this form usually the option -v, -vv,
and -h is used with the other options. The format is
[root@localhost rpm]# rpm -qvv python
D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv
D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0
D: locked db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Name rdonly mode=0x0
D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys rdonly mode=0x0
D: read h# 1353 Header sanity check: OK
D: ========== DSA pubkey id b44269d0 4f2a6fd2 (h#1353)
D: read h# 741 Header V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 4f2a6fd2
python-2.5-12.fc7
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D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys
D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Name
D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: closed db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages
D: May free Score board((nil))
In above example rpm queries the rpm database to find out whether the python software is
installed. If the software is installed it prints the information about the software. The option -q
and -vv are used together.
The rpm command uses the two global configuration file /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc and
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/rpmrc. It uses /etc/rpmrc configuration file which is configuration file
specific to a system. The configuration file .rpmrc in the home directory of a user is the user
level rpm configuration file. It also uses the /var/lib/rpm/* directory as the database for storing
rpm package information. In above case it queries the database to get the information about the
python rpm package.
4.4.Using make
The software packages are available in the tar.gz, tgz, and tar.bz2 format. The packages need to
be uncompressed and then the source code is to be build using the. /configure, make and make
install commands.
To uncompress the packages with tar.gz extension use the commands
gunzip realplay.tar.gz
This forms realplay.tar
and then use the command
tar xvf realplay.tar
generates directory realplay.
The two commands can be combined into one command
tar xvfz realplay.tar.gz
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generates directory realplay.
If the source code is in tar.bz2 format then use the command
bzip2 -d realplay.tar.bz2
It forms the directory realplay.tar
After uncompressing the package change the working directory of the terminal to the directory
realplay
Now to install the package run the commands
./configure
make
make install
The ./configure command configures the package for the platform of the system.
The make command makes the package for the system.
The command make install installs the package on the system.
4.5.Package Manager
package manager is a graphical utility which gathers the information about the packages availa-
ble over the web for update and installation. It searches the software repositories which have
been defined in the yum configuration files. To invoke the Package Manager enter the below
command in terminal
[root@localhost redhat]# system-config-packages
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On the browse tab user can browse for the packages available over the web in different catego-
ries. On the search tab user can search for a package and on the list tab the user gets the listing
of all the package, available package, and installed package depending upon the option box
chosen by the user.
After choosing for the packages which need to be installed the user can decide to apply the
changes made on the panel. If the changes are applied then the packages are downloaded from
web and are installed.
5 . U S E R A N D G R O U P A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
5.1.Overview
Linux is a multi user operating system. During installation root user account has to be created
(root user is administrator of the system). One more user account is asked to create (user may
choose to create the account or skip). User account can also be created after installation. Each
user belongs to a group account. Group account can also be created after installation.
5.2.Creating User Account
The useradd command is used to create a new user. It is also used to update default values used
while creating a new user. The general format of the useradd command is
useradd options user-name
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useradd -D options
useradd -D
The first form is used to create a new user while the second form is used to override the default
options used while creating a new user. The third form is used to view the default values which
will be used while creating a user account.
To view the default values enter the following command in terminal
[root@localhost ~]# useradd -D
GROUP=100
HOME=/home
INACTIVE=-1
EXPIRE=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SKEL=/etc/skel
CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=yes
Simplest form of useradd command is
useradd user-name
If this command is run useradd creates the user account by using the default values. useradd
reads the file /etc/login.defs for the default values to be used while creating the user. The sam-
ple /etc/login.defs file is
# *REQUIRED*
#Directory where mailboxes reside,or name of file, relative to the
# home directory. If you _do_ define both, MAIL_DIR takes #precedence.
# QMAIL_DIR is for Qmail
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#
#QMAIL_DIR Maildir
MAIL_DIR /var/spool/mail
#MAIL_FILE .mail
# Password aging controls:
#
#PASS_MAX_DAYS Maximum number of days a password may #be used.
# PASS_MIN_DAYS Minimum number of days allowed #between password changes.
# PASS_MIN_LEN Minimum acceptable password length.
# PASS_WARN_AGE Number of days warning given before a #password expires.
#
PASS_MAX_DAYS 99999
PASS_MIN_DAYS 0
PASS_MIN_LEN 5
PASS_WARN_AGE 7
#
# Min/max values for automatic uid selection in useradd
#
UID_MIN 500
UID_MAX 60000
#
# Min/max values for automatic gid selection in groupadd
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#
GID_MIN 500
GID_MAX 60000
#
# If defined, this command is run when removing a user.
# It should remove any at/cron/print jobs etc. owned by
# the user to be removed (passed as the first argument).
#
#USERDEL_CMD /usr/sbin/userdel_local
#
# If useradd should create home directories for users by default
# On RH systems, we do. This option is overridden with the -m flag #on
# useradd command line.
#
CREATE_HOME yes
# The permission mask is initialized to this value. If not specified,
# the permission mask will be initialized to 022.
UMASK 077
# This enables userdel to remove user groups if no members exist.
#
USERGROUPS_ENAB yes
# Use MD5 or DES to encrypt password? Red Hat use MD5 by #default.
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MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes
So if a user is created with the command
[root@localhost ~]# useradd user1
Then a directory user1 is created in /home, shell is /bin/bash, mailbox lies in /var/spool/mail
directory and the contents of the /etc/skel directory is copied in the /home/user1 directory.
/etc/skel contains the login and application startup scripts. The contents of the /etc/skel are
viewed using ls -la command.
[root@localhost skel]# ls -la
total 80
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2009-01-13 22:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 138 root root 12288 2009-01-13 22:53 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 2007-02-12 20:48 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176 2007-02-12 20:48 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 124 2007-02-12 20:48 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 500 2007-05-23 19:45 .emacs
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-01-06 16:21 .kde
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-01-06 16:08 .xemacs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 658 2007-03-06 01:54 .zshrc
.bash_logout,.bash_profile,and .bashrc contains the user specific options and aliases which is
used by the bash shell each time the bash shell starts up..kde contains the kde desktop applica-
tion options. The .bashrc file can be used by user to customize user's shell environment. The
sample .bashrc file is
# .bashrc
# Source global definitions
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if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
# User specific aliases and functions
If the file /etc/bashrc exists then the file is executed./etc/bashrc contains the global options to
the bash shell. The options in /etc/bashrc apply to all users using bash shell. The values in
/etc/bashrc can be overridden using the .bashrc file.
Much information needed to create user account is taken from the file /etc/profile. It sets the
hostname, histsize of the shell, shell environment variables like PATH,USER,LOGNAME,and
INPUTRC etc. The /etc/profile file also looks in the directory /etc/profile.d for the files which
contain aliases and environment variables for use by the user.
General format
The default values used while creating a user account can be overridden by passing those values
from shell. The format of useradd command is
useradd -c “comment” -d home directory path -g group name -p password -s shell -u userid
[root@localhost ~]# useradd -c "new user" -d /home/user2 -g user1 -s /bin/csh user2
When a user account is created an entry corresponding to the user name for example us-
er1,user2 is created in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow file. An entry is also added when a new
group is created for example user1. Below is the content of /etc/passwd filesystem
user1:x:502:502::/home/user1:/bin/bash
user2:x:503:502:new user:/home/user2:/bin/csh
/etc/shadow file contains the user name and the encrypted password of the user. The entry of
/etc/group file is
user1:x:502:
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The command useradd -D -b home directory name -s shell -g group
can be used to change the default values used while creating new user account. Below command
is used to change the shell to /bin/tcsh from /bin/bash
[root@localhost ~]# useradd -D -s /bin/tcsh
[root@localhost ~]# useradd -D
GROUP=100
HOME=/home
INACTIVE=-1
EXPIRE=
SHELL=/bin/tcsh
SKEL=/etc/skel
CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=yes
5.3.Modifying user account
usermod command is used to modify the user information. The general format of usermod
command is
usermod -c “comment” -d home-directory-name -g group-name -l login-name -s shell -u user-id
5.4.Deleting user account
userdel command is used to delete the user account.
userdel user-name
this deletes the entry corresponding to the user name from /etc/passwd file and /etc/shadow.
To delete the home directory along with the account following command is used
userdel -r user-name
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5.5.Group Administration
5.5.1.Adding New Group
groupadd command is used to add new group. If no options are specified on the command line
default values are used. The format of groupadd command is
groupadd -g group-id
groupadd-r option
Second command is used to add administrative groups. Administrative group and users have
ids below 500.The file /etc/gshadow is used to store the group's password.
5.5.2.Modifying group information
groupmod command is used to modify existing group information.
groupmod -g new-group-id -n new-group-name.
5.5.3.Deleting group
groupdel command is used to delete group. It deleted the entry of group from the files like
/etc/group and /etc/gshadow
5.6.Using User Manager
The user manager utility is used to perform all the tasks discussed above using the graphical
interface. To invoke the user manager utility enter the below command in terminal
[root@localhost ~]# system-config-users
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It can be used to add ,modify and delete user and group information. To modify existing user
information click on the user name and then use the properties button. The below panel is
generated. The information can be edited on the below panel and changes can be saved.
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To create a new user. click on the add user button. The below window is thrown and the infor-
mation of new user can be entered.
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5.6.1.Changing user password
The password of user can be changed by entering the command passwd.
passwd user-name
if the user-name is not mentioned then it is assumed that user wants to change root user's
password. The command prompts for root user's password and then for the new password. The
password needs to be entered twice.
5.7.Space Usage
The du command is used to check the space used by the files and subfolders of a directory. The
format of the command is
du folder-name
if the option -h is used the command displays the size of files and subfolders in K (kilo-
bytes),M(megabytes),and G (gigabyte) form. The size of files contained in a subfolder is also
displayed .
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[root@localhost ~]# du -h /home/user1
8.0K /home/user1/.kde/Autostart
12K /home/user1/.kde
8.0K /home/user1/.xemacs
44K /home/user1
The df command is used to display the amount of space available on a filesystem. The format of
the command is
df filesystem
If the filesystem option is not used on command line then df displays the amount of space
available in all the mounted filesystems of the system.
[root@localhost ~]# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda11 9920592 2390424 7018100 26% /
/dev/sda12 4956284 141220 4559232 4% /opt
/dev/sda10 9920592 4643932 4764592 50% /usr
/dev/sda9 16479668 384520 15244508 3% /home
/dev/sda8 101086 18499 77368 20% /boot
tmpfs 383428 0 383428 0% /dev/shm
6 . S Y S T E M A D M I N I S T R A T I O N
6.1.Overview
The root user is can perform all the tasks on the system. The root user is administrator account
on Red Hat Linux. During installation the root account is must to create.
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6.2.Getting Administration Rights
6.2.1.The su command
The su command is used to change the user id and group id of the user issuing the command to
that of user mentioned on the su command. The format of the su command is
su – user-name
If user2 has entered this command in terminal then he will have the privilege of user-name (he
can perform all actions which user1 can perform using the terminal in which he entered the
above command. Outside that terminal he won't have the privilege of user1).
6.2.2.Using the su
Using the su command a user can also get privilege of root user but the user will be prompted
for the root user's password. If he enters the password correctly then he gets the privilege of
root user else he won't get the privilege.
The user id and group id of the root user is 0. Te user and group ids below 500 are reserved for
the administrative users. There are some administrative accounts which are automatically
created by Linux but the user accounts cannot be used to log into the system as they are defined
with the /sbin/nologin./sbin/nologin refuses login from the user. The user accounts are listed in
the file /etc/passwd. Below is the sample /etc/passwd file
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin
adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/sbin/nologin
lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/sbin/nologin
sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync
shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown
halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt
mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/sbin/nologin
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The users bin,daemon,adm,lp,and mail are defined with /sbin/nologin so those user accounts
cannot be used to login into system. The root user must be created on a Linux machine and all
other user accounts in above sample are automatically created.
6.2.3.Administrative commands
6.2.3.1./sbin and /usr/sbin directory
The directory /sbin and /usr/sbin contain administrative commands. Only root user can use the
commands .Other uses must have given privilege to use those commands. The privilege can be
granted by the root user only.
6.2.4./etc/sudoers file
The file /etc/sudoers file defines group of similar command under an alias name. For example
## Command Aliases
## These are groups of related commands...
## Networking
Cmnd_Alias NETWORKING = /sbin/route, /sbin/ifconfig, /bin/ping, /sbin/dhclient,
/usr/bin/net, /sbin/iptables, /usr/bin/rfcomm, /usr/bin/wvdial, /sbin/iwconfig, /sbin/mii-tool
## Installation and management of software
Cmnd_Alias SOFTWARE = /bin/rpm, /usr/bin/up2date, /usr/bin/yum
## Services
Cmnd_Alias SERVICES = /sbin/service, /sbin/chkconfig
## Updating the locate database
Cmnd_Alias LOCATE = /usr/sbin/updatedb
## Storage
Cmnd_Alias STORAGE = /sbin/fdisk, /sbin/sfdisk, /sbin/parted, /sbin/partprobe,
/bin/mount, /bin/umount
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At first command aliases are defined in the /etc/sudoers file. STORAGE is defined for the
commands /sbin/fdisk,/sbin/sfdisk,/bin/mount,/bin/umount.
In above case the command mount is in directory /bin. The explanation is any user can use
mount command to view the filesystems currently mounted on the system but only root can use
it to mount a filesystem. Since normal users can not use commands in /sbin directory that is
why mount command is in /bin directory.
Then in the file /etc/sudoers different groups are defined with different levels of privilege.
## Allow root to run any commands anywhere
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
## Allows members of the 'sys' group to run networking, software,
## service management apps and more.
# %sys ALL = NETWORKING, SOFTWARE, SERVICES, STORAGE, DELEGATING,
PROCESSES, LOCATE, DRIVERS
## Allows people in group wheel to run all commands
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
## Same thing without a password
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
## Allows members of the users group to mount and unmount the
## cdrom as root
# %users ALL=/sbin/mount /mnt/cdrom, /sbin/umount /mnt/cdrom
## Allows members of the users group to shutdown this system
# %users localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now
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The file /etc/sudoers should be edited using the /sbin/visudo command. Suppose a user jack is
to be given the privilege of group sys then uncomment the line #%sys using the /sbin/visudo
command.
Then open the file /etc/group and add the user jack on line corresponding to the group sys
root:x:0:root
bin:x:1:root,bin,daemon
daemon:x:2:root,bin,daemon
sys:x:3:root,bin,adm,jack
adm:x:4:root,adm,daemon
The entry jack is made in /etc/group file..
Now the user jack can use the command rpm to install any software prefixing the command rpm
with sudo for example
sudo rpm -i vlc
6.3.Changing owner and group
The chown command is used to change the owner or/and group of a file. The general format of
the command is
chown owner:group file-name
case 1 if only owner is specified but group is not specified then the file owner is changed to
owner and the file group is changed to that of login group of owner.
Case 2 if owner and group both are specified then the file owner is changed to owner and file
group is changed to group.
Case 3 if owner is not specified but group is specified then the group of file is changed to that of
group
case 4 if owner and group both are not specified then nothing happens.
The chgrp command is used to change the group of a file. The format of the command is
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chgrp group-name file-name
changes the group of file-name to group.
The system administration can be divided into several parts
� Managing user accounts (creating,deleting,modifying user and group accounts) (discussed before)
� managing services to be run in a runlevel (discussed before)
� Updating existing software and installing new software (discussed before)
� Monitoring system performance � Automating tasks� Managing and tuning kernel
6.4.Monitoring System performance
6.4.1.Using System Monitor
The system information can be viewed using the System Monitor utility. To start the system
monitor utility follow these steps on desktop go to system--> then go to administration-->then
click on System Monitor.
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On the processes tab the user can see the listing of all the processes of the system at that mo-
ment.
The user can click on a process and then can end process by clicking on the End Process button.
Using the Edit menu option the user can Start Process, View Process, End Process, Kill Process,
and also change the priority of the process.
Using the view menu option user can choose the option to see only processes started by him (his
process) or all process or active processes on the system.
Using the filesystems tab the filesystems currently mounted on the system are displayed. A user
can also choose which information he/she wants to see for the processes using the Edit--
>preferences option of the menu .
On the preferences window the user can choose the time interval after which the information is
to be refreshed.
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6.4.2.Using top
The top utility is started by typing the top command in the terminal window. The top command
gives various information about the system
� number of users currently logged on� load average of the system� total number of processes, no of processes active, no of processes sleeping, no of zombie
processes� usage detail of swap memory� usage detail of RAM memory� the information about the processes of the system like PID (process identification
number ),percent CPU usage,% memory usage, the command used for invoking the process. The priority of the process.
6.4.3.Other commands
There are several commands available in Linux which can be used to view the system informa-
tion.
6.4.3.1.Using w command
The w command is used to view the users who are logged on the system and the processes run
by them. It also shows the time for which the system is running and the load average of the
system.
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[root@localhost ~]# w
23:17:20 up 32 min, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.21, 0.19
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
root pts/0 :0.0 22:48 10:07 0.04s 0.00s find /home
root pts/1 :0.0 23:08 1.00s 0.03s 0.00s w
6.4.3.2.Using uptime
The uptime command is used to show the time for which system is running. Load average of the
system and number of users logged on the system currently.
[root@localhost ~]# uptime
23:17:44 up 32 min, 2 users, load average: 0.19, 0.22, 0.19
6.4.3.3.Using vmstat
The vmstat command is used to displays the virtual memory statistics.
[root@localhost ~]# vmstat
procs --memory----- ---swap-- -io---- --system-- -----cpu------
r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st
0 0 0 218808 20736 258632 0 0 144 38 114 435 7 1 89 2 0
Under the proc heading it displays the no of processes waiting for run time (under r sub head-
ing),no of processes in sleep(under sub heading b).
Under the memory heading it displays amount of virtual memory used(swpd),free memory,
buffer memory, cache memory, under swap heading amount of memory swapped in from
disk(si) and amount of memory swapped out(so).
Under the io heading blocks received from block devices(bi),blocks sent to block devices(bo).
Under the CPU heading the CPU related information.
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6.4.3.4.Using free
It gives the amount of free and used memory space of the system.
[root@localhost ~]# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 766860 550340 216520 0 22476 261796
-/+ buffers/cache: 266068 500792
Swap: 819272 0 819272
6.4.3.4.Using kill
The kill command is used to end a process. The format of the kill command is
kill -s signal-name pid
� if the pid is 0 then all process in current process are signaled.� If the pid is 1 then processes with pid >1 re signaled� if pid is > 1 then the process with that id is signaled.
6.5.Log information
The user can see the log information of the system using the System Log viewer .The system log
viewer is launched from desktop using SYSTEM-->ADMINISTRATION-->SYSTEM LOG.
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On the left hand side the list of log files is displayed. User can click on the name of files to view
the log information. For example the file /var/log/boot.log contains the log information of boot
time.
Clicking on the cron entry on left displays the log information about the jobs scheduled using
the cron utility on the right panel of the above utility. The log information about the cups can be
seen by expanding the tree under the cups entry on the left panel of the utility.
7 . K E R N E L S E R V I C E S A N D C O N F I G U R A T I O N
7.1.Overview
Linux kernel is heart of Linux operating system. The hardware drivers are installed to interface
with the hardware. The hardware drivers are maintained as the modules of the kernel. The
drivers can be inserted,deleted,and the information about the drivers can be viewed.
7.2.kernel Modules
All the modules configured into the kernel are located in the directory /lib/modules/*/. The * is
replaced by the output of uname -r command. The content of the directory is
[root@localhost 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7]# ls
build modules.dep modules.networking modules.symbols
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extra modules.ieee1394map modules.ofmap modules.usbmap
kernel modules.inputmap modules.pcimap source
modules.alias modules.isapnpmap modules.scsi updates
modules.ccwmap modules.libata modules.seriomap weak-updates
The kernel subdirectory of the above output contains the drivers currently part of the kernel.
The file modules.networking contains the name of the drivers for the network devices.
7.2.1.Modules Loaded into Kernel
To view the modules currently loaded into the kernel use the command lsmod. The
file/proc/module contains the listing of modules currently loaded into the kernel.
[root@localhost ~]# lsmod
Module Size Used by
i915 25793 3
drm 78037 4 i915
ipt_MASQUERADE 7745 1
iptable_nat 11461 1
nf_nat 22125 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
The modinfo command can be used to view information about any of the loaded module into
the kernel. For example to view information about the driver i915 of above case use the com-
mand
[root@localhost ~]# modinfo i915
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/char/drm/i915.ko
license: GPL and additional rights
description: Intel Graphics
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author: Tungsten Graphics, Inc.
srcversion: 9274BE575209BE18EC18D84
depends: drm
7.2.2.Inserting module into kernel
Sometimes a user might need to install a hardware device if the hardware driver is not part of
the kernel. The user has to insert the driver module into the kernel. The insmod command is
used to insert a driver module into the kernel. The format of the insmod command is
insmod file-name
if the file-name is – then the module is taken from the standard input.
7.2.3.Removing module from kernel
The rmmod command is used to remove a module from the kernel. The format of the command
is
rmmod module-name
7.2.4.Using modprobe command
The modprobe command can be used to insert a module into kernel ,and remove a module
from the kernel.
The modprobe command inserts other modules which are dependent on the module being
inserted using the command. Let module2 is module dependent on module1 then if the com-
mand
modprobe module1 is executed then the modules module1 and module2 both are inserted as the
module2 is dependent on module1. The module dependencies are listed into the modules.dep
file located in the directory /lib/modules/uname -r/. If module2 is dependent on module1 then
the file contents will be
/lib/modules/*/kernel/crypto/module2.ko:
/lib/modules/*/kernel/lib/zlib_deflate/module1.ko
/lib/modules/*/kernel/lib/zlib_deflate/module1.ko
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:
In above example the modules module1 and module2 are listed using fully qualified path name.
The dependent module is on left side and the independent module is on the right side of the
semicolon.
But if the command insmod is used then the module1 is only inserted.
The command modprobe -r module-name is used to remove the modules from the kernel.
The modprobe command looks in the directory /lib/modules/*/ and also for the configuration
file /etc/modprobe.conf (if the file is present) and in the directory /etc/modprobe.d.
The sample modprobe.conf file is
alias eth0 via-rhine
options snd-intel8x0 index=0
install binfmt-0000 /bin/true
The option alias defines an alternate name eth0 for the via-rhine. The option options define the
options which will be used when the module is inserted into the kernel.
The install option is used to run the commands defined after the module name. In above case if
the command
modprobe binfmt-0000 is run then the command /bin/true is executed.
7.3.Process and Kernel Information
7.3.1.The ps command
The ps command is all purpose command to get information about the processes running on the
system. There are many options available for the ps command. The command ps aux is used to
display all the processes currently running on the system.
7.3.2.Changing priority of process
The renice command is used to change the priority of the running process. The format of the
renice command is
renice priority -p pid of process -u user-name -g group-id
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If the renice command is issued on user then the process priority of all processes of the user
changes and if issued for group then the process priority of all processes owned by the group is
changed and if issued for process id then the process priority is changed.
7.3.3.Using dmesg
It is used to examine and print the boot up message. The user can use the command to capture
the messages. The format of the command is
dmesg -c -n level
The -c option clears the kernel ring buffer after printing
-n option sets the level of messages which will be printed.
If the value of level is 1 then the serious error messages are only printed.
[root@localhost modprobe.d]# dmesg -c
Linux version 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 ([email protected]) (gcc version
4.1.2 20070502 (Red Hat 4.1.2-12)) #1 SMP Wed May 23 22:35:01 EDT 2007
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
sanitize start
sanitize end
copy_e820_map() start: 0000000000000000 size: 000000000009fc00 end:
000000000009fc00 type: 1
............
.........
............
is the output of command. After the execution the kernel ring buffer gets clear now if the com-
mand dmesg is run again then there will be no output.
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7.3.4.Syslogd
The syslogd supports the system logging as well as kernel message trapping. The syslogd and
klogd comprises the sysklogd package. syslogd supports the system logging. It uses the configu-
ration file /etc/syslog.conf. The file defines the files where different system messages will be
written. Below is the sample /etc/syslog.conf file
# Log all kernel messages to the console.
# Logging much else clutters up the screen.
#kern.* /dev/console
# Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher.
# Don't log private authentication messages!
*.info;mail.none;news.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages
# The authpriv file has restricted access.
authpriv.* /var/log/secure
# Log all the mail messages in one place.
mail.* -/var/log/maillog
# Log cron stuff
cron.* /var/log/cron
# Everybody gets emergency messages
*.emerg *
# Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file.
uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler
# Save boot messages also to boot.log
local7.* /var/log/boot.log
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#
# INN
#
news.=crit /var/log/news/news.crit
news.=err /var/log/news/news.err
news.notice /var/log/news/news.notice
In the above file /var/log/secure file is defined to contain the authorization and security related
messages. For example the PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) related messages are
logged in this file.
The cron job messages are logged in the file /var/log/cron
The file name can be changed by the root user if root wants to log the information into different
file.
The klogd captures the kernel messages. The process id(PID) of the klogd daemon is defined in
the file /var/run/klogd.pid. The source for the kernel message is the /proc/kmsg file. If the file
is not present then klogd uses a system call to obtain kernel messages. The klogd daemon
always runs on a running system and traps any messages which kernel generates.
7.4.Automating Tasks --
A user can schedule to run a job at a specified time. The at,batch,and cron facilities are used to
schedule a job at a specified time.
7.4.1.Using at
The at command is used to schedule a job at a time and the atd daemon runs the job scheduled
by the at command. The at command cannot be used by all the users. The root user can use the
at command. There are two files which determine which users can use the at command.
The file /etc/at.allow lists the name of the users who are allowed to use the at command. The
/etc/at.deny command lists the name of the users who can't use the at command. The
/etc/at.allow file is first checked for the user name who can use the at command if the file is not
present then the file /etc/at.deny is checked to see the users who cannot use the at command. If
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both the files are not present then only root user can run the at command. The sample format of
the /etc/at.allow or /etc/at.deny is
jack
mark
The user names should be one in a line and there should not be whitespace in the user name.
The at -l command is used to list all the scheduled jobs(if root user runs this command then
scheduled job of all users is displayed),if invoked by other users the scheduled job of only that
user is displayed.
The jobs which are listed have an on right are in at queue, the jobs which have = on right are
jobs currently executing, and the jobs with b on right are in batch queue.
[root@localhost ~]# atq
3 Fri Jan 16 22:44:00 2009 a root
2 Fri Jan 16 22:49:00 2009 a root
1 Fri Jan 16 22:39:00 2009 = root
4 Fri Jan 16 23:03:00 2009 a root
at -m sends mail to the user when the job completes even if the job has no output.
The command at time-specification is used to schedule the job at that time. The three ways in
which jobs can be scheduled are
7.4.1.1.using pipe
A list of command can be scheduled using pipe for example
[root@localhost ~]# ls -la | at now+5min
job 1 at Fri Jan 16 22:39:00 2009
to schedule a number of commands write each command separated by semicolons.
7.4.1.2.Using at prompt
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The at prompt is presented to the user if at time-specification is entered for example
[root@localhost ~]# at now+20min
at> ps
at> du
at> <EOT>
press CTRL+D to come out of at prompt. In above example ps and du both are scheduled.
7.4.1.3.Using file
The at -f filename time-specification command is used to give the command using the file file-
name. The contents of the file(commands in the file name is executed at time specification).
atq – The atq command is used to list the scheduled job. Same as
at -l
atrm – command is used to delete a scheduled job. The format is
atrm jobid
to delete the job 4 in below case use
the command at -l gives listing of all scheduled jobs.
[root@localhost ~]# at -l
4 Fri Jan 16 22:46:00 2009 a root
3 Fri Jan 16 22:44:00 2009 a root
2 Fri Jan 16 22:49:00 2009 a root
1 Fri Jan 16 22:39:00 2009 = root
use atrm to delete job 4.
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[root@localhost ~]# atrm 4
the command atq gives listing of all scheduled jobs.
[root@localhost ~]# atq
3 Fri Jan 16 22:44:00 2009 a root
2 Fri Jan 16 22:49:00 2009 a root
1 Fri Jan 16 22:39:00 2009 = root
The outputs of the commands are mailed to the owner of the job after successful completion of
the job.
7.4.2.Using batch command
The batch command is used to schedule a job. The job runs when the load average of the system
is below .8.The batch scheduled job is run by the atd daemon. The batch command invokes the
at command prompt
[root@localhost ~]# batch
at> df
at> du
at> <EOT>
job 5 at Fri Jan 16 22:58:00 2009
The scheduled jobs which are submitted using the at command and batch command are spooled
in the directory /var/spool/at. The files contain the information about the commands along
with the environment under which the commands were scheduled. The sample file for the
commands scheduled using the batch command is
#!/bin/sh
# atrun uid=0 gid=0
# mail root 0
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umask 22
SSH_AGENT_PID=2866; export SSH_AGENT_PID
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain; export HOSTNAME
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=; export DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID
SHELL=/bin/bash; export SHELL
...............
............
df
du
7.4.3.Using cron
The cron facility is also used to schedule the jobs. The crontab jobs are executed by the cron
daemon. The root user can access cron facility. The users can be given access to cron using two
files.
The /etc/cron.allow file is used to list the users who can use the cron facility. The
/etc/cron.allow file is first searched by the cron facility if the file does not exists then the
/etc/cron.deny file is searched./etc/cron.deny lists the user names which are not allowed to
access the cron facility. If both files don't exists then only root user can use cron facility.
The crontab -e command is used to create a crontab file. A text editor can be used to create a
file-name.cron file .
[root@localhost at]# crontab -e
no crontab for root - using an empty one
crontab: installing new crontab
The crontab file is created in the /var/spool/cron directory. The name of the file is same as the
name of the user. The format of the file is
5 23 * * * ls -la /usr/local
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� The first field is minute (0-59)� second field is hour (0-23)� third field is day of month(0-31) � fourth field is month (0-12).Jan,Feb,mar,Apr format is also used.� fifth field is day of week(0-7).Sun,Mon,Tue format is also used.0 and 7 both are used for
Sunday� The field value * in the fields denotes all possible value.� After the time fields the command field follows.
The command crontab -l is used to list all the crontab jobs.
[root@localhost at]# crontab -l
5 23 * * * ls -la /usr/local
The crontab -r command is used to delete the crontab jobs.
[root@localhost cron]# crontab -r
[root@localhost cron]# crontab -l
no crontab for root
7.4.3.1./etc/crontab
The file /etc/crontab file is system crontab file. The cron daemon reads the /etc/crontab file.
The sample /etc/crontab file is
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/
# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
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22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
The environment of the sub shell is set using this file.
The SHELL parameter sets the shell to /bin/bash.
The mail is done to root user (MAILTO parameter).
The runparts define the time when the scripts in the directories /etc/cron.hourly,
/etc/cron.daily,/etc/cron.weekly,and /etc/cron.monthly are executed by the cron daemon.
8 . W E B S E R V E R
8.1.Overview
The web server accepts the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol(HTTP) requests and sends a response
to the client. The apache web server is the most widely used web server. The apache web server
source code is freely downloadable.
8.2.Starting Apache
The user should check whether the Apache web server is enabled in the runlevel or not. The
chkconfig - -list option is used to check whether the Apache web server is enabled or not
[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --list httpd
httpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
The httpd service (the daemon corresponding to the Apache web server) is enable in runlevel
2,3,4,and 5. If the service is not enabled then the command chkconfig httpd on is used.
If the service is enabled in a runlevel use the command service httpd start to start the Apache
Web Server.
[root@localhost ~]# service httpd start
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
After starting the service check the working of Apache web server by typing the address
http://localhost
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in the address bar of the Mozilla Firefox (web browser).
The Apache web server configuration directory is /etc/httpd. The directory contains main
configuration file, sub directories and symbolic links to other directories.
[root@localhost httpd]# ls -l
total 36
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-01-17 10:01 conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-01-17 10:29 conf.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2009-01-06 16:15 logs -> ../../var/log/httpd
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-01-06 16:20 modsecurity.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2009-01-06 16:15 modules -> ../../usr/lib/httpd/modules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2009-01-06 16:15 run -> ../../var/run
The conf directory contains the main Apache configuration file httpd.conf.
The conf.d contains the configuration files relating to the languages( like Python,Perl,and
PHP),database(Mysql) and the authorization modules.
The logs directory is symbolic link to /var/log/httpd directory which contains the httpd log
information
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the modsecurity directory contains files relating to the security, http policy, and protocols
related.
The modules directory is symbolic link to the /usr/lib/httpd/modules directory which contains
the library files for the Apache web server.
The run directory contains the symbolic link to /var/run directory which contains the httpd.pid
file which contains the PID of httpd daemon.
8.3.Main Configuration file
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file is main configuration file for Apache web server. The file is
divided into three parts.
� Configuration directives for Apache web server process as whole.� Configuration parameters for the main server (not virtual hosts but these parameters
also set default values for all virtual hosts)� Settings for virtual hosts.
8.3.1.Global Environment Configuration
In the global environment configuration section the following attributes are set
# Don't give away too much information about all the subcomponents
# we are running. Comment out this line if you don't mind remote sites
# finding out what major optional modules you are running
ServerTokens OS
This hides the additional subcomponent modules from the remote sites. The additional sub-
component configuration files reside in the /etc/httpd/conf.d directory.
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
ServerRoot "/etc/httpd"
The server root names the main directory where all the server information is kept.
# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.
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#
Timeout 120
The server will wait for 120 secs for a response and after that the connection will timeout.
# Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
# ports, in addition to the default
Listen 80
In this case apache listens to port number 80.The port number can be changed to any port
number by the user.
# Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
#
LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
LoadModule auth_digest_module modules/mod_auth_digest.so
LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
The LoadModule loads the modules from the /usr/lib/httpd/modules directory (the directory
/etc/httpd/modules is a symbolic link to above directory).
# Load config files from the config directory "/etc/httpd/conf.d".
#
Include conf.d/*.conf
Loads the additional component support component files from the /etc/httpd/conf.d directory.
The directory contains the configuration files for PHP,Perl,Python,and Mysql etc.
User apache
Group apache
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The httpd server runs under the user apache and group apache. The user account apache and
the group account apache are automatically created (user don't create the accounts).The user
can set this to his/her user-name and group-name.
8.3.2.Main server section
# ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed.
ServerAdmin root@localhost
In case of any information server wants to give then the information is send to the email address
mentioned in the directive ServerAdmin. The email address can be edited if user wants so.
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"
This is the directory where the user will place the contents or files he/she wants to get handled
by the web server. For example if you create an index.html file and kept it in this directory and
open the address http://localhost using any web browser then the contents of index.html file
will be displayed.
# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
# for additional configuration directives. See also the AllowOverride
# directive.
#
AccessFileName .htaccess
#
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# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
# viewed by Web clients.
#
<Files ~ "^\.ht">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>
The .htaccess file is used to control access to the directory. The contents of htaccess file should
not be visible to the clients who are accessing the server (people who are using web browser to
view contents or pages on the server). The line Deny from all sets the access level that no user
can be able to see the file .htaccess (the address in the web browser address bar corresponding
to the .htaccess file won't give anything).
# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
#
LogLevel warn
The loglevel defines the messages which are to be logged. In above case the warning messages
will be logged in the file.
# Proxy Server directives. Uncomment the following lines to
# enable the proxy server:
#
<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
ProxyRequests On
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#
<Proxy *>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from .example.com
</Proxy>
The apache web server acts as proxy server if the above lines are uncommented. In the above
example if the Proxy Requests directive is OFF then apache will act as a cache server. The
permission level set for the proxy server in above case is the access is denied from all except
.example.com.
#
# To enable a cache of proxied content, uncomment the following lines.
# See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_cache.html for more details.
#
<IfModule mod_disk_cache.c>
CacheEnable disk /
CacheRoot "/var/cache/mod_proxy"
</IfModule>
#
If the following lines are uncommented then the apache web server servers as a cache server.
The root directory for the cached files is /var/cache/mod_proxy.
8.3.3.Virtual hosts section
#
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# Use name-based virtual hosting.
#
#NameVirtualHost *:80
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com
ServerName dummy-host.example.com
ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
</VirtualHost>
The virtual host section is used to configure virtual hosting which supports more than one
domain using a single web server system.
In the following example the ServerName is set to dummy-host.example.com. So if a user
requests a document in the domain ServerName then the documents or files from the directory
/www/docs/dummy-host.example.com is fetched. Each and every apache directive can be used
within the VirtualHost.
8.4.HTTP Server Configuration
The HTTP Server Configuration is used to configure the HTTP server. To invoke the utility
enter the below command in terminal
[root@localhost conf]# system-config-httpd
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The main tab is used to configure the server name and web master email address to add the ip
address click on the add button.
The new address and the port can be added on the panel displayed. The user can choose to
listen to all address option .
Use the virtual host tab to configure the virtual host.
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The add button is used to add a new virtual host and the edit button is used to edit the proper-
ties of the virtual host highlighted on the left part of panel. the delete option can be used to
delete the virtual host. If the user choose to edit the properties of a virtual host the below panel
is displayed
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The user can use the tabs on top of the panel to configure the options. The general properties
like virtual host name ,document root directory, web master email address can be configured on
the general tab.
The server tab on the main panel is used to configure the server lock file location, core directory
where all the configuration files of the server will be kept, and the location of the pid file. The
user and group under which the apache server is running can also be edited.
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The performance tab is used to configure the parameters which help in improve the perfor-
mance of the apache web server. Parameters like connection timeout period ,maximum number
of requests per connection are set here. These options are impact the performance of the apache
web server.
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9 . S Q U I D S E R V E R
9.1.Overview
It is high performance proxy caching server for web clients with supporting HTTP,FTP,and
Gopher data objects. Squid consists of a main server program squid, a Domain Name System
lookup program dnsserver and some other modules for authentication and management tasks.
9.2.Configuring Squid
The directory /etc/squid contains the configuration files for squid server. The main configura-
tion file for the squid server is /etc/squid/squid.conf. The squid configuration file is divided into
sections
9.2.1.Network options
Under the network options the user can define the socket addresses. http_port define the
socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client requests. The socket address can be
defined in three forms:
� port alone� hostname with port
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� IP address with port
# Squid normally listens to port 3128
http_port 3128
9.2.2.Neighbor selection algorithm option
Under this section the user define the mapping of rules for the requests and neighbor which will
be called if a request obeys the rule. For example
hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
means that when the URL consists of certain string of characters then the original server han-
dles the request.
9.2.3.Cache size options
This section defines the options which control the cache size and swap memory used to handle
the objects. For example
#Default:
cache_mem 8 MB
This sets the cache size (RAM memory used to store the in transit objects that is objects that are
in use),hot objects(objects that are used often),and negative cache objects(recent failed re-
quests).
9.2.4.Log File and Cache directory section
This section defines the directory which will be used as a cache directory.
#Default:
cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid
This section also defines the format of the squid log files. The cache dir /var/spool/squid con-
tains the following files
[root@localhost squid]# ls
access.log cache.log squid.out store.log
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The squid pid is stored in the file /var/run/squid.pid.
9.2.5.Access control section
This section defines the access control. By default no outside client is allowed to access the
contents. The acl tag is used to define access control. the form of acl tag is
acl name type string or file
below is the example of acl tags from /etc/squid/squid.conf file
acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
acl manager proto cache_object
acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
acl SSL_ports port 443
acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
acl CONNECT method CONNECT
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the first line gives name all to all the addresses. The manager can access the contents as defined
by the second line. The localhost name is given to the loopback interface. The next lines define
different ports with a name for example port 443 with name SSL_ports.
http_access allow localhost
http_access deny all
the above lines define that the localhost can only access the http content all others are denied.
This entry can be edited to add more number of clients who can access the content.
9.2.6.Administrative parameters
The administrative parameter defines the user under which squid will run ,the user receiving
mails in case cache dies etc.
#Default:
cache_mgr root
Above line define that root user is mailed in case the cache dies.
#Default:
cache_effective_user squid
The above line define that the effective user of the squid is squid user. Squid is an administra-
tive user account created automatically.
9.3.Cache Manager
The cache manager is a cgi utility for displaying information about the squid http proxy process
as it runs. The configuration file for cache manager is /etc/squid/cachemgr.conf. The configura-
tion file controls which servers will be managed by the cache manager.
# This file controls which servers may be managed by
# the cachemgr.cgi script
#
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# The file consists of one server per line on the format
# hostname:port description
#
# Specifying :port is optional. If not specified then
# the default proxy port is assumed. :* or :any matches
# any port on the target server.
#
# hostname is matched using shell filename matching, allowing
# * and other shell wildcards.
localhost
In the above example the localhost server is managed by the cache manager.
The cache manager can be invoked by typing the address http://server-name/cgi-
bin/cachemgr.cgi.
9.4.Squid Daemon
The squid daemon receives the configuration information from the squid daemon configuration
file /etc/sysconfig/squid. The sample format of the file is
# default squid options
# -D disables initial dns checks. If you most likely will not to have an
# internet connection when you start squid, uncomment this
SQUID_OPTS="-D"
# Time to wait for Squid to shut down when asked. Should not be necessary
# most of the time.
SQUID_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT=100
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After making changes in the configuration file restart the squid daemon if the squid daemon is
already running using the command
[root@localhost squid]# /etc/init.d/squid restart
Stopping squid: . [ OK ]
Starting squid: . [ OK ]
if the squid daemon is not running then use
/etc/init.d/squid start
command.
Alternatively the command
[root@localhost squid]# squid -k reconfigure
causes the squid to read the configuration file again.
1 0 . N F S S E R V E R
10.1.Overview
In organizations it is common that the files are kept at one server. The files are accessible by
some computers on the intranet of the organization. The access to files is defined by rules set at
the server machine. NFS is example of a file server.
10.2.Starting NFS service
To start the NFS service enter the below command in the terminal
[root@localhost ~]# service nfs start
Starting NFS services: [ OK ]
Starting NFS quotas: [ OK ]
Starting NFS daemon: [ OK ]
Starting NFS mountd: [ OK ]
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10.3.Sharing Folders
The file /etc/exports contain the name of the folders which are to be shared. One directory entry
is done on one line. The format of the /etc/exports file entry is
directory-name host-name(options) #comments
directory name is the name of the directory which is shared with other computers on network.
The host names are the computers which have right to access the files.
The options define security levels that is who can access and which users can access the directo-
ry.
10.3.1.Format of hostname
Multiple hostnames or lp address can be entered separated by blank. The combination of lp
address and hostname can also be used. The format of the entry is
hostname1 hostname2
hostname1 hostname2 165.123.12.87
All the hosts from a particular network can also be entered using the ip address/net mask
format.
192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0
The wildcard characters *,? can also be used. ? matches any one character and * matches any
number of character. So for example if all the computers in the domain example.com should be
allowed access to directory files then enter the entry
files *.example.com
but if the access should be restricted to computers with first name of 5 characters use
files ?????.example.com
The access can also be defined in terms of the NIS group. The
NIS group can be preceded by the @ of sign before the NIS group name. For example to give
access to mynis group add entry
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@mynis
10.3.2.Options format
The valid options used in the /etc/exports file are
secure – the client computer should connect using the port below 1024.if the insecure option is
specified then any port can be used.
rw – the clients can read the files on NFS volume and also write on the directory . The other
option is ro which allows read operation only.
async – It responds to the request before the changes made by the request are made perma-
nent (that is changes are written to disk).So this option improves performance but increases
chance of inconsistencies . The sync option means server will respond to the request after the
changes made by the request are made permanent (that is changes are written to disk) so there
is no chance of inconsistency.
root_squash – this option maps the root user of client (uid 0 gid 0) to anonymous uid and
gid. The default value of anonymous uid and gid is 65534.The anonymous uid and gid value can
be changed by using options anonuid and anongid.
no_root_squash – the root user of client is treated as the root user of the server as well ( the
uid/gid of root is not mapped to the anonymous uid and gid).
all_squash – map uid and gid of all users to anonymous uid and gid. Other option is
no_all_squash which causes no mapping to be done.
Below is the sample /etc/exports file
/home/vishnu *(sync,ro,secure,all_squash)
/home/user1 ?????.example.com(async,rw,insecure,root_squash)
In the first entry the directory /home/vishnu is made accessible
by each computer (indicated by *) and options sync,ro,secure and all_squash is used.
The second entry makes the directory /home/user1 accessible to computers with five letter
name in domain example.com with options async,rw,insecure,and root_squash.
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The directories mentioned in the /etc/exports file can be exported that is made available to the
network using the exportfs command or rebooting the system or restarting the NFS service.
[root@localhost ~]# exportfs -a -v
exporting ?????.example.com:/home/user1
exporting *:/home/vishnu
The exportfs -a -v command is used to export all directories listed in the /etc/export file and
print verbose output.
� -a option is used to export all directories� -u option is used to unexport one or more directories.� -r reexport the directories� -v verbose mode produces output
or use the below command
[root@localhost nfs]# service nfs restart
Shutting down NFS mountd: [ OK ]
Shutting down NFS daemon: [ OK ]
Shutting down NFS quotas: [ OK ]
Shutting down NFS services: [ OK ]
Starting NFS services: [ OK ]
Starting NFS quotas: [ OK ]
Starting NFS daemon: [ OK ]
Starting NFS mountd: [ OK ]
10.4.Accessing the NFS directory
The NFS directory needs to be mounted before it can be accessed. To mount the NFS directory
the mount command can be used. For example to access the /home/vishnu directory enter the
below command in the terminal
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[root@localhost nfs]# mount localhost:/home/vishnu /mnt/win
This mounts the /home/vishnu directory on /mnt/win directory of the same system.
The autofs facility can also be used to mount the NFS shared directories on demand. To mount
the NFS directories using the autofs use the following step
add the below line in the /etc/auto.master
/net /etc/auto.net
Then restart the autofs service. For example to access the directory /home/vishnu the below
command is used
cd /net/localhost
10.5.NFS Server Configuration
The NFS server configuration utility can be used to create the /etc/exports file using the graphi-
cal interface. It is invoked using the below command
[root@localhost nfs]# system-config-nfs
It lists the two directories which are exported. To add a new directory for export click on the add
button. User can also edit the properties of the directories already exported by selecting the
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directory in the directory listing and click on the properties button. The below panel is displayed
which can be used to edit the options which are used to share the directory /home/vishnu.
The above panel is also displayed if the user wants to share a new directory (by clicking on the
add button) but that time the panel will not contain any previous value.
The server settings can also be edited by clicking on the server settings button
The user can enter the port numbers in the text boxes of the panel to force NFS daemon for
using these ports.
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10.6.Using nfsstat
The nfsstat command is used to display statistics about the NFS server and client activity. It
uses following files to present the output in user readable format
� /proc/net/rpc/nfsd -- procfs-based interface to kernel NFS server statistics.� /proc/net/rpc/nfs -- procfs-based interface to kernel NFS client statistics.� /proc/mounts -- procfs-based interface to the mounted filesystems.� use nfsstat -s to display server side information� use nfsstat -c for client side information� use nfsstat -n for NFS statistics� use nfsstat -r for rpc statistics
The var/lib/nfs directory is used to keep information about the exported directory. The files
xtab,etab,and rmtab files contain the information about the exported files. The sample etab file
is
/home/user1
?????.example.com(rw,async,wdelay,hide,nocrossmnt,insecure,root_squash,no_all_squash,no
_subtree_check,secure_locks,acl,mapping=identity,anonuid=65534,anongid=65534)
/home/vishnu
*(ro,sync,wdelay,hide,nocrossmnt,insecure,root_squash,all_squash,no_subtree_check,secure_
locks,acl,mapping=identity,anonuid=65534,anongid=65534)
1 1 . S A M B A S E R V E R
11.1.Overview
samba is used if the network connected with the system comprising of the computers running
the windows operating system. Windows operating system uses the SMB(Session Message
Block) protocol for sharing files and printers.
11.2.Samba Server Configuration
The samba server configuration utility is used to configure the samba server on the system. To
invoke the samba server configuration utility enter the below command in the terminal
[root@localhost nfs]# system-config-samba
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The panel can be used to configure the server settings, samba users ,and new samba share.
To edit the server setting click on the preferences menu and then to the server settings drop
down choice. The below panel is displayed.
On the basic tab enter the work group name and the description of the work group. On the
security tab the enter the following information the authentication mode, the authentication
server,kerberos realm, encrypt password and guest account. Set the value of the option to below
values
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On the preferences menu list the samba user tab invokes the Samba Users panel which helps to
add new samba users. Click on the new user button to display the below panel
On the above panel enter the UNIX user name and windows user name (the UNIX user name
and the windows user name are usually same). The passwords for the users are also entered on
this panel.
After entering the user-name and password click on the add share button to display the below
panel
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On the basic tab of create samba share the directory which is to be shared is entered. The share
name for the directory is entered which can be any valid name and a description is added (you
may write here anything).The writable option and visible option lets the user choose whether
the clients can write to the directory (writable option) and whether it is visible(visible).If writa-
ble in not checked then the client can't write on the share. If the visible is not checked then the
share won't be visible.
On the access tab user can define who can access the share. The share can be made accessible to
samba users (by checking the check box) or can be allowed to everyone by clicking on the option
box allow access to everyone.
Enter the values and click on OK. The below panel displays the samba share created using the
above procedure and values displayed in the example panels
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11.3.Samba configuration file
The /etc/samba directory contains the configuration files for the samba server. The
/etc/samba/smb.conf is the main configuration file of the samba server. The
/etc/samba/smbusers file contains the list of the samba users. To add the above /home/user1
directory to the share the below content is to be added in the /etc/samba/smb.conf configura-
tion file
[user1]
comment = user1 home directory
path = /home/user1
writeable = yes
; browseable = yes
valid users = vishnu
In above entry the user1 is the name of the share comment is the description added and writable
option means the client have write access to the share and the users who can access the share
are listed using the valid user’s entry. The path of the shared directory is mentioned in the path
entry.
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The /etc/samba/smbusers file contains the list of samba users. To add a new samba user vishnu
as in above case enter below line in the /etc/samba/smbusers file
vishnu = vishnu
The left hand side denotes the UNIX user name and the right hand side denotes the windows
user name.
11.4.Starting Samba service
Use the below command to start the samba service.
service smb start
11.4.1.Checking the service
To check whether the samba service is running on the system and the share created on the
system is being shared as the user wanted it to be use the below command
[root@localhost samba]# smbclient -L localhost
Password:
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[MYGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.25-2.fc7]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
user1 Disk user1 home directory
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (demo sama server)
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[MYGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.25-2.fc7]
Server Comment
--------- -------
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LOCALHOST demo sama server
Workgroup Master
--------- -------
MYGROUP
when asked for password press the ENTER or RETURN key of the keyboard to login as ano-
nymous user. The command displays all the shared directories on the system and also the
workgroup created on the system.
The command can be used to check the working of the samba server and the samba share.
1 2 . F T P S E R V E R
12.1.Overview
File Transfer Protocol is standard method of sharing files over the Internet. The users can
connect to the FTP server and upload, download files from the FTP server. The vsftp is name
given to Very Secured File Transfer Protocol.
12.2.Starting vsftd
Enter the below command to start the vsftpd service if it is not running
[root@localhost ~]# service vsftpd start
Starting vsftpd for vsftpd: [ OK ]
12.3.Configuring vsftpd
The directory /etc/vsftpd contains the configuration and other options file for the vsftpd. The
main configuration file for the vsftpd is /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf. The sample vsftpd.conf file is
# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you #comment this out).
anonymous_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
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local_enable=YES
#
the parameter anonymous_enable is when set to YES then the anonymous user login is allowed
by the ftp server. if set to NO then anonymous user login is not allowed.
local_enable parameter is when set to YES then local users can login to ftp server if set to NO
then local users can not login to ftp server.
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES
#
# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 #(ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=YES
#
xferlog_enable directive is set to YES logs information about the upload and download events.
connect_from_port_20 if set to yes then port 20 is used for transfer of data by ftp.
pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
the pam_service_name denotes the name of the service for the Pluggable Authentication Mod-
ule.
userlist_enable is set to YES then vsftp don't allow users listed in the file /etc/vsftpd/user_list
to login through ftp.
The /etc/vsftpd/user_list contain list of users which are allowed access if userlist_enable=NO.
All the administrative users are listed in the file /etc/vsftpd/user_list
root
bin
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daemon
adm
lp
sync
shutdown
halt
news
uucp
operator
games
nobody
The vsftpd pam also looks for the user names in the file /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers. The file lists the
user names who are not allowed to login through ftp. The user names in the file
/etc/vsftpd/ftpusers are administrative users (they are same set of users as the
/etc/vsftpd/user_list file).
The file /var/log/vsftpd.log and /var/log/xferlog files contain the logging info about the ftp
server.
12.4.ftp command prompt
To start the ftp command prompt enter the below command
[root@localhost log]# ftp
ftp>
ftp supports lot of commands like
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open hostname or ip address – connect to the computer
identified by hostname or ip address
close – close a connections
pwd – shows name of current working directory on remote computer.
ls -- lists the content of a directory on remote computer.
cd – used to change directory on remote computer.
lcd – to change to a directory on local system
mkdir – to create a directory on remote system
rename – rename a file or directory on remote computer
get – copy a file from current directory of remote system to current directory of local system
mget – same as get but multiple files at once
put – copy a file from current directory on local system to current directory on remote system
mput – same as put but multiple files at once.
bye – closes current connection and exits ftp.
12.5.Very Secure FTP daemon Configuration
The Very Secure FTP daemon Configuration utility is used to configure the vsftpd daemon. To
invoke the utility enter the below command in the terminal
[root@localhost ~]# system-config-vsftpd
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On the general tab user can specify options like enable upload and download of files ,whether to
run in standalone mode or not(in standalone mode vsftpd listens to the port it don't run under
inetd or xinetd).
Under server control tab user can start or stop the server view the log files.
On the access control tab the user can define whether the local users should be able to login into
the ftp server and the file which is to be used to ban users from accessing the ftp server for
example the /etc/vsftpd/user_list file contain the list of the administrative user who should not
be allowed to access the ftp server.
on Users tab the way system users and the anonymous users will access the ftp server is defined.
The anonymous user behavior and the system users behavior is set differently so as to provide
better grain of control
On the directory option the file access options are set. File names which match a user defined
criteria can be made inaccessible and invisible to the clients. The users can view the directory
list if or not can also be controlled.
On logging tab the user can provide the files which will be used for logging the standard logging
file is /var/log/vsftpd.log. The information which will be logged can also be defined.
On network tab the user can define the network options. The active connection options and the
passive connection options as well. It also defines the port on which the ftp server listens.
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Maximum number of clients connecting through a single source .
1 3 . L D A P S E R V E R
13.1.overview
LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. It is used to create directories of infor-
mation that can be shared among client applications over a network.
13.2.Configuration
The main directory of the ldap is /etc/openldap. The directory contains the configuration files
and schema files for the ldap. The contents of the directory are
[root@localhost openldap]# ls -l
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-02-20 02:25 cacerts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 246 2007-02-20 02:25 ldap.conf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-01-06 16:17 schema
The file ldap.conf is the main configuration file for the ldap. The sample ldap.conf file is
#
# LDAP Defaults
#
# See ldap.conf(5) for details
# This file should be world readable but not world writable.
BASE dc=example, dc=com
URI ldap://ldap.example.com ldap://ldap-master.example.com:666
SIZELIMIT 12
TIMELIMIT 15
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DEREF never
The BASE directive is used to set the set the distinguished name in the ldap format using the
dc=value format.
URI specifies the uri of the ldap server to which the ldap library will attach. The server name
can be specified or the ip address of the server can be specified. The port can also be specified
on the URI directive.
SIZELIMIT specifies the limit of results which will be returned when the ldap server is
searched. If the value is set to 12 then 12 results will be returned as the output of a search.
TIMELIMIT specifies the time limit which the ldap will take to answer the search request. The
time limit of 15 in above example means that the ldap will take 15 seconds to answer a search
request.
DEREF options specifies the way an alias is dereferenced. The value of deref directive is never
the alias is never dereferenced. This is the default. The other values of the DEREF options is
always,searching,and finding.
The schema directory contains the schema files. The various schema files are
� cosine.schema� inetorgperson.schema� nis.schema� samba.schema
The default schema can be used by the user or edited by the user to create the directory infor-
mation of his/her own. The structure used to create directories is the LDAP Data Interchange
Format(LDIF). To create the ldap directories user have to include the ldap schema he/she is
using in the configuration file /etc/openldap/ldap.conf using the include directive.
For example to include the samba.schema use
include /etc/openldap/schema/samba.schema.
After editing the configuration file user can start creating the directories using any of the ldap
schemas.
The command slapd -t is used to check the /etc/openldap/ldap.conf file for the syntax change.
Create a directory entry with the extension .ldif and save the file.
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To add the contents of the ldif file created to the ldap directory the command ldapadd is used.
� ldapadd -a command adds a new entry to the ldap directory.� ldapmodify command is used to modify the entries of the ldap server.� ldapdelte command is used to delete an entry from the ldap server.� ldapsearch is used to search the ldap directory using the search parameters. The number
of entries which should be returned using the ldapsearch command is defined in the configuration file /etc/openldap/ldap.conf. The SIZELEIMIT option is used to define the number of rows returned. The time of search or the time within which the ldap server should respond is defined in the TIMELIMIT option.
13.3.Starting the ldap
Use the below command to start the ldap service
service ldap start
1 4 . N I S S E R V E R
14.1.Overview
Network Information Service (NIS) was created by Sun Microsystems. It is used to create an
central information database which is kept at a server system and other computers on the
network access the information. The computers which access the database information (maps)
of the server are referred as NIS domain.
14.2.Setting NIS domain name
The command domainname ,or nisdomainname,and ypdomainname are used to set the NIS
domain name of the system. The formats of the commands are
domainname domain-name-of-system
nisdomainname domain-name-of-system
ypdomainname domain-name-of-system
the below command sets the NIS domain name of the system to localdomain
[root@localhost ~]# domainname localdomain
The commands if used without any options give the nis domain name of the system
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[root@localhost ~]# domainname
localdomain
[root@localhost ~]# nisdomainname
localdomain
[root@localhost ~]# ypdomainname
localdomain
The NIS domain name of the system is lost when the computer is rebooted.
14.3.Configuring NIS
The main configuration file of the NIS server is /etc/yp.conf. The sample /etc/yp.conf file is
# /etc/yp.conf - ypbind configuration file
# Valid entries are
#
domain LOCALDOMAIN server LOCALHOST
# Use server HOSTNAME for the domain NISDOMAIN.
#
# domain NISDOMAIN broadcast
# Use broadcast on the local net for domain NISDOMAIN
#
# domain NISDOMAIN slp
# Query local SLP server for ypserver supporting NISDOMAIN
#
# ypserver HOSTNAME
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# Use server HOSTNAME for the local domain. The
# IP-address of server must be listed in /etc/hosts.
#
# broadcast
# If no server for the default domain is specified or
# none of them is reachable, try a broadcast call to
# find a server.
The entry domain LOCALDOMAIN server LOCALHOST
defines the NIS domain name and the NIS server name of the system.
The configuration file is read by the ypbind daemon.
14.4.Starting NIS server
14.4.1.Staring NIS server
To start the NIS server daemon enter the below command in terminal
service ypserv start
14.4.2.Starting ypbind service
The ypbind service handles requests for information from the NIS server. To start the ypbind
service enter the below command
service ypbind start
14.5.Mapping Information
The /etc/nsswitch.conf is used to include the NIS in the search path of the files by a client
system. The sample /etc/nsswitch file is
# Legal entries are:
#
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# nisplus or nis+ Use NIS+ (NIS version 3)
# nis or yp Use NIS (NIS version 2), also called YP
# dns Use DNS (Domain Name Service)
# files Use the local files
# db Use the local database (.db) files
# compat Use NIS on compat mode
# hesiod Use Hesiod for user lookups
# [NOTFOUND=return] Stop searching if not found so far
the above list defines the valid entries which can be added in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
passwd: files nisplus nis
shadow: files nisplus nis
group: files nisplus nis
In the above example the client computers will search the files passwd,shadow,and group on
them and if the files are not found on the system then after that they will search for the files on
nisplus domain.
Next the Makefile in the directory /var/yp is edited to include the files which files are being
shared by the NIS server. The file names which should not be shard in commented out.
The clients’ computers who are allowed access the NIS server information is added in the file
/var/yp/securenets file. The format of the entry in the /var/yp/securenets file is
netmask network
example
255.255.255.0 10.0.0.16
so all the computers on the network 10.0.0.16 can access the NIS sever information.
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The finer grain of control can be implemented using the file /etc/ypserv.conf. This file can be
used to set rules that define which host computers can access which files.
The format of the file is
ip address of network:file-name for which access is defined:security:mangle{:field}
the field is optional. The security can have values as none(to allow access),port(to allow access
from port below 1024),deny(denying access)
the mangle field is having the value yes or no.
14.5.1.NIS database
The NIS database of the files configured to have shared by the NIS server is created by using the
ypinit command.
1 5 . D H C P S E R V E R
15.1.Overview
DHCP stands for the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. DHCP server is used to assign the
ip address,netmask,DNS server and other information to the computers in its network. The
client computers will have to select that they want to use the DHCP server for the information
like ip address,netmask,and DNS server. The server then provides the requested information to
the clients
15.2.Starting the DHCP server
To check the status of the dhcp server run the above command in the terminal
chkconfig –list dhcpd
if the service is not running then enable the service by issuing the command
chkconfig dhcpd on
after enabling the user can run the dhcpd service using the command
service dhcpd start
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15.3.Configuration file
The configuration file for the DHCP server is /etc/dhcpd.conf. The configuration file is used to
list the range of ip address out of which the server will assign a ip address to a computer on its
network. It can also contain option to assign a particular address to a definite Ethernet address
on the network.
15.4.Working of DHCP server
The file /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases contains information if a client has been assigned address
by a dhcp server. For every client which has been assigned address one set of lease line is writ-
ten in the file /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases.
On the client computer if a user enters the command ifconfig -a then corresponding to the
Ethernet interface which was assigned ip address using the dhcp server the user will be the ip
address mentioned in the file /etc/dhcpd.conf
15.5.DHCP client
The DHCP client can be configured using the utility Network Configuration. To invoke the
Network Configuration window enter the below command in the terminal window
[root@localhost ~]# neat
or
[root@localhost ~]# system-config-network
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To configure a device to obtain the ipaddress,dns server information and other information
needed for connecting to the internet from the dhcp server follow this steps.
Choose the device listing. In the above example the device eth0 is chosen (Ethernet interface
eth0).
click on the edit button.
This will throw a Ethernet device panel to the user.
On the below Ethernet device panel choose the general tab
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Then to set up a dhcp client click on the option box Automatically obtain ip address settings
with and in the drop down menu items choose dhcp.
User can also choose to obtain the DNS server information using dhcp by clicking on the check
box Automatically obtain DNS information from provider.
After making the changes the user should restart the network using the below command
service network start
The dhclient is used to get the information from the dhcp server. The dhcp client (invoked by
the command dhclient at boot time if the client is configured to obtain the ip address from the
dhcp server at boot time else invoked when the activate button of the network configuration
utility is clicked after selecting the Ethernet interface) gets the ip address information from the
dhcp server it first checks the configuration file /etc/dhclient.conf for configuration parame-
ters).
The process id (PID) of the dhcp client (invoked by the command dhclient) is stored in the file
/var/run/dhclient.pid.
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1 6 . D N S S E R V E R
16.1.Overview
The DNS stands for Domain Name System. It is used to translate the host names into ip address
and also ip address into the host names. It also contains information about each domain and
organization of domain into zones.
16.2.Starting Named daemon
The status of the named daemon can be checked by the command
chkconfig - -list named
if the service is not running then enable the service using the command
chkconfig named on
to start the service named use the command
/etc/init.d/named start
or
service named start
16.3.BIND Configuration GUI
The BIND Configuration GUI is used to configure the DNS server on a Red Hat Box. In Red Hat
the DNS service is implemented using the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND). To invoke
the BIND Configuration GUI enter the below command in the terminal
[root@localhost ~]# system-config-bind
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The properties button is clicked after selecting the object in the listing panel. In the current case
the DNS server is selected.
To add a new DNS server click on the New button to add a new server. After clicking on the new
tab a drop down list is displayed on which the user can choose the object which he/she wants to
set the value. The objects which are displayed in the drop down list are
� Zone� View� Access Control List� Security key� Server� Controls � Logging� DNSSEC Trusted keys
The user can enter the value of the parameter by clicking on the object. This displays a panel on
which user can enter the value.
The properties of an existing DNS server can be edit by selecting the server in the drop down list
and then clicking the object on the drop down list. The values can be edited on the displayed
panel. After editing the values the changes can be saved using the save button of the main panel.
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To delete a listing use the delete button on the panel and selecting the object in the drop down
list.
16.4.Important files
The named daemon configuration file is /etc/named.conf. The statements in this file are en-
closed in braces and are terminated by semicolon. The lines marked by /* */,// ,and # are
marked as comment lines. The important action defined elements are
acl – access control list used as acl “description “ { ip address };
server – to describe the server
logging – logging facility definitions options – various options like the central directory
view – the value can be inside and outside for a DNS server the request may come
from the private network(inside) or from the outside.
Zone – to describe the zone information
After editing the /etc/named.conf file the syntax of the file can be checked using the command
named-checkconf
by default it checks the file /etc/named.conf for syntax.
named-checkzone is used to check the syntax of the zone files which should be created by the
user in the /var/named directory after creating the file /etc/named.conf file.
The pid of the named daemon is stored in the file /var/run/named.pid.
The directory /var/named directory is the zone file directory of the named service.
The dump file of the named daemon is /var/named/data/cache_dumb.db.
The statistics file of the named daemon is /var/named/data/named_stats.txt
The path and the description of the files can also be viewed using the utility BIND Configuration
GUI. ON the BIND Configuration GUI the DNS server is selected on the list and clicking on the
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properties button displays the location on which the important files are kept and also the de-
scription of the files.
Command Description
whois Searches for the availability of the
domain name. Format is
whois domain-name.
host It is used to get the ip address
corresponding to the hostname and
vice versa. Format is
dig It is used to query the DNS server
and display information returned by
the DNS server. It is often used to
troubleshoot the DNS server.
1 7 . M A I L S E R V I C E S
17.1.Overview
There are three parts of message transfer
� MTA – Mail Transfer Agent� MDA – Mail Delivery Agent� MUA – Mail User Agent
MTA's are also referred as the mail server. The sendmail and postfix are examples of the mail
server.
17.2.Sendmail
To start the sendmail server type the below command in the terminal window
[root@localhost ~]# service sendmail start
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17.2.1./etc/mail
The /etc/mail is the core directory of the sendmail. The files which are contained in the directo-
ry are /etc/mail are divided into following category
17.2.1.1.configuration file
The main configuration file for the sendmail is /etc/mail/sendmail.cf. Many options which
sendmail uses are also defined in the file /etc/mail/sendmail.mc. The file
/etc/mail/sendmail.mc contains the sendmail default values like the location of the other
configuration files to be used by the sendmail, location of the log files and database files.
17.2.1.2.Domain name mapping file
The file /etc/mail/domaintable contain the domain name mapping that is mapping the old
domain name of the network to the new one.
17.2.1.3.Access file
The /etc/mail/access file defines the hosts and users from which the mail server sendmail will
accept mail for delivery or relay.
17.2.1.4.Virtual server files
The file /etc/mail/local-host-name define the domain names for which the sendmail server of
the system will act as a mail server.
17.2.1.5.Virtual users file
The file /etc/mail/virtusertable defines the actions which sendmail should take after receiving
mail from the trusted users and hosts.
Apart from this files the directory /etc/mail also contains the .db files which are database files
corresponding to the files described above for example access.db.
17.2.2.Generating the .db files
To generate the .db files use the following approaches
/etc/init.d/sendmail reload
or
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/etc/init.d/sendmail restart
in above case the database files are automatically created as the sendmail is restarted or the
configuration files are reloaded when the reload option is used.
But this case doesn’t work if user doesn’t want to stop or reload the sendmail server. Then the
second approach is used
Use the below command sequence to create .db files for all the configuration file
cd /etc/mail
make all
if the user wants to make the individual configuration files into the .db files then use the follow-
ing commands
cd /etc/mail
make access.db
replace the filename access.db with the .db file you want to create for example make virtuserta-
ble.db makes the file virtusertable.db.
17.2.3.Checking Sendmail Server
The sendmail server responds to requests on the port 25. To check whether the server is work-
ing or not type the command
[root@localhost mail]# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 localhost.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.1/8.14.1; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:55:26 +0530
^]
user can enter help command to see the sendmail commands he/she can use.
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help
214-2.0.0 This is sendmail
214-2.0.0 Topics:
214-2.0.0 HELO EHLO MAIL RCPT DATA
214-2.0.0 RSET NOOP QUIT HELP VRFY
214-2.0.0 EXPN VERB ETRN DSN AUTH
214-2.0.0 STARTTLS
214-2.0.0 For more info use "HELP <topic>".
17.2.4.Important Files
17.2.4.1./var/spool/mail
The directory contains files corresponding to the user names that are using sendmail. These
files contain the incoming messages received and processed by the sendmail.
17.2.4.2./var/spool/mail/statistics
This file contains the collected statistics about the sendmail.
17.2.4.3./var/spool/mqueue
This directory keeps the outgoing messages temporarily .the outgoing messages are kept until
they are send.
17.2.4.4.Log files
The sendmail log information is maintained in three files
/var/log/maillog,/var/log/maillog.1,and /var/log/maillog.2. The log files contain different level
of information. The file /var/log/maillog.2 contains the detailed log information. An entry is
made for each mail been send by the server or received by the server.
17.2.5.Actions taken by server on a mail
There are four actions which the server can take
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RELAY – the server sends the message to the mail server request in the mail.
REJECT – the message is rejected and sender is informed that the message is rejected.
DISCARD – the message is rejected and sender is not informed that the message is rejected.
ERROR:user defined text message – inform the user why the server did not relay the message.
This options are used to configure the actions of a sendmail server. The options are used in the
/etc/mail/access file. For example
# by default we allow relaying from localhost...
Connect:localhost.localdomain RELAY
Connect:localhost RELAY
Connect:127.0.0.1 RELAY
17.3.Postfix
It is a mail transfer agent that is mail server. The directory /etc/postfix contain the main confi-
guration files and access related files used by the postfix server.
17.3.1.Starting postfix server
The postfix server is not added in any run level by default (sendmail is generally there). So to
add the postfix server use the command
[root@localhost postfix]# chkconfig --list postfix
service postfix supports chkconfig, but is not referenced in any runlevel (run 'chkconfig --add
postfix')
[root@localhost postfix]# chkconfig --add postfix
the first command shows that postfix is not in any runlevel.
The second command adds the postfix server to run level which the user is currently logged on.
To enable the postfix server enter the command
[root@localhost postfix]# chkconfig postfix on
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to start the postfix server use the below command
[root@localhost postfix]# service postfix start
Starting postfix: [ OK ]
17.3.2.Configuration file
The /etc/postfix/main.cf is the main configuration file for the postfix server. There is also a file
/etc/postfix/main.cf.default which is exact copy of the main.cf file and is used for reference in
case user has made any wrong changes in the file main.cf. It defines the hostnames and domain
names ,postfix queues and locations to be used for logging, mailbox.
17.3.2.1.Daemon Configuration file
The file /etc/postfix/master.cf is the main configuration file for the postfix daemon process.
17.3.2.2.Permissions file
The file /etc/postfix/postfix-files contain the directory and file permissions set by the postfix
server.
17.3.2.3.Script file
The file /etc/postfix/postfix-scripts file is a shell script which executes the postfix administra-
tive commands.
17.3.2.4.Post install file
The file /etc/postfix/post-install is a shell script which performs the post installation configura-
tion of the postfix server.
Access file – the file /etc/postfix/access file is used to define the users and system which have
access to use the postfix server.
17.3.3.Mailbox
The directory /var/spool/mail contains files corresponding to the user name of each user having
access to the postfix mail server. The files act as mailbox. The incoming mail of the users
processed by the postfix server is kept in the file. For example for a user named jack the mailbox
will be /var/spool/mail/jack.
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17.3.4./var/spool/postfix
The directory contains a list of directories to temporarily store the mails.
[root@localhost mail]# cd /var/spool/postfix;ls
active corrupt deferred hold maildrop private saved
bounce defer flush incoming pid public trace
In above example the directory /var/spool/postfix contains the sub directories incoming to
temporarily store the incoming mails which have not been delivered yet.
Bounce to temporarily store the bounced mails.
17.3.5.Log files
The log information about the postfix server is logged in the file
/var/log/maillog,/var/log/maillog.1,and /var/log/maillog.2. The file /var/log/maillog.2 con-
tains log information about each and every mail received and send by the postfix server.
17.4.Switching MTA
On a Red Hat Linux box the sendmail and postfix both the servers are installed but the sendmail
is used as the default MTA. The postfix server is treated as an alternative service to the sendmail
server.
The alternatives services and the default services are defined in the directory
/var/lib/alternatives directory and the /etc/alternatives directory. The contents of the directory
/etc/alternatives display the default services configured on the system. The directory contain
the entry
mta-sendmail
this makes sendmail as the default mail server.
The /var/lib/alternatives directory contains file mta which lists other mail servers.
To switch between the mail services from desktop perform following actions System Tools -->
Mail Transport Agent Switcher.
In the window displayed choose the postfix as the alternate mail server.
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Then use the following commands to stop the sendmail server and start the postfix server.
[root@localhost alternatives]# service sendmail stop
Shutting down sm-client: [ OK ]
Shutting down sendmail: [ OK ]
the default sendmail server s stopped and the below command is used to start the postfix server.
[root@localhost alternatives]# service postfix start
Starting postfix: [ OK ]
The postfix server takes the mail transport agent work in place of sendmail. It replaces the
sendmail components and uses the postfix components but the location of the mailbox and the
log files remain same in both the services. The user sending mail and receiving mail don’t see
any difference as there is change only in the transport agent.
17.5.Dovecot
The dovecot is used to configure the IMAP and POP3.IMAP stands for Internet message Access
Protocol and POP3 stands for Post Office Protocol.The mailboxes of sendmail and postfix are
one single file so the above protocols are used to access the mails.
17.5.1.Starting Dovecot
To enable the dovecot service use the command
chkconfig dovecot on
and to start the dovecot service use the command
service dovecot start
17.5.2.Configuration file
The main configuration file for the dovecot service is /etc/dovecot.conf.The sample format of
the /etc/dovecot.conf file is
# Base directory where to store runtime data.
base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/
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base_dir option sets the location where dovecot will store the run time data. The base_dir will
contain the file master.pid file which contains the PID of the dovecot service.
protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s
protocols option sets the protocols which the dovecot listens. Above example sets the dovecot to
listen imap,imaps,pop3 ,and pop3s protocols.
# specify different ports for IMAP/POP3. For example:
protocol imap {
listen = *:10143
ssl_listen = *:10943
..
}
the above part sets the port for the imap. Different ports are used for different protocols.
# Log file to use for error messages, instead of sending them to syslog
.# /dev/stderr can be used to log into stderr.
log_path =/var/log/dovecot.log
# Log file to use for informational and debug messages.
# Default is the same as log_path.
info_log_path =/var/log/dovecot.log
The log_path and the info_log_path sets the log file paths where the dovecot will log the infor-
mational messages and error messages.
# Maximum number of running mail processes. When this limit is reached,
# new users aren't allowed to log in.
max_mail_processes = 1024
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max_mail_processes defines the maximum number of mail processes that can run simulta-
neously
1 8 . N E T W O R K S E C U R I T Y
18.1.Overview
Network security is becoming a vital and challenging task. If a system is connected with network
then the administrator should pay considerable attention to network security.
18.2.The daemon xinetd
The daemon xinetd is started when the system boots and listens on lot of ports corresponding to
the services configured in the configuration file of the xinetd daemon /etc/xinetd.conf.
The directory /etc/xinetd.d contains files corresponding to the services which xinetd will start if
connection is made to that port number. These services are called on demand services and can
be seen using the command
[root@localhost xinetd.d]# system-config-services
or by viewing the contents of the directory /etc/xinetd.d
[root@localhost ~]# cd /etc/xinetd.d;ls
chargen-dgram daytime-dgram discard-stream rsync time-dgram
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chargen-stream daytime-stream echo-dgram tcpmux-server time-stream cvs discard-
dgram echo-stream tftp
Each file correspond to a service which xinetd automatically starts when connection is made to
that port.
This on demand services should not be accessible by everyone. The access can be made selective
by the use of TCP wrappers.
18.3.Using TCP wrappers
The tcpd (tcp wrapper daemon) program can be set up to monitor incoming requests for xinetd
services or in other words the services which xinetd supports and also services that have one to
one mapping onto executable files.
If tcp wrapper is used then if a client makes connection at a port for services like fin-
ger,talk,telnet,and rsh ( xinetd service) then at first tcp wrapper daemon determines whether
the connection will be allowed or refused. If the connection is allowed then the corresponding
service is invoked to listen at the port. The tcpd authenticates the client using the files
/etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny.
18.3.1./etc/hosts.allow
It contains the list of ip address and subnet masks of clients who are allowed connection. This
file is first scanned by tcpd.
18.3.2./etc/hosts.deny
Iit contains the list of ip address and subnet masks of clients who are not allowed connection.
This file is scanned by tcpd after scanning the /etc/hosts.allow file.
If an address is not specified in any file then the connection is allowed.
Format of the files /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny are same. The keyword ALL is specified
for all clients. For example
in.telnetd: .example.com
fingerd: ALL
the connection for the telnet is allowed for clients from domain example.com and connection for
the finger is allowed for all the clients.
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The service daemon is listed on the left if two service daemons are to be listed then the daemons
are separated by comma (,) character. The semicolon acts as a separator between the daemon
names and the address part. If multiple address is to be mentioned then the addresses are
separated by comma.
The ALL flag enables user to make the files as restrictive as it can be made. This enhances
security.
18.4.Security Level Configuration
The Security Level Configuration utility is used to set the security level of the system. To invoke
the Security Level Configuration utility enter the below command in the terminal window
[root@localhost ~]# system-config-securitylevel
On the Firewall Options tab the user can set the firewall is enabled or disabled. The trusted
services are allowed to pass through the firewall. On the other ports the user can add the trusted
ports by clicking on the Add button clicking on the Add button displays the below panel
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On the add port panel the user can enter the port and also the protocol (tcp and udp).after
entering the value press ok.
The user can click on the Advanced options tab to add a file containing iptable rules in the
iptables save format. This allows user to add more complex rules and also customize the fire-
wall.
The user can browse and upload the file containing the user defined rules. After making the
changes click on apply and then OK.
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18.4.1.Configuration files
There are two configuration files /etc/sysconfig/iptables and /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config.
The file /etc/sysconfig/iptables contains the security level currently imposed on the system.
This file is written by the Security Level Configuration utility.
The file /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config is used to, load additional iptables modules. The addi-
tional modules help in NAT filtering and helpers. The sample /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config file
is
IPTABLES_MODULES="ip_conntrack_netbios_ns ip_conntrack_ftp"
The directive IPTABLES_MODULES defines the modules which are loaded. In above example
the modules ip_conntrack_netbios_ns ip_conntrack_ftp are loaded.
# Save current firewall rules on restart.
# Value: yes|no, default: no
# Saves all firewall rules to /etc/sysconfig/iptables if firewall gets
# restarted.
IPTABLES_SAVE_ON_RESTART="no"
If the value is yes then the rules are saved to the file /etc/sysconfig/iptables.
18.5.Command Reference
Command Description
iptables -A To append a security rule in current
iptable rule
iptables -D Delete a rule
iptables -R Replace a rule
iptables -I Insert a rule
iptables -L List all rules
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iptables-save Save rules from kernel and install them
in a configuration file.
1 9 . P A M A N D S E L I N U X
19.1.PAM
PAM stands for Pluggable Authentication module. PAM is a system of libraries that handle the
authentication tasks of applications (services) on the system.
The configuration file /etc/pam.conf or the files in the directory /etc/pam.d is used for configur-
ing PAM. The contents of the file /etc/pam.conf is ignored if the files in the directory
/etc/pam.d are present.
19.2./etc/pam.d
The files in the directory /etc/pam.d correspond to the services which use PAM for authentica-
tion. For example the file passwd in the above directory contains the following line
#%PAM-1.0
auth include system-auth
account include system-auth
password include system-auth
the first line is a comment.
The second line contains the rule for the PAM. The format of the next lines are or rule lines are
type control module- path module-argument
The type in above case is auth.
PAM allows four types account,password,authentiction,and session.
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Account – the account type defines access to a service based on the availability of resource,
time and other parameters.
authentication(auth) – the authentication type prompts the user for a password and if the
user provides it then he/she can access the service.
Password – the password type is used to update the user information like changing user
password.
Session –this type is used to perform the jobs (like logging) before a user access a service or
after a user access a service.
The valid values for the control are include,required,sufficient,and optional.
Required – means that pam will return failure if this PAM modules returns failure. let three
modules are called and if this module returns false then the resultant will be false but pam will
call all the modules which are to be called for the process.
Sufficient – means that PAM returns success if this module returns success and other PAM
modules will not be called which are to be called for the process.
Optional – the success and failure of this module is not important on the overall return value
(success or failure) of PAM. The module is important if it is the only module for the service.
Include – this module includes all lines given in the configuration file of a specific type. The
configuration file is passwd as an argument.
The system-auth is the module path. The system-auth module resides in the current directory.
Contents of file system-auth
auth required pam_env.so
auth sufficient pam_unix.so nullok try_first_pass
auth requisite pam_succeed_if.so uid >= 500 quiet
auth required pam_deny.so
in the above file the pam modules are called for verification of a user for the service passwd.
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The PAM modules reside in the directory /lib/security.
19.2.SELinux
SELinux stands for the Security Enhanced Linux. It is flexible access control architecture and
provides support for the role based access control and multilevel security.
19.2.1.SELinux administration
The SELinux administration utility is used to configure the SELinux. To invoke the SELinux
administration enter the below command in the terminal
[root@localhost selinux]# system-config-selinux
The user can set the value of SELinux enforcing mode. Three values are allowed
enforcing – SELinux policies are enforced.
Permissive – SELinux policies are checked but policy issues warning
instead of enforcement.
Disable-- SELinux policies are not enforced that is are disabled.
The SELinux administration changes the values in the SELinux configuration file
/etc/sysconfig/selinux. The contents of the file are (for the above configuration of SELinux
administration)
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# This file controls the state of SELinux on the system.
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
# enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced.
# permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing.
# disabled - SELinux is fully disabled.
SELINUX=disabled
# SELINUXTYPE= type of policy in use. Possible values are:
# targeted - Only targeted network daemons are protected.
# strict - Full SELinux protection.
SELINUXTYPE=targeted
19.3.Command Reference
Command Description
semanage Mapping Linux user names to SELinux user
identities, security context mapping for
network port, interface and hosts and file
context mapping.
chcat Change file or users SELinux security cate-
gory
chcon Change the security context of each file to
context
semodule Used to install,remove.list selinux policy
modules.
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O V E R 2 5 0 E X A M P R E P A R A T I O N Q U E S T I O N S
1. Which is default installer of Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
a. anacondab. disk druidc. redhatinstallerd. grubAnswer – aExplanation – disk druid is the default partition manager for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Grub is the default bootloader for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux and anaconda is default installer.
2. After an installation a user wants to see the log information of the installation process. Which file the user should refer? a. /root/anaconda-ks.cfgb. /root/install.logc. /root/install-log.infod. /root/anaconda.logAnswer – bExplanation -- /root/anaconda-ks.cfg is the Kickstart file created after successful installation of Red Hat and /root/install.log is default log file.
3. A user wants to use Kickstart file for installing Red Hat Linux. He wants to set the SELinux policy during installation to enforcing. Which line should he add in the Kickstart file?a. set selinux - -enforcingb. selinux - -enforcingc. selinux - -defaultd. selinux = enforceAnswer – b
4. Which line should be added in the Kickstart file to install the bootloader in the Master Boot Record (MBR)?a. bootloader - -location=mbrb. grub - -location=mbrc. grub - -location=hd0d. bootloader - -location=hd0Answer – a
5. Which command is entered on the anaconda boot prompt to install using the kickstart file located on the website http://kickstart-file/install/linux.com?
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a. :anaconda ks=http://kickstart-file/install/linux.comb. :boot ks - -http://kickstart-file/install/linux.comc. :anaconda ks - -http://kickstart-file/install/linux.comd. :boot ks=http://kickstart-file/install/linux.com
Answer – dExplanation – The anaconda boot prompt is denoted by: boot.
6. How many modes can kudzu operate?a. 1b. 2c. 3d. 4
Answer – 2Explanation – kudzu can operate in two modes
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7. You want to start the kudzu in safe probe mode. What will you add in the configuration file /etc/sysconfig/kudzu?
a. SAFE=nob. SAFE=YESc. SAFE=?d. Anything other than no can be used on the left hand side of the assignment. Answer – dExplanation – SAFE=no denotes that kudzu starts in no safe probing mode and anything other than no means that it is started in the safe mode.
8. Which of the following is the default Red Hat Linux bootloader?a. GRUBb. LILOc. DISK DRUIDd. ANACONDA Answer – a Explanation – GRUB is the default bootloader of Red Hat Linux. LILO is also bootloader but nowadays it is not used as default bootloader. DISK DRUID is the default partition manager in Red Hat Linux.
9. Which two partitions are necessary for Red Hat Linux installation?a. /, /usrb. /home, swapc. /boot, /homed. /, swap Answer -- d
Explanation – The / filesystem is root of the Linux file system structure. So it is mandatoryto make a / partition. All other partitions can lie within the / partition. The swap partition is
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also necessary as Linux uses swap partition as extension of main memory.
10. You have computer 256 MB RAM .What is the size of swap space for good performance of the system?
a. 256 MBb. 128 MBc. 512 MBd. 400 MB Answer – c Explanation – For good performance of the system the swap space area should be double of the physical RAM attached with the System.
11. What command is used to invoke the Network Configuration utility?a. system-config-networkb. system-config-netc. neatd. system-config-neat Answer – a, c Explanation – system-config-network and neat both the commands can be used to invoke the Network Configuration utility.
12. The file /etc/sysconfig/hwconf is not present on the system. Which files will kudzu query to find out the devices already configure?
a. /etc/modprobe.confb. /etc/sysconfig/lasthwconfc. /etc/modprobe.conf,/etc/X11/xorg.conf,/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*d. /etc/modprobe.conf,/etc/X11/xorg.conf Answer – c Explanation -- /etc/modprobe.conf is module configuration file /etc/X11/xorg.conf lists the hardware like monitor, mouse, keyboard which are configured for X./etc/sysconfig/network- scripts/ifcfg-eth0 lists the network device detected if there are more than one network device present then /etc/sysconfig/network- scripts/ifcfg-eth1 lists the second network device detected and so on.
13. Which filesystem contains the configuration files?a. /etcb. /varc. /usrd. /mnt Answer – a
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14. You have installed Red Hat Linux in your box. You want to see the options you have chosen during the installation process. Which file should you look for?
a. no file contains that informationb. /root/anaconda-ks.cfgc. /home/anaconda-ks.cfgd. /root/anaconda-ks Answer – b Explanation -- /root/anaconda-ks.cfg is the default kickstart file created by anaconda based on the options chosen during installation.
15. You want to upgrade a system using the kickstart file. Which option will you use in kickstart file?
a. upgrade option in line 5 of kickstart file.b. upgrade option in line 1 of kickstart file.c. update option in line 5 of kickstart file.d. update option in line 1 of kickstart file. Answer – b Explanation – install option is used in the first line of kickstart file to show fresh install and upgrade option is used in the first line to show upgrade of a previous installation.
16. You want to see the information about the processes running on your system. Which filesystem will you use to get the information?
a. /rootb. /bootc. /procd. /sys Answer – c Explanation -- /proc is pseudo filesystem which contains information about the processes running on the system.
17.You used system-config-date to set the date of your system. Your friend used system-config-time for the same purpose. Is there any difference?
a. No both are sameb. system-config-date is used to set date only.c. system-config-time is used to set time only.d. yes both are different Answer – a
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18. You have grub bootloader installed on your system. You want to boot the default operating system if user did not make a choice for 10 seconds. Which command will you use in grub configuration file?
a. timeout=10b. timeout=10 secsc. timeout=10 sd. timeout - -10 Answer – a Explanation – The timeout=10 parameter is allowed in the grub configuration file /boot/grub/grub.conf.
19. What is meaning of the option rootnoverify (hd0, 0) in the grub configuration file?a. don’t verify the / partitionb. Don’t mount the partition within braces of rootnoverify option.c. Don’t verify the first sector of hard disk.d. mount the partition indicated within the rootnoverify option. Answer – b Explanation – The rootnoverify (hd0, 0) option is used in case there is another operating system installed along with Red Hat Linux. For example if windows is installed along with Red Hat then grub should not try to mount the partition on which windows is installed.
20. You want to boot your Red Hat Linux operating system using kernel2.6.14. What changes should be made in the grub configuration file?
a. kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.14b. kernel /kernel-2.6.14c. boot /kernel-2.6.14d. boot /vmlinuz-2.6.14Answer – a
21. Which process has the PID of 1?a. initb. inittabc. grubd. mainAnswer – a
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Explanation – The init process have the PID of 1.it is called father of all processes. During boot process kernel gives control to the init process.
22. You want to reboot your system if a user presses CTRL+ALT+DELETE keys of the keyboard during the boot process. What should you do?
a. Add ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown –r now in /etc/inittab fileb. Write a shell script for that and keep it in root directoryc. Add ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown –h now in /etc/inittab filed. It cannot be doneAnswer – aExplanation – The init process looks the /etc/inittab file for the processing to be done. The entry captures the CTRL+ALT+DELETE key sequence and the command shutdown –r now is executed.
23. What will happen if runlevel is set to 6?a. Multiuser mode bootingb. Multiuser with networking modec. The system reboots in a loopd. The system comes to haltAnswer –cExplanation – In runlevel 0 the system comes to halt and in runlevel 2, 3, and 5 the multiuser mode is active.
24. A user created two scripts S111USERDEF and S85USERDEP which are executed during boot time. Which of the two services will start first?
a. S111USERDEFb. S85USERDEPc. At same timed. Can’t be determined.Answer – aExplanation – The numeric digits i.e. 111 and 85 decide the order of run. The digits are compared from left to right taking one digit at a time. Since 1 is less than 8 so S111USERDEF is run first.
25. Which directories contain the boot time scripts for the run level 5?a. /etc/rc.d/rc5.db. /etc/rc.d/rc.5dc. /etc/rc.d/r5.dd. /etc/rc.d/rcv.dAnswer – a
26. A runlevel script has the line #chkconfig 345 25 75. What is the meaning of this line?
a. It is a commentb. It denotes that the script will run in runlevel 3,4,5 c. It denotes that the script will run in runlevel 3, 4, 5 and the start priority is 25 and the stop priority is 75.
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d. The line gives an errorAnswer –c
27. Which command is used to get the previous run level of a system?a. runlevelb. prevrunlevelc. lastrunleveld. prevrun Answer – a Explanation – the runlevel command is used to get the current run level and the previous runlevel of a system.
28. The output of the runlevel command is N 5. What does it mean?a. Previous runlevel of the system was Nb. The current runlevel of the system is N.c. The previous runlevel of the system was 5d. The runlevel of the system was never changed from 5 so the previous runlevel is displayed as N. Answer – d
29. Which command is used to change the current run level?a. telinitb. runlevelc. initd. chgrunlevel Answer – a
30. You want to enable a service service-name for current run level (run level 5). Which command will you use to do so?
a. runlevel service-name onb. enable service-namec. chkconfig service-name ond. chkconfig service-name enableAnswer -- c Explanation – the chkconfig command is used to enable a service, disable a service and lists the status of a service or services.
31. The httpd service is enabled in the runlevel 5 but it is not running. How will the problem resolve?
a. service httpd startb. chkconfig httpd startc. chkconfig httpd ond. service httpd on Answer – a
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Explanation – the service httpd needs to be started for that the service httpd start command is used.
32. Which command is used to start the service configuration utility?a. serviceconfb. system-config-servicesc. serviceconf, system-config-servicesd. None of these Answer – c
33. How will you view the status of all the services in all the runlevel?a. Using chkconfig allb. Using chkconfig –listc. Using chkconfig –alld. Using chkconfig list Answer – b Explanation – the chkconfig –list gives the listing of all the services in different run levels with the status of services as on or off.
34. Which directory contains the run level scripts of all the runlevel?a. /etc/rc.d/rc.allb. /etc/rc.d/init.dc. /etc/rc.d/all.dd. /etc/rc.d/rcall.d Answer – b Explanation – The directory /etc/rc.d/init.d contains all the runlevel scripts and the directories /etc/rc.d/rc*.d contain symbolic links to the scripts of directory /etc/rc.d/init.d
35. Which filesystem is not mounted on disk partition?a. /etcb. /homec. /usrd. /proc Answer – d Explanation – The proc filesystem is virtual filesystem (it is not mounted on a disk partition) which contains the process and system information.
36. Which file contains the static information about the filesystem?a. /etc/mtabb. /etc/fstabc. /etc/ftab
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d. /etc/mstab Answer – bExplanation – The file /etc/fstab contains mount point, filesystem type, and other options.
37. Which filesystem contains the information about the filesystem currently mounted on the system?
a. /etc/fstabb. /etc/mtabc. /etc/mstabd. /etc/ftab Answer – bExplanation -- /etc/mtab contains the information about the filesystem currently used by a running system.
38. A user wants don’t want to mount the /home partition automatically at boot time. What should he do?
a. Add noauto option in fourth field of /etc/fstabb. Add notauto option in fourth field of /etc/fstabc. Add noauto option in fourth field of /etc/mtabd. Add notauto option in fourth field of /etc/mstab Answer –aExplanation – At boot time the /etc/fstab file is scanned for information about the filesystem to be mounted. If noauto option is used the filesystem is not automatically mounted.
39. Which command is used to see the listing of filesystem currently mounted on the system?
a. fdisk -lb. fdisk –mc. mount –td. mount Answer – d Explanation – fdisk command is used for creating new partition and view all the partitions of the hard disk.
40. A system has windows and Red Hat Linux installed on it. The user wants to access files kept in the /dev/sda6 partition with the vfat filesystem type. What should he/she do?
a. mount vfat /dev/sda6 /mnt/winb. mount –t vfat /dev/sda6 /mnt/winc. fdisk –t vfat /dev/sda6 /mnt/wind. mount –t vfat /mnt/win /dev/sda6 Answer – b Explanation – The mount command has the form mount –t filesystem-type source partition target partition
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to mount a source filesystem on target directory.
41. Which command is used to create vfat filesystem on a re writable CDROM?a. mkfs -t vfat /dev/cdromb. mkfs.vfat /dev/cdromc. Both of aboved. None of above Answer – c Explanation – The mkfs –t vfat is frontend of the command mkfs.vfat.
42. Which configuration file is used while creating ext3 filesystem on a partition using the mke2fs command?
a. /etc/ext3.confb. /etc/mke2fs.confc. /etc/mkfs/mke2fs.confd. None of above Answer – b
43. A file is created using the below commanddd if=/dev/zero of=/home/demo bs=1000000 count=2.What is the size of the file /home/demo?a. 20MBb. 2MBc. 2GBd. The command is wrong Answer – b Explanation – The bs option denotes the blocksize and count denotes the number of that. So the size of the file is 1000000 * 2 = 2 MB.
44. Which command is used to create a swap filesystem on a device or file?a. createswapb. mkfsc. mkswapd. swapon Answer – c
45. Your system has a swap partition on /dev/sda3 and another swap partition on /dev/sda5.How will you decide which swap partition is active?
a. cat /proc/swapsb. fdisk –lc. cat /proc/swapd. None of above Answer – a Explanation -- /proc/swaps contain the entries
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of the entire active swap space of the system. The contents of the file can be viewed using cat command.
46. Which command is used to check a device for badblocks?a. fsckb. mkfsc. chkfsd. badblocks Answer – d
47. A user ran command badblocks -w on a device containing important data files. What will be the problem?
a. No problem b. Data on the device will be erasedc. Data on device will not be erasedd. -w is invalid option to badblocks command Answer – bExplanation – The data is not deleted if the badblocks command is used without option or with –n option.
48. How will you check the status of the automount daemon?a. /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs statusb. /etc/init.d/autofs statusc. /etc/rc.d/init.d/automount statusd. /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs - -statusAnswer –bExplanation -- /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs controls the operation of the automount daemon.
49. Which configuration file does /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs use?a. /etc/autofs.confb. /etc/auto.confc. /etc/auto.masterd. /etc/autofs.masterAnswer –c
50. Which command is used to create a raid device of level 5 using devices /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2?
a. mdadm - -create /dev/md0 - -level=5 - -raid devices=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2b. mdadm - -create /dev/md1 - -level 5 - -raid devices=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2c. mdadm - -create /dev/md0 - -level=5 - -raid devices= /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2d. mdadm - -create /dev/md0 - -level=5 devices=2 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2Answer – aExplanation – In second option - -level= should be used. In the third option - -raid
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devices=n where n is no of devices is missing, In fourth option - -raid is missing from - -raid devices.
51. A raid device contains four devices. How will you remove one of the devices from the raid device?
a. mdadm raid-device-name –r device-nameb. mdadm device-name –r raid-device-name c. mdadm –r raid-device-name device-named. mdadm –r device-name raid-device-nameAnswer – a
52. Which command is used to create volume group?a. vgcreateb. vgextendc. volgrpcrd. pvcreateAnswer – aExplanation – vgcreate is used to create a new volume group and vgextend is used to extend an existing volume group.
53. Which directory contains entry for the logical volume group lvol0 created by a user in the volume group vol_grp?
a. No directory has the entryb. /dev/vol_grpc. /home/vol_grpd. /sys/vol_grpAnswer – bExplanation – The directory /dev/vol_grp contains lvol0 entry corresponding to the logical volume lvol0.
54. Which command is used to invoke the Logical Volume Management utility?a. System-config-lvb. System-config-lvmc. System-config-logmand. There is no such utilityAnswer – b
55. Which of the following should be created first before creating the Logical volume?a. Physical volumeb. Volume groupc. None of themd. Both of themAnswer – dExplanation –Physical volume is to be initialized first and then the volume group is to be created before creating Logical volume.
56. Which file and directory yum does look for information about the software
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repositories?a. /etc/yum.confb. /etc/yum.conf.dc. Both of themd. None of themAnswer – cExplanation – it looks for the configuration file /etc/yum.conf and then looks for the files in the directory /etc/yum.conf.d
57. What is full form of yum?a. Yellow dog updater modifiedb. Yellow umbrellac. Yellow updater modifiedd. Yellow software updater modifiedAnswer – a
58. What is the importance of option gpgcheck=1 in /etc/yum.conf file?a. The gpgkeys of packages are checked before install or updateb. The gpgkeys of packages are not checked before install or updatec. The gpgkeys of packages are checked before install onlyd. The gpgkeys of packages are checked before update onlyAnswer – aExplanation – Usually the gpgkeys are installed before adding any software repository. If the gpgkey option is 1 then the packages are checked for the gpgkeys before installing or updating the packages.
59. A user ran yum command to install a package. Then he went for a cup of coffee. The install completed before his return. How can user decide whether the install was successful or failure?
a. He can’t decideb. Looking at /etc/yum.conf filec. Looking at /etc/yum.conf.d directory d. Looking at /var/log/yum.logAnswer – dExplanation – The log file of the yum command is /var/log/yum.log. The status of yum commands execution will be logged there. User can use the file to decide the install was successful or failure.
60. What are the levels of rpm configuration file?a. User, globalb. User,system,globalc. Sytem,globald. User, systemAnswer – bExplanation – The rpm command uses the two global configuration file /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc and /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/rpmrc. It uses /etc/rpmrc configuration file which is configuration file specific to a system. The configuration file .rpmrc in the home directory of a user is the user
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level rpm configuration file.
61. Where does the rpm package information kept?a. /var/lib/rpm/*b. /var/log/rpm/*c. /var/lib/rpm/db/*d. /var/lib/rpmdb/*Answer – aExplanation – The rpm command uses the /var/lib/rpm/* directory as the database for storing rpm package information.
62. A user used the command rpm –U package-name to install the package package-name which is not previously installed on the system. Is the command correct?
a. No use rpm -vb. Yesc. No use rpm-qd. No it is used for update onlyAnswer –bExplanation – The command rpm –U is used to upgrade a previously installed package and if the package is not installed in the system then it installs the package.
63. What is the difference between rpm –U and rpm –F commands?a. rpm –U installs a package if it is not installed previouslyb. rpm –F installs a package if it is not installed previouslyc. Both command do same functiond. None of the aboveAnswer – aExplanation – The command rpm –U updates a previously installed package but installs a new package and the command rpm –F updates a previously installed package but does not installs a new package.
64. Which is a valid rpm command?a. rpm –iehb. rpm –Uehc. rpm –ivvhd. rpm –iFAnswer – cExplanation – the options -v (verbose information),-vv (verbose lots of information) and h (prints hash marks are rpm options which can be used with other options. The options i.e. and e, U and e, F are mutually exclusive.
65. Your software vendor informed you that package-name.rpm has been installed in your machine. How will you check vendor’s statement?
a. There is no way to check vendor’s statement.b. Using system monitorc. rpm –q package-named. yum install package-name
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Answer – cExplanation – rpm –q package-name queries the rpm package database and finds out information about the package-name.yum install is used to install the package package-name.system monitor is used to view system information.
66. You have downloaded a package in tar.gz format. How will you uncompress the file?
a. Using tar xvfb. Using gunzip followed by tar xvfc. Using tar xvf followed by gunzipd. Using bzip2 followed by tar xvfAnswer – bExplanation – gunzip uncompressed the tar.gz file into .tar format and then the command tar xvf is used to uncompress the tar file.
67. What is the difference between the commands tar xvf and tar xvfz?a. No differenceb. xvfz compresses a .tar file but xvf uncompress a .tar filec. xvfz uncompress a .tar.gz file but xvf uncompress a .tar filed. xvfz is verbose mode of command xvfAnswer – c
68. What does command bzip2 does?a. bzip2 –d uncompress a tar.bz2 fileb. bzip2 –d creates a tar.bz2 filec. bzip2 is used to uncompress .zip filed. bzip2 is used to compress a file to .zip format.Answer – aExplanation – bzip2 command is used to create and decompress a bz2 file.bzip2 –c is used to create .bz2 file and –d option is used to uncompress a .bz2 file.
69. Which utility is used to manage packages on a Red Hat box?a. Package managerb. Package managementc. Package Admind. Package manageAnswer – a
70. Which command is used to invoke a Package Manager?a. system-config-packageb. system-config-managec. system-config-packagesd. system-config-managesAnswer – c
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71. Which file does contain global options to the bash shell?a. /etc/bashb. /etc/bash.confc. /etc/bashrc.confd. /etc/bashrcAnswer – d
72. Which file does define the default values to be used while creating the user account?
a. /etc/user.defsb. /etc/login.defsc. /etc/userdefsd. /etc/login.conf
Answer – bExplanation – The file contains the default values to be used while creating a user account. The default values can be overridden on the command line.
73. You want to create a user account john. The mail box of john should lie in the directory /var/temp.What line will you add in the file /etc/login.defs?
a. MAIL_DIR=/var/tempb. MAIL_BOX=/var/tempc. MAIL_JOHN=/var/tempd. MAIL_CONFIG=/var/tempAnswer – aExplanation – The line MAIL_DIR is used to denote the directory where mailbox of a user will reside.
74. Which directory contains the initial login and startup scripts?a. /etc/skelb. /etc/login.defsc. /etc/logind. /etc/initialAnswer – aExplanation -- /etc/skel directory contains the initial login and a startup scripts.The content of /etc/skel is copied to the home directory of user when the user account is created.
75. A user wants to override the default values used for bash shell. What action should be taken by him?
a. Creating a .bashrc file in home directory of userb. Creating a .bash file in home directory of userc. Editing the /etc/bashrc file.d. Creating a .bashrc file in home directory of userAnswer – aExplanation – The .bashrc file in the home directory of the user is used to override the default values used for bash shell.
76. A user Matt have a user id of 400.What is the significance of it?
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a. User id 400 is of root userb. A user cannot have user id 400c. Matt is an administrative user.d. Matt is a non administrative user.Answer – cExplanation – User id less than 500 are reserved for the administrative users. So matt is an administrative user.
77. Which file does contain the password of user?a. /etc/passwdb. /etc/passc. /etc/passwordd. None of theseAnswer – dExplanation – The file /etc/shadow contains the user login name and encrypted password. The file/etc/passwd contains information about the user but at the place of passwd x character is written.
78. A new user is working on the /bin/tcsh shell. He wants the bash shell. What command will the system administrator execute?
a. usermod –s /bin/bash new-userb. usermod –s /bin/bashc. useradd –D –s /bin/bash new-userd. usermod –D –s /bin/bashAnswer – aExplanation – usermod command is used to modify the user information.
79. System Administrator wants to delete the account of user user1 along with the home directory of the user user1.What should be his approach?
a. userdel user1b. userdel –r user1c. userdel –h /home/user1 user1d. userdel –r /home/user1 user1Answer – bExplanation – The command userdel –r user1 is used to delete the account of a user along with his/her home directory. If the –r option is not used then the home directory of the user is not deleted.
80. Which graphical utility is used to manage users?a. User Mangerb. User Administratorc. User Admind. User ConfigurationAnswer – aExplanation –User Manager is used to create, delete, and modify user and group information.
81. Which command is used to invoke user Manager Utility?
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a. system-config-userb. system-config-usrc. system-config-usersd. system-config-usrsAnswer – c
82. Which command is used to change the password of the root user?a. passwd rootb. su –c. su rootd. passwdAnswer – dExplanation – The format of passwd command id passwd user-name. It means the password of user user-name is to be changed. If the command passwd is used alone it means the password of root user is to be changed.
83. Which file does contain the information about the groups in a system?a. /etc/gpasswdb. /etc/passwdc. /etc/groupd. /etc/groupsAnswer – d
84. The system administrator wants to see the disk space used up by user Jack. What sh0uld he do?
a. Ask jack about the disk space usageb. df /home/jack c. space /home/jackd. df /homeAnswer – bExplanation -- The df command is used to display the amount of space available on a filesystem.
85. Which command is used to change password of a group?a. grpasswdb. grppasswdc. gpasswdd. gpasswordAnswer – c
86. A user wants to list the space used up by files and subdirectories of his home directory. What should he do?
a. Check each file size and subdirectory sizeb. Ask the system administratorc. du /home/userd. df /home/userAnswer – cExplanation – The du command is used to check the space used by the files and subfolders of a
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87. A user ran su – command in a terminal (terminal1) and got privilege of root user. He then opened a new terminal and ran command to mount a filesystem. Will the command execute successfully?
a. No su – command don’t give root privilegeb. Yesc. Yes he has to enter the root password d. No as it is different terminal session he won’t have root privilege in this session.Answer – d
88. A root user used the command su – user-name where user-name is a non administrative user.Will root has to enter the user’s password?
a. Yes root user will have to enter user’s passwordb. No the shell will prompt for password of user-name but root can choose not to enter the passwordc. If root don’t enter user-name’s password then he won’t be able to execute user-name’s filesd. No shell won’t prompt for user-name’s password Answer – d
89. How will you edit /etc/sudoers file?a. Using geditb. Using vic. Using visudod. Using geditsudoAnswer – cExplanation – the visudo command is used to edit the /etc/sudoers file.
90. A user Vishnu is member of group demo. The group demo is defined with the privilege of command shutdown –h now in /etc/sudoers file. Does Vishnu have privilege to run the command shutdown –h now?
a. Yes he can use shutdown –h nowb. No he can’t use the command directlyc. Yes he will have to use sudo shutdown –h nowd. Yes he will have to use visudo shutdown –h nowAnswer – cExplanation – The commands should be prefixed by the sudo command.
91. A user entered the command chown : file-name. What will happen ?a. Nothingb. The user and group of the file will change to that of user’sc. The user of the file will change to that of user’sd. The group of the file will change to that of group’sAnswer – aExplanation -- chown owner: group file-namecase 1 if only owner is specified but group is not specified then the file owner is changed to owner and the file group is changed to that of login group of owner.
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Case 2 if owner and group both are specified then the file owner is changed to owner and file group is changed to group.Case 3 if owner is not specified but group is specified then the group of file is changed to that of groupcase 4 if owner and group both are not specified then nothing happens.
92. A user issues the chown user-name-group-name file-name command on a file file-name which belongs to the root user. What will happen?
a. He gets an errorb. The owner of the file will changec. The group of the file will changed. Nothing happensAnswer – aExplanation – The user don’t have privilege to change the file permissions of root user so he gets an error.
93. System administrator wants to see the users currently logged into the system and the processes run by them. Which command will help the system administrator?
a. Wb. Usersc. Alld. None of theseAnswer – aExplanation – The w command is used to view the users who are logged on the system and the processes run by them. It also shows the time for which the system is running and the load average of the system.
94. Which command shows the virtual memory statistics of a system?a. Iostatb. Vmstatc. Virtuald. All of these
Answer – bExplanation -- The vmstat command is used to displays the virtual memory statistics
95. What does free command do?a. Frees RAM memoryb. Frees swap memoryc. gives the amount of free and used memory space of the systemd. gives the amount of free and used memory of a filesystem
Answer – c
96. A user issues a command kill 0.What will be the impact of the command?a. All process with pid >0 are re signaled.b. Gives an errorc. Process with pid 0 is re signaledd. all processes in current process are signaled.
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97. May a process have pid of 0?a. No process can have pid of 0b. Yes init process have pid of 0c. Boot process have pid of 0d. A process pid can be set to 0 using renice command
Answer – aExplanation – The lowest pid that a process can have is 1 which is pid of init process ( init is called father of all processes).no other process can have pid of 1 or lower than that.
98. Which utility is used to see system log information?a. Log Managerb. System Log Managerc. System Log Viewerd. Log Configuration
Answer – c
99. Which utility is used to view various system information like CPU usage, network information, memory and swap information, process information?
a. System Monitorb. System Informationc. System Administrationd. SystemManager
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100. Which of the following information does top command not give?a. number of users currently logged onb. load average of the systemc. total number of processes, no of processes active, no of processes sleeping, no of zombie processesd. network usage informationAnswer – dExplanation -- The top command gives various information about the system number of users currently logged on load average of the system total number of processes, no of processes active, no of processes sleeping, no of zombie processes usage detail of swap memory usage detail of RAM memory the information about the processes of the system like PID (process identification number), percent CPU usage, % memory usage, the command used for invoking the process.
101. Which file does the command uptime use to present the output?a. /proc/uptimeb. /proc/sys/uptimec. /sys/uptimed. It don’t use any fileAnswer – aExplanation – The uptime command uses the file /proc/uptime for the information and formats them in user readable format.
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102. What is SIGKILL?a. It is a signal used with kill command generallyb. It is a commandc. None of aboved. Both of themAnswer – aExplanation – The SIGKILL is used to signal a process. For example kill –SIGKILL 5009 command gives the signal SIGKILL to process with pid 5009.
103. Which command is used to print the processor type of a system?a. uname -rb. uname -nc. uname -pd. uname -kAnswer – cExplanation -- the command uname is used to print various system information.uname -aprints all the information about the system.
104. Which file contains the list of currently loaded modules in the kernel?a. /proc/moduleb. /proc/modulesc. /proc/modd. no such file is thereAnswer – bExplanation – The lsmod command is also used to list the modules currently loaded into kernel. The file /proc/modules also contain the same information.
105. A user wants to see the filename of a module currently loaded into the kernel. what should he do?
a. modinfo modulenameb. infomod modulenamec. lsmod modulenamed. modprobe modulenameAnswer – aExplanation –modinfo gives the details of a module loaded into the kernel.
106. A user issues command insmod -.What will happen?a. Error will occurb. lists all the modules of kernel2.6.14c. file name should be given from sysind. none of the above
Answer –cExplanation -- The insmod command is used to insert a driver module into the kernel. The format of the insmod command is
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107. The module A is dependent on module B. which command should be used to load the module A into kernel?
a. insmodb. modprobec. rmmodd. modinfoAnswer – bExplanation -- The modprobe command inserts other modules which are dependent on the module being inserted using the command.insmod loads only the module mentioned on the command line.
108. Which command is used to remove a module from the kernel?a. Modprobe -ab. modprobe -bc. modprobe -rd. modprobe -d
Answer – c
109. Which configuration file and directory does modprobe command refer?a. /etc/modprobe.confb. none of themc. /etc/modprobe.dd. both of them
Answer – dExplanation – modprobe looks for the configuration file /etc/modprobe.conf (if the file is present) and in the directory /etc/modprobe.d.
110. On business requirement your client wants to run the process A (already running on the system) with increased priority. What command does administrator use?
a. niceb. renicec. priorityd. scheduleAnswer – b
111. The command renice 5 -u Jack is issued. What will happen?a. Error occurs no pid mentionedb. process priority of all processes belonging to user is changed to 5c. no change in priorityd. priority 5 not allowedAnswer – bExplanation -- If the renice command is issued on user then the process priority of all processes of the user changes
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112. A user issues two commands back to back dmesg -cdmesg
What will be the output of second command?a. No outputb. kernel messages displayedc. errord. help options displayed for dmesgAnswer – aExplanation – dmesg when used with the -c option clears the kernel ring buffer. so dmesg command prints no output.
113. In which file is cron utility log the messages?a. /var/log/cronb. /var/log/cron/cron.logc. /var/log/cron.logd. none of the aboveAnswer – a
114. Which configuration file does syslogd use?a. /etc/sysconfig/syslogb. /etc/sysconfig/syslog.confc. /etc/syslogd. /etc/syslog.confAnswer --d
115. A user wants to log the boot messages in the file /var/log/boot. Which file should he/she edit?
a. /etc/sysconfig/syslogb. /etc/sysconfig/syslog.confc. /etc/syslogd. /etc/syslog.confAnswer – dExplanation – syslogd supports the system logging. It uses the configuration file /etc/syslog.conf. The file defines the files where different system messages will be written.
116. Which file does contain the pid of klogd daemon?a. /var/run/klogd.pidb. /var/klogd.pidc. /var/run/klog.pidd. /var/run/klogdAnswer –a
117. System administrator wants to allow the user Mac to access the at facility. What system administrator does?
a. Add name on mac in /etc/at.allow
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b. Add name on mac in /etc/atc. don't add name on mac in /etc/at.denyd. any of the aboveAnswer – aExplanation -- The file /etc/at.allow lists the name of the users who are allowed to use the at command. If the /etc/at.deny command lists the name of the users who can't use the at command.
118. System administrator allows users Jack and Jill to use at facility. what will be content of file /etc/at.allow?
a. Jack,jillb. jack:jillc. jack;jilld. jacke. jillAnswer – dExplanation -- The user names should be one in a line and there should not be whitespaces between the username (on a line).
119. On a system the files /etc/at.allow and /etc/at.deny are not present. Which users can use the at facility?
a. All the users of systemb. no user of the systemc. only root userd. error conditionAnswer – c
120. Which command is used to list all the scheduled jobs?a. at -lb. none of themc. both of themd. atqAnswer – cExplanation -- atq the atq command is used to list the scheduled job. Same as at -l.
121. In which directory the jobs scheduled by the batch command spooled?a. /var/spool/atb. /var/spool/batchc. /var/spool/at.spoold. /var/spool/batch.spoolAnswer – aExplanation -- The scheduled jobs which are submitted using the at command and batch command are spooled in the directory /var/spool/at. The files contain the information about the commands along with the environment under which the commands were scheduled.
122. Which command is used to create a crontab file?
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a. crontab -lb. crontab -ec. crontab -dd. crontab -kAnswer – bExplanation -- The crontab -e command is used to create a crontab file. The crontab file is created in the /var/spool/cron directory. The name of the file is same as the name of the user.
123. Which file is system crontab file?a. /etc/crontabb. /etc/cronc. none of the above d. /etc/cron.confAnswer – cExplanation -- the file /etc/crontab file is system crontab file. The cron daemon reads the /etc/crontab file.
124. Which command is used to start the Apache web server?a. service http startb. service httpd startc. service httpd ond. service http onAnswer – b
125. Which file does contain the pid of the httpd daemon?a. /var/run/http.pidb. /var/run/httpd.pidc. /var/run/httpd. /var/run/httpdAnswer – b
126. Which directory contains the library modules for the httpd server?a. /usr/lib/httpd/modulesb. /usr/lib/httpd/modulec. /lib/httpd/modulesd. /lib/httpd/moduleAnswer – b
127. Which file does contain the configuration information about the httpd server?a. /etc/httpd.confb. /etc/httpd/confc. /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.confd. /etc/httpd/conf.dAnswer – cExplanation -- The Apache web server configuration directory is /etc/httpd. The conf sub directory of /etc/httpd directory contains the main Apache configuration file httpd.conf.
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128. In the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file the user set the directive ServerRoot“/etc/demo”. What will be the impact?
a. The top of the directory tree under which the server's configuration, error, and log files are kept will be /etc/demo.b. Error valuec. no changesd. ServerRoot is not a directive.Answer – aExplanation – ServerRoot directive defines The top of the directory tree under which the server's configuration, error, and log files are kept
129. What is the content of /etc/httpd/conf.d directory?a. Configuration file related to Apache client b. load libraries related to Apache serverc. nothingd. The conf.d contains the configuration files relating to the languages (like Python, Perl, and PHP), database (Mysql) and the authorization modules.Answer – d
130. What are the sections of Apache web server main configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf?
a. Configuration directives for Apache web server process as whole.b. Configuration parameters for the main serverc. Settings for virtual hosts.d. All of the aboveAnswer –d
131. Which is the graphical utility for httpd server configuration?a. HTTPD Server Configuration b. HTTP Server Configuration c. HTTP Configurationd. HTTPD Configuration Answer – b
132. Which command invokes the HTTP Server Configuration utility?a. system-config-httpdb. system-config-httpc. system-config-httpsd. system-config-httpconfAnswer – a
133. The DocumentRoot directive of main apache web server configuration file is set to “/home/demo”. Where the users need to put the html files to be served by the server in response of client request?
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a. /home/demob. /var/www/htmlc. both of themd. none of themAnswer – aExplanation – DocumentRoot defines the directory where the user will place the contents or files he/she wants to get handled by the web server. For example if you create an index.html file and kept it in this directory and opened the address http://localhost using any web browser then the contents of index.html file will be displayed.
134. What are the possible values of LogLevel directive in Apache web server main configuration file?a. Warnb. debugc. none of themd. all of themAnswer – dExplanation -- debug info, notice, warn, error, crit, alert, and emerg are possible value of LogLevel directive.
135. Which directory does contain the log information about the httpd server?a. /var/log/httpdb. /var/log/apachec. /var/log/httpd. /var/log/httpd.logAnswer --a
136. What are the two main programs consisting Squid server?a. squid,dnssrvb. squid,dnsc. squid,dsnserverd. squid,squiddemoAnswer – cExplanation -- squid consists of a main server program squid, a Domain Name Systemlookup program dnsserver and some other modules for authentication and management tasks.
137. Which is the main configuration file for squid server?a. /etc/squid.confb. /etc/squid/squidd.confc. /etc/squid/squid.confd. /etc/squid/sqd.confAnswer – c
138. On which port does squid listen by default for http?
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139. An administrator wants to change the default http port that squid listen to 4000.What should he/she do in main squid configuration file?a. httpd_port 4000b. port 4000c. httpport 4000d. http_port 4000Answer – dExplanation -- http_port define the socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
140. In what forms does http_port socket address be defined in the squid server main configuration file?
a. Port aloneb. hostname with portc. none of themd. all of them
Answer – dExplanation -- The socket address can be defined in three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and IP address with port.
141. What do you mean by in transit objects in terms of squid server?a. Objects used oftenb. objects never used c. objects which moved outd. objects that are in use
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142. What are hot objects in connection with squid server?a. Objects in useb. objects very complexc. objects not in use d. objects used very oftenAnswer –d
143. How will you set the RAM memory used to handle the in transit and hot objects of squid server?a. cache_mem of /etc/squid/squid.confb. ram_mem of /etc/squid/squid.confc. RAM_mem of /etc/squid/squid.conf
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d. mem_ram of /etc/squid/squid.confAnswer – aExplanation – cache_mem sets the cache size (RAM memory used to store the in transit objects that is objects that are in use), hot objects (objects that are used often), and negative cache objects (recent failed requests).
144. Which is the default cache directory for the squid server?a. /var/spool/squid/cache b. /var/spool/squid c. /var/spool/cache d. /var/spool/squid/cachedirAnswer – b
145. Which file does contain the pid of the squid server?a. /var/run/squid.pid b. /var/run/squidc. /var/run/squid/squid.pidd. /var/run/squidd.pidAnswer – a
146. What is the meaning of the line acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 of main squid server configuration file?
a. gives name all to all the addressesb. gives name all to no addressc. gives name acl to all the addressesd. gives name src to all the addressesAnswer – aExplanation -- The acl tag is used to define access control. the form of acl tag is acl name type string or file
147. An administrator writes the below line in main squid serverhttp_access allow 192.168.56.65. what does it refer?a. 192.168.56.65 can access the http content.b. Wrong formatc. allow is invalidd. ip address should be with netmaskAnswer – aExplanation – http_access define which clients can access the squid server for http contents.
148. Can the line http_access deny all be added in the /etc/squid/squid.conf file?a. No all not allowedb. no deny is not allowedc. yes it can bed. no http_access is not allowedAnswer – c
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Explanation – line means the http content is denied for all the clients.
149. Under which user does squid server run?a. Squidb. rootc. squiduserd. all of themAnswer – a
150. What is cache manager?a. The cache manager is a cgi utility for displaying information about the squid http proxy process as it runs.b. Used to see amount of cache space used by a process c. nothingd. it is daemon process name of squid server.Answer – a
151. Which is the configuration file for the cache manager?a. /etc/squid/cache.confb. /etc/squid/cachemanager.confc. /etc/squid/cachemgr.confd. /etc/cachemgr.confAnswer – c
152. How is the cache manager invoked?a. Cache-manager commandb. using http://server-name/cgi-bin/cachemgr.cgi.c. Using system-config-cached. all of the aboveAnswer – bExplanation -- The cache manager can be invoked by typing the address http://server-name/cgi-bin/cachemgr.cgi.
153. Which is the configuration file for the squid daemon?a. /etc/sysconfig/squid.confb. /etc/squid/squid.confc. /etc/sysconfig/squid.d/squid.confd. /etc/sysconfig/squidAnswer – dExplanation -- /etc/sysconfig/squid is configuration file for squid daemon and /etc/squid/squid.conf is configuration file for squid server.
154. What does the line SQUID_OPTS="-D" in the squid daemon configuration file mean?
a. Squid can be started without having internet connection b. load default values from configuration file
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c. runs squid in safe moded. all of aboveAnswer – aExplanation -- -D option disables initial dns checks so squid can be started without having internet connection
155. Which command does make squid to reread the configuration file?a. squid -k reconfigureb. squid -k configurec. squid reconfigured. squid configureAnswer – a
156. Which command is used to restart the squid daemon?a. Service squidd restart b. service sqd restart c. /etc/init.d/squid restartd. service squid reloadAnswer – c
157. Which command is used to start the NFS services?a. Service nfsd startb. service nfs startc. service nfd startd. service nfsd onAnswer – b
158. What does the option secure mean in case of /etc/exports file?a. Invalid option b. use PAMc. use SELinux d. none of aboveAnswer – dExplanation -- the client computer should connect using the port below 1024.if the insecure option is specified then any port can be used.
159. An administrator wants to add a NIS group NISGRP in /etc/exports file? Which of the following is true?
a. Not possibleb. use NISGRPc. use @NISGRPd. use #NISGRPAnswer – cExplanation -- The access can also be defined in terms of the NIS group. The nis group can be preceded by the @ of sign before the nis group name.
160. An administrator wants to add host1 and host2 in /etc/exports file corresponding to
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the directory /home/user. Which of the following is valid entry?a. Host1,host2b. host1:host2c. host1 host2d. all of aboveAnswer – cExplanation -- Multiple hostnames or Ip address can be entered separated by blank. The combination of ip address and hostname can also be used.
161. A system administrator has made *.example.com entry in the file /etc/exports. Which of the below address match the entry?
a. New.myhost.example.comb. myhost.example.comc. both of aboved. none of aboveAnswer – bExplanation -- * character matches any number of characters in a domain name that is * matches for myhost (of option b) but not of option a as in option a there was new.myhost (means new belonging to domain myhost)
162. What is meaning of option root_squash in the file /etc/exports?a. Maps root user to client to user jack's accountb. don't allow client root user to loginc. maps client root user to NFS server root user d. maps the root user of client to anonymous user Answer – dExplanation -- maps the root user of client (uid 0 gid 0) to anonymous uid and gid. The default value of anonymous uid and gid is 65534.The anonymous uid and gid value can be changed by using options anonuid and anongid.
163. Which command is used to export all directories listed in the file /etc/exports?a. Exportsb. exportfsc. exportd. exportsfAnswer – bExplanation -- The directories mentioned in the /etc/exports file can be exported that is made available to the network using the exportfs command or rebooting the system or restarting the NFS service.
164. Which graphical utility is used to create the /etc/exports file?a. NFS Configuration b. NFS Server Configuration c. NFS Server Managerd. NFS Server AdministrationAnswer – b
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165. Which command is used to invoke the NFS server configuration utility?a. System-config-nfsdb. system-config-nfsc. both of themd. none of themAnswer – b
166. What operation is performed before user accesses a NFS directory?a. The directory is mountedb. the directory is unmountedc. no operation is doned. system should be rebootedAnswer – aExplanation – before accessing a NFS directory the directory should be mounted using mount command or using autofs
167. Which command is used to display server side NFS information?a. nfsstat -sb. nfsstat -cc. nfsd. nfstatAnswer – aExplanation -- The nfsstat command is used to display statistics about the NFS server and client activity
168. Which directory does contain information about the exported directory using the NFS?
a. /var/lib/nfsb. /var/log/nfsc. /var/spool/nfsd. /var/log/nfs/nfs.logAnswer – aExplanation -- The var/lib/nfs directory is used to keep information about the exported directory. The files xtab, etab, and rmtab files which contain the information about the exported files.
169. Which utility is used to configure samba server?a. Smaba Server configurationb. Samba Server configurationc. Samba configurationd. Smaba configurationAnswer – b
170. Which command is used to invoke the Samba Server Configuration utility?a. System-config-sambab. system-config-smbc. system-config-sambad
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d. system-config-smbdAnswer – a
171. Which of the following is main configuration file of samba server?a. /etc/samba/samba.confb. /etc/samba.confc. /etc/samba/smb.confd. /etc/smb.confAnswer – c
172. Which file does contain the name of the all samba users?a. /etc/samba/smbusersb. /etc/smbusersc. /etc/samba/smbusrsd. /etc/samba/sambausersAnswer – a
173. An administrator wants to add a user Jack as samba user. The Unix username and windows user name of Jack are same (it is Jack).what should be the format of entry in samba user file?
a. jack=jackb. user=jackc. user:jackd. jack:jackAnswer – aExplanation -- The /etc/samba/smbusers file contains the list of samba users. To add a new samba user vishnu as in above case enter below line in the /etc/samba/smbusers file vishnu = vishnuthe left hand side denotes the Unix user name and the right hand side denotes the windows user name.
174. Which command is used to start the samba server?a. Service smbd startb. service samba startc. service smb startd. service sambad startAnswer – c
175. Which command is used to view the samba server status information?a. smbstatusb. smb statusc. smbclient -Ld. none of themAnswer – cExplanation – the command is used to check whether the samba service is running on the system and the share created on the system is being shared as the user wanted it to be.
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176. Which command is used to start the ftp server?a. Service ftp startb. service ftpd startc. service vsftpd startd. service vftpd startAnswer – c
177. Which is the main configuration file for the vsftpd server?a. /etc/ftpd/vsftpd.confb. /etc/ftp/vsftpd.confc. /etc/vsftpd/vsftp.confd. /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.confAnswer – d
178. An administrator wants the local users to use the ftp service. which of the following lines is to be added in the ftp server configuration file?
a. local_user=YESb. local_users=YESc. local_usr=YESd. local_enable=YESAnswer – dExplanation -- local_enable parameter is when set to YES then local users can login to ftp server if set to NO then local users can not login to ftp server.
179. In the main configuration file of ftp server the directive userlist_enable=NO is used. Which users are allowed to login into ftp?
a. All usersb. no usersc. users in file /etc/vsftpd/user_listd. users not in file /etc/vsftpd/user_listAnswer – cExplanation -- The /etc/vsftpd/user_list contain list of users which are allowed access if userlist_enable=NO.
180. An administrator wants to list the names of two users John and Jack in /etc/vsftpd/user_list file. Which of the following is valid entry?
a. John, jackb. john;jackc. john:jackd. johnjackAnswer – dExplanation – the users should be listed one in a line.
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181. Which files contain the logging information about the ftp server?a. /var/log/vsftp.logb. /var/log/xferlogdc. both of themd. none of themAnswer – dExplanation --The file /var/log/vsftpd.log and /var/log/xferlog files contain the logging info about the ftp server.
182. A user wants to copy a file from current directory of remote system to current directory of local system. Which ftp command should he/she use?
a. Getb. putc. copyd. pasteAnswer – a
183. Which command invokes the ftp command prompt?a. vsftpb. sftpc. ftpd. ftpdAnswer –c
184. Which graphical utility is used to configure the ftp server?a. Very Secure FTP daemon Configuration b. Very Secure FTP Configuration c. VSFTP daemon Configuration d. VSFTPD Configuration Answer -- a
185. Which command is used to invoke the Very Secure FTP daemon Configuration utility?
a. System-config-vsftpb. system-config-ftpc. system-config-ftpdd. system-config-vsftpdAnswer –d
186. Which is the main configuration file for the LDAP server?a. /etc/openldap/ldap.confb. /etc/openldap/openldap.confc. /etc/ldap/ldap.confd. /etc/ldap/openldap.confAnswer – a
187. What is the significance of the sizelimit option in the main configuration file of
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ldap?a. Memory size limitb. the number of records in ldapc. number of concurrent processesd. specifies the limit of results returnedAnswer – dExplanation -- SIZELIMIT specifies the limit of results which will be returned when the ldap server is searched. If the value is set to 12 then 12 results will be returned as the output of a search.
188. What is the significance of the timelimit option in the main configuration file of ldap?
a. Maximum time taken by ldap to answer a search requestb. Minimum time taken by ldap to answer a search requestc. Maximum time taken by ldap to add a entryd. none of aboveAnswer – aExplanation -- TIMELIMIT specifies the time limit which the ldap will take to answer the search request. The timelimit of 15 in above example means that the ldap will take 15 seconds to answer a search request.
189. A user created a file which contains the directories of information he/she wants to add into an ldap server. What should be file extension?
a. Ldapb. ldifc. ldafd. ldfaAnswer – bExplanation -- LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF)
190. Before using a schema to create ldap directory information what a user should do?a. Add the schema in /etc/openldap/ldap.confb. nothing is to be donec. ad schema in /etc/openldap/openldap.confd. make the schema file Answer – aExplanation -- To create the ldap directories user have to include the ldap schema he/she is using in the configuration file /etc/openldap/ldap.conf using the include directive.
191. Which directive is used to include a schema in the file /etc/openldap/ldap.conf?a. Copyb. use c. included. makeAnswer – c
192. A user makes changes in the file /etc/openldap/ldap.conf. He/she wants to check
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whether he/she made any syntax error. Can he/she do this?a. No he can't do this using any commandb. yes using slapd -tc. yes using ldap -td. yes using ldcheckAnswer – bExplanation -- The command slapd -t is used to check the /etc/openldap/ldap.conf file for the syntax change.
193. Which command is used to search for an entry in the ldap directory?a. ldapb. ldap -sc. ldapsearchd. ldapsrchAnswer – cExplanation -- Ldapsearch is used to search the ldap directory using the search parameters.The number of entries which should be returned using the ldapsearch command is defined in the configuration file /etc/openldap/ldap.conf. The SIZELEIMIT option is used to define the number of rows returned.
194. Which directory does contain the default ldap schema file?a. /etc/openldap/ldap/schema/b. /etc/ldap/schema/c. /etc/openldap/schema/d. /etc/openldap/schemaldapAnswer – c
195. which command is used to set the nis domain name of a system?a. domainnameb. nisdomainnamec. ypdomainnamed. all of theseAnswer – dExplanation -- The command domainname, or nisdomainname, and ypdomainname is used to set the NIS domain name of the system
196. Which is the main configuration file for NIS server?a. /etc/nis.conf b. /etc/nis/yp.conf c. /etc/yp/yp.conf d. /etc/yp.conf Answer – d
197. Which command is used to start the NIS server?a. service ypserver startb. service yp start
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c. service ypserv startd. service ypd startAnswer – c
198. Which file is used to map NIS?a. /etc/nsswitch.confb. /etc/nswitch.confc. /etc/nwitch.confd. /etc/nisswitch.confAnswer – aExplanation -- The /etc/nsswitch.conf is used to include the NIS in the search path of the files
199. The files /etc/passwd and /etc/group are being shared by the NIS server. Which file contains the name of the files being shared by the NIS server?
a. Sharefile in /var/yp directoryb. Makefile in /var/yp directoryc. Makefile in /var/nis directoryd. Make in /var/yp directoryAnswer – bExplanation -- the Makefile in the directory /var/yp is edited to include the files which files are being shared by the NIS server. The file names which should not be shard in commented out.
200. Which file does contain the entry for the client computers with access to NIS server?a. /var/yp/securenetb. /var/yp/securenetsc. /var/yp/access.confd. /var/yp/secureAnswer – bExplanation -- The client’s computers who are allowed access the NIS server information is added in the file /var/yp/securenets file.
201. What are the valid values of security field in file /etc/ypserv.conf?a. Noneb. portc. denyd. all of theseAnswer – dExplanation -- The security can have values as none (to allow access), port (to allow access from port below 1024), deny (denying access)
202. Which command is used to create a NIS database?a. ypb. ypdatac. ypinitd. ypservAnswer – cExplanation -- the NIS database of the files configured to have shared by the NIS server is
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created by using the ypinit command.
203. Which command is used to enable the dhcp server?a. chkconfig dhcpd startb. chkconfig dhcpd onc. chkconfig dhcpd enabled. chkconfig dhcp onAnswer –b
204. Which of the following is dhcp server configuration file?a. /etc/dhcpd/dhcpd.confb. /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.confc. /etc/dhcpd.confd. /etc/dhcp.confAnswer – c
205. What does the file /etc/dhcpd.conf contain?Answer -- The configuration file is used to list the range of ip address out of which the server will assign an ip address to a computer on its network. It can also contain option to assign a particular address to a definite Ethernet address on the network.
206. How can administrator decide number of client’s assigned address using the DHCP server?
a. Using file /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leasesb. using file /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.countc. using file /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.numd. using file /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.statAnswer – aExplanation -- The file /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases contain information if a client has been assigned address by a dhcp server. For every client which has been assigned address one set of lease line is written in the file /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases.
207. Which graphical utility is used to configure the dhcp client?a. System-config-networkb. neatc. all of thered. none of theseAnswer – c
208. Which file does contain the process id of the dhcp client?a. /var/run/dhcpclient.pid.b. /var/run/dhclient.pid.c. /var/run/dhcplient.pid.d. /var/run/dhpclient.pid.Answer – b
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209. Which configuration file does dhcp client use?a. /etc/dhcplient.confb. /etc/dhpclient.confc. /etc/dhcpdclient.confd. /etc/dhclient.confAnswer – d
210. Which command is used to start the named server?a. service bind startb. /etc/init.d/named startc. /etc/init.d/name startd. service name startAnswer – b
211. Which graphical utility is used to configure the DNS server?a. BIND Configuration GUIb. BIND Configuration c. BIND Server Configuration GUId. BIND Server ConfigurationAnswer –a
212. Which command is used to invoke BIND Configuration GUI?a. system-config-nameb. system-config-namedc. system-config-bindd. system-config-dnsAnswer – c
213. Which is the main configuration file for the named daemon?a. /etc/named/named.confb. /etc/named/name.confc. /etc/named.confd. /etc/name.confAnswer – c
214. What is the function of acl directive in the file /etc/named.conf?a. To define access control listb. to define performance option c. to define server pidd. none of the aboveAnswer – aExplanation -- acl – access control list used as acl “description “{ip address};
215. An administrator made changes to file /etc/named.conf. Which command does check file for syntax error?
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a. Named-checkconfb. checkconfc. checkfiled. namedcheckconfAnswer – a
216. Which command is used to check the syntax of the zone files?a. named-checkzoneb. checkzonec. checkzonenamedd. zonecheckAnswer – aExplanation -- Named-checkzone is used to check the syntax of the zone files which should be created by the user in the /var/named directory after creating the file /etc/named.conf file.
217. Which file does contain the statistics of named daemon?/var/named/data/named_statistics.txt/var/named/data/named_stats/var/named/data/named_stats.txt/var/named/data/stats.txtAnswer – c
218. you have chosen a domain name for your system. How can you check the availability of domain name?
a. whob. whoisc. domainchkd. domaincheckAnswer – bExplanation – whois command is used to search for the availability of domain name format whois domain-name
219. How can you get the hostname of your system from ip address?a. hostb. hostnamec. gethostd. none of theseAnswer – aExplanation -- It is used to get the ip address corresponding to the hostname and vice versa. Format ishost host-namehost ip address
220. Which file is dump file for the named daemon?a. /var/named/data/cache_dumb.dbb. /var/named/data/dumb.dbc. /var/named/data/named_dumb.db
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d. /var/named/data/cache_dumbAnswer – a
221. Which of the following files are configuration files for the sendmail server?a. /etc/mail/sendmail.cfb. /etc/mail/sendmail.mcc. both of themd. none of themAnswer – cExplanation -- The main configuration file for the sendmail is /etc/mail/sendmail.cf. Many options which sendmail uses are also defined in the file /etc/mail/sendmail.mc. The file /etc/mail/sendmail.mc contains the sendmail default values like the location of the other configuration files to be used by the sendmail, location of the log files and database files.
222. The domain name of your system changed from oldone to newone. What should the administrator do?
a. Domain name mapping in file /etc/domainb. use command domainnamec. domain name mapping in file /etc/mail/domaintabled. none of aboveAnswer – cExplanation -- The file /etc/mail/domaintable contain the domain name mapping that is mapping the old domain name of the network to the new one.
223. You want to configure the sendmail server to handle two domain names. What will you do?
a. Can't be doneb. define domain names in /etc/mail/local-host-namec. define domain names in /etc/mail/domain-named. define domain names in /etc/mail/virtualAnswer – bExplanation -- the file /etc/mail/local-host-name define the domain names for which the sendmail server of the system will act as a mail server.
224. Which file is used to define the users and clients for accessing the sendmail server?a. /etc/mail/accessb. /etc/mail/access.denyc. /etc/mail/access.allowd. /etc/mail/securityAnswer – aExplanation -- The /etc/mail/access file defines the hosts and users from which the mail server sendmal will accept mail for delivery or relay.
225. After changing the /etc/mail/access file a user wants to create the access.db file. What command does server the purpose?
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a. Make access.dbb. make accessc. create access d. create access.dbAnswer – aExplanation -- The user wants to make the individual configuration files into the .db files then use the following commandscd /etc/mailmake access.dbreplace the filename access.db with the .db file you want to create for example make virtusertable.db makes the file virtusertable.db.
226. What actions does sendmail do on a mail?a. RELAYb. REJECTc. both of themd. none of themAnswer – cExplanation -- There are four actions which the sendmail server can take RELAY – the server sends the message to the mail server request in the mail.REJECT – the message is rejected and sender is informed that the message is rejected.DISCARD – the message is rejected and sender is not informed that the message is rejected.ERROR: user defined text message – inform the user why the server did not relay the message.
227.Which file does contain collected statistics from sendmail?a. /var/spool/mail/statisticsb. /var/spool/mail/statc. /var/spool/mail/statsd. /var/spool/mail/statisticAnswer – a
228. Which is the main configuration file for postfix server?a. /etc/postfix/main.cfb. /etc/postfix/main.mcc. /etc/postfix/postfix.cfd. /etc/postfix/post.cfAnswer – aExplanation -- the /etc/postfix/main.cf is the main configuration file for the postfix server. There is also a file /etc/postfix/main.cf.default which is exact copy of the main.cf file and is used for reference in case user has made any wrong changes in the file main.cf. It defines the hostnames and domain names, postfix queues and locations to be used for logging, mailbox.
229. Which is the postfix daemon configuration file?a. /etc/postfix/master.cfb. /etc/postfix/daemon.cfc. /etc/postfix/postfix.confd. /etc/postfix/master.conf
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Answer – aExplanation -- The file /etc/postfix/master.cf is the main configuration file for the postfix daemon process.
230. Which file is used to define the users and clients for accessing the postfix server?a. /etc/postfix/accessb. /etc/postfix/access.denyc. /etc/postfix/access.allowd. /etc/postfix/securityAnswer – aExplanation -- the file /etc/postfix/access file is used to define the users and system which have access to use the postfix server.
231. Which file does contain the directory and file permission set by postfix?a. /etc/postfix/postfix-filesb. /etc/postfix/permit-filesc. /etc/postfix/postfix-filed. /etc/postfix/permission-filesAnswer –aExplanation -- the file /etc/postfix/postfix-files contain the directory and file permissions set by the postfix server.
232. Which files does contain the sendmail and postfix server log information?a. /var/log/maillogb. /var/log/maillog.1c. /var/log/maillog.2d. all of aboveAnswer – dExplanation -- the log information about the postfix and sendmail server is logged in the file /var/log/maillog,/var/log/maillog.1,and /var/log/maillog.2. The file /var/log/maillog.2 contains log information about each and every mail received and send by the postfix and sendmail server.
233. Which directory does contain the default services configured on the system?a. /etc/alternativeb. /etc/alternativesc. /etc/services/alternativesd. /etc/service/alternativesAnswer –bExplanation -- The contents of the directory /etc/alternatives displays the default services configured on the system
234. Which file does contain the alternative mail services?a. /var/lib/alternativesb. /var/lib/alternatives/mtac. /var/lib/alternative/mta
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d. /var/lib/alternatives/mta-alternateAnswer – b
235. Which is the main configuration file for the dovecot services?a. /etc/dovecot.confb. /etc/dovecot.cfc. /etc/dovecot.mcd. /etc/dovecot/dovecot.confAnswer – a
236. Which directive of dovecot configuration file does set the directory path containing run time data?
a. run_dirb. base_runc. main_dird. base_dirAnswer – dExplanation – base_dir defines Base directory where to store runtime data
237. Which directive of dovecot configuration defines maximum number of running mail processes?
a. max_mail_processes b. max_run_mail_processes c. max_mail_run_processes d. mail_processes Answer – aExplanation -- max_mail_processes defines the maximum number of mail processes that can run simultaneously.
238. Which configuration file does xinetd use?a. /etc/xinet.confb. /etc/xine.confc. /etc/xinetd/xinetd.confd. /etc/xinetd.confAnswer – d
239. Which directory does contain the files corresponding to the services supported by xinetd?
a. /etc/xinetd.db. /etc/xinetdc. /etc/xinetd.d/serviced. /etc/xinetd.d/servicesAnswer -- a
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Explanation -- The directory /etc/xinetd.d contains files corresponding to the services which xinetd will start if connection is made to that port number. These services are called on demand services.
240. There are three clients A, B, and C. Administrator wants to allow A and B for xinetd services (with tcp wrappers).The client A is listed in file /etc/hosts.allow and c in /etc/hosts.deny.Is the configuration right?
a. Nob. yesAnswer – bExplanation -- /etc/hosts.allow – it contains the list of ip address and subnet masks of clients who are allowed connection. This file is first scanned by tcpd./etc/hosts.deny – it contains the list of ip address and subnet masks of clients who are not allowed connection. This file is scanned by tcpd after scanning the /etc/hosts.allow file.If an address is not specified in any file then the connection is allowed.
241. What is the significance of ALL in /etc/hosts. allow and /etc/hosts. deny?
a. All is specified to denote all clients b. all is specified for all servicesc. both of thesed. none of theseAnswer – a
242. Which graphical utility is used to configure security level of a system?a. security Configurationb. security Level Configurationsc. security Level Configurationd. security Level ManagerAnswer – c
243. Which command is used to invoke security level configuration?a. system-config-securityb. system-config-levelc. system-config-secureleveld. system-config-securitylevelAnswer – d
244. Which file contains the current security level settings?a. /etc/sysconfig/iptableb. /etc/sysconfig/iptablesc. /etc/sysconfig/ipchainsd. /etc/sysconfig/ipchainAnswer – bExplanation -- The file /etc/sysconfig/iptables contains the security level currently imposed on the system. This file is written by the Security Level Configuration utility.
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245. Which file does configure the modules needed for NAT filtering?a. /etc/sysconfig/iptables-configb. /etc/sysconfig/iptables-natc. /etc/sysconfig/iptables-filterd. /etc/sysconfig/iptable-configAnswer – aExplanation -- The file /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config is used to, load additional iptables modules. The additional modules help in NAT filtering and helpers.
246. Which command is used to save the rules from kernel and install them in a configuration file?
a. iptables-saveb. iptables-loadc. iptables-kerneld. iptables -SAnswer – a
247. The /etc/pam.conf file is absent on a system. Where will the configuration file for PAM find?
a. /etc/pam/pam.db. /etc/pam.d/confc. /etc/pam.d/pamd. /etc/pam.d Answer – dExplanation -- The contents of the file /etc/pam.conf is ignored if the files in the directory /etc/pam.d are present. The files in the directory /etc/conf.d correspond to the services which use PAM for authentication.
248. Which of the following account types does PAM allow?a. authb. passwordc. both of themd. none of themAnswer – cExplanation -- PAM allows four types account, password, authentiction, and session.
249. What are the valid control types for a PAM configuration file?a. mandateb. donec. none of themd. both of themAnswer – cExplanation -- The valid values for the control are include, required, sufficient, and optional.
250. Which directory does contain the PAM modules?a. /lib/security
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b. /lib/PAMc. /lib/security/PAMd. /etc/PAMAnswer – a
251. Which graphical utility is used for SELinux configuration?a. SELinux configuration b. SELinux configurationsc. SELinux administrationd. SELinux managerAnswer – c
252. Which command is used to invoke the SELinux administration utility?a. system-config-selinuxb. system-config-SElinuxc. system-config-SELinuxd. system-config-seAnswer – a
253. What of the following is valid SELinux enforcing mode?a. permissiveb. enforcingc. disabled. all of themAnswer – dExplanation -- enforcing – SELinux policies are enforced.Permissive – SELinux policies are checked but policy issues warning instead of enforcement.Disable-- SELinux policies are not enforced that is are disabled.
254. Which configuration file does SELinux use?a. /etc/sysconfig/selinux.confb. /etc/sysconfig/selinux.mcc. /etc/sysconfig/selinux.cfd. /etc/sysconfig/selinuxAnswer – d
255. Which file does SELinux Administration utility change?a. /etc/sysconfig/selinuxb. /etc/sysconfig/seladc. /etc/sysconfig/seladmd. /etc/sysconfig/seladminAnswer – aExplanation -- The SELinux administration changes the values in the SELinux configuration file /etc/sysconfig/selinux
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INDEX*
Aaccess 97, 105, 113-14, 116-17, 119-20, 125-6, 129, 132, 135, 138-9, 150-1, 153, 161, 193, 203, 208-9 [4]access control 113, 193access control list 145, 205access control section 9, 113Access file 147, 151, 172access tab user 125access.db 147-8, 208AccessFileName 103access.log cache.log squid.out store.log 112account system-auth 160 user jack's 196acl 113, 122, 145, 205acl tag 113, 193actions System Tools 152address 61, 99, 103-4, 107, 115, 140, 156, 191, 193-4, 204, 211 assigned 140, 204 lp 117adm 78-9, 81, 130Administrative group 73administrator 66, 155, 192-3, 195, 198-9, 204-5, 207, 211AGE 68AGENT 97Alias SERVICES 79aliases 70-1, 79, 103, 134ALT 30, 32, 169amount 85-6, 183, 194anaconda 14, 26, 164-5, 167anaconda boot prompt 164-5anaconda ks 165anongid 118, 122, 196anonuid 122Anonymous login 127anonymous uid 118, 196anonymous user behavior 132answer 3, 134, 201 command xvf 178 dev/sda2 174 device-name raid-device-name 175 dumb 207 error condition 188 etc/autofs.master 174 etc/bashrc 179 etc/cachemgr.conf 194 etc/dhclient.conf 205 etc/dhcp.conf 204 etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf 210 etc/groups 181 etc/ldap/openldap.conf 200 etc/name.conf 205 etc/openldap/schemaldap 202 etc/PAM 213 etc/samba/sambausers 198 etc/smb.conf 198 etc/sysconfig/selinux 213 etc/syslog.conf 187 etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf 199 etc/xinetd.conf 210 etc/yp.conf 202 filesystem 183 ftpd 200 gpassword 181 hd0 164 kickstart-file/install/linux.com 165
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lib/httpd/module 189 modified 176 namedcheckconf 206 paste 200 renice command 184 schedule 186 security Level Manager 211 service name start 205 service sambad start 198 service squid reload 195 service vftpd start 199 service ypd start 203 squid configure 195 system-config-dns 205 system-config-httpconf 190 system-config-manages 178 system-config-se 213 system-config-securitylevel 211 system-config-smbd 198 system-config-usrs 181 system-config-vsftpd 200 var/log/httpd.log 191 var/run/httpd 189 var/run/klogd 187 var/run/squidd.pid 193 var/spool/mail/statistic 208 var/spool/squid/cachedir 193apache 102, 105-6 configuration apache configuration file httpd.conf 100, 189apache server 109, 190Apache web server 99, 101, 110, 189-91apache web server configuration directory 100, 189apache web server process 101, 190async 42, 118, 122atq 94-6, 188atrm 95-6attributes 55, 101auth 102, 149, 160-1, 212 file system-auth 161authentication 111, 160-1, 191, 212auto 42, 51autofs 50-1, 174, 197autofs status 174automount 6, 50, 52automount daemons 50, 174
Bbadblocks 6, 49, 174base 45, 133-4, 153-4, 210bash 70bash shell 70-1, 179-80bashrc 70batch 93, 96bi 19, 85bin/bash 35, 67, 70, 72, 78, 97-9, 180bin/bash new-user 180bin/mount 79-80bin/tcsh 72bin/true 90bin/umount 79-80Block device 57, 85blocksize 45-6, 173bo 85book 3, 5boot 14-15, 25-9, 41, 51, 91, 165, 167-8boot configuration 27-8
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boot directory 15boot/grub/grub.conf 25, 28, 168boot ks 165boot partition 14-15, 26boot process 3, 5, 25, 29, 169, 184 normal 29boot process kernel 169boot prompt 16, 18boot system, single 14boot time 34-5, 42, 87, 142, 169, 172bootloader 15-16, 25, 27, 41, 164-5 default 25, 164-5bootloader command 17broadcast 136-7browse tab user 66buffer 86, 91, 187button 107-8, 120-1, 142, 144-5, 157bzip2 178
Cca 31, 169cache 105, 112, 114, 192-3cache directory 112 default 193cache directory section 9, 112cache files 60cache manager 10, 114-15, 194Cache-manager command 194cache server 105cache size 112, 193cachedir 60case 81, 183cat 47-8, 173-4cd 120, 131, 152, 155cdrom 16-19, 80CDROM media 52change 36, 46, 52, 72, 78, 81, 83, 90, 131, 153, 163, 170, 181-3, 186, 192change directory 131change root user's password 76Changing priority of process 8, 90Changing runlevels 36chgrunlevel 170chkconfig 35-8, 99, 150, 169, 171chkconfig command 170chkconfig dhcpd 204chkconfig service-name 37-8, 170choice 16, 27-8, 34, 123, 168click 40, 75, 82-3, 87, 121, 123-5, 141, 158 user information 74clicking 83, 87, 121, 125, 142, 144-5, 157client computers 118, 138-40, 195, 203client side information 122client system 137clients 3, 99, 104, 113-14, 118, 125-6, 132-3, 139-40, 142, 156, 186, 192-4, 196, 204, 207, 211 [1] dhcp 142, 204 root user of 118, 196 subnet masks of 156, 211 web 104, 111Cmnd 79columns 42-3comma 157command 20-4, 36-40, 43-4, 47-8, 54-8, 64-5, 76-81, 84, 86-91, 93-8, 119-20, 127-8, 170-5, 180-90, 195-
200, 202-7 [29] administrative 8, 41, 79, 151 atq 95, 188 badblocks 49, 174 batch 96, 188
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bzip2 178 chgrp 81 chmod 46 chown 81 chown user-name-group-name file-name 183 df 77, 181 dmesg 187 exportfs 119, 196 fdisk 172 filename time-specification 95 following 46, 52, 67, 72, 153 free 183 fsck 48-9 groupadd 73 groupdel 73 groupmod 73 insmod 89, 185 install 64 ldapsearch 135, 202 lsmod 185 lvdisplay 57 lvremove 57 mdadm 53-4 mke2fs 173 mkfs 44 mkswap 46 modinfo 88 modprobe 89-90, 186 network 17 nfsstat 122, 197 ps 8, 90 purpose 53, 90 pvcreate 54 renice 90-1, 186 rmmod 89 sbin/visudo 81 sudo 182 swap 46 swapon 47 top 84, 184 uptime 85 useradd 66-7, 71 userdel 72 usermod 72, 180 visudo 182 vmstat 85, 183 whois 206 ypinit 139, 204 yum 60-1, 176command aliases 79-80command askmethod 16command atq 96command badblocks 49, 174command badblocks device-name 49command badblocks searches 49command bzip2 65, 178command chkconfig 37, 143command chkconfig dhcpd 139command chkconfig dovecot 153command chkconfig httpd 99command chown 182command crontab 98command dd 173command dhclient 142command dmesg 91
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command domainname 135, 202, 207command don��������command execute 182command field 98command file swap 46command ifconfig 140command insmod 90command kudzu 19command ldapadd 135command line 46, 48, 73, 77, 179, 186command lsmod 88command lvcreate 56command mdadm 53command mkfs.vfat 173command modprobe 90command mount 42, 80command passwd 76, 181command prompts 76, 96command ps 90command pvremove 58Command Reference 13, 159, 163command renice 186command root@localhost 44command rpm 81, 177command sequence 148command service dhcpd start 139command service dovecot start 153command service httpd start 99command service network start 142command service ypbind start 137command sets 135command shutdown 169, 182command slapd 134, 202command swapoff 48command system-config-kickstart 17command tar xvf 178command tar xvfz realplay.tar.gz 64command umount directory-name 43command uname 185command useradd 72command userdel 180command vgcreate 55command vgdisplay 55command vgextend 55command vgremove 58command.insmod loads 186commands gunzip realplay.tar.gz 64commands mke2fs uses 45commands tar xvf 178comment 71-2, 101, 126-8, 160, 169computers 14-15, 23, 116-18, 122, 131, 135-6, 138-40, 166, 204 remote 131conf 100, 102, 173, 189-90, 212conf directory 100config directory 102configuration 8-9, 11, 101, 128, 133, 162, 190, 200, 205, 211 httpd server 190 post installation 151 samba 197 server's 190configuration directives 103Configuration directives for Apache web server process 190configuration file cd 148configuration file restart 116configuration files 11-12, 27-8, 41, 45, 59-60, 64, 133-5, 140, 147-8, 159-61, 165-6, 176, 186-7, 194-5,
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configuration information 115, 189configuration parameters 142, 190configuration configure 14, 17, 19-20, 23, 27, 64-5, 106-7, 109-10, 122-3, 131, 141, 143, 150, 153, 162, 204-5 [5]configure command configures 65configure IPSec tunnel 23configure printers 24configure samba server 197configure security level 211configure system's hostname 23Configuring Grub 5, 27Configuring Hardware 5, 19Configuring NIS 11, 136Configuring services 36Configuring Squid 9, 111Configuring vsftpd 10, 128connect 118, 128-9, 131, 150, 195connection 102, 110, 131, 155-6, 192, 211 internet 115, 194-5conntrack 159console 29-30, 92control 27, 104, 112, 161, 169, 212copy 15, 91, 131, 200-1core directory 109, 147cpu 85CPU usage 84, 184crashes 40, 52Creating Kickstart 5, 16Creating User Account 7, 66cron facility 93, 97crontab 97-8, 189crontab jobs 97-8CTRL 30, 32, 169ctrlaltdel 30-2, 169
Ddaemon 78-9, 81, 99, 130, 157 cron 97-9, 189 klogd 93, 187 named 143, 145, 205-6 tcp wrapper 156daemon Configuration 10, 131, 200Daemon Configuration 151daemon process name 194daemon xinetd 12, 155data files 46, 174database 64, 79, 100, 177, 190database files 147-8, 207days 68db 138db files 12, 147-8, 208dc 133-4default installer 14, 164default operating system 27-8, 168default parameters 45-6default runlevel 29-30default values 66-7, 71-3, 101, 147, 179, 194, 207defaults 41, 45deflate/module 89Deleting user account 7, 72deref 134DEREF options 134desc 19description 29, 33, 35, 61-2, 123, 125-6, 145-6, 159, 163, 205desktop 82, 86, 152dev 18, 41-2dev/cdrom 43-4, 51-2, 173
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dev/fd0 51dev/md0 53-4, 174dev/my 57dev/sda 26, 42-3, 47-8, 77dev/sda0 53dev/sda1 53, 174dev/sda2 53-4, 174dev/sda4 43dev/sda5 40, 54-5, 173dev/sda6 172dev/vol 175device 19, 41-2, 44, 46, 49, 52-4, 141, 166, 173-5 multiple 52 physical 53device listing 141device name 42device-name 48-9, 175 filesystem-type 44, 48devpts 41, 43df 77, 96-7, 181dhcp 139, 142DHCP client 11, 140dhcp server 139-42, 204DHCP server 11, 139-40, 204difference 42, 153, 167, 177-8digits 35, 169dir 17, 45, 153-4, 210DIR 67-8, 179directory 15, 34-6, 40-1, 59-60, 99-104, 117-21, 125-6, 131, 133-4, 149-52, 160, 171, 175-7, 188-91, 196-
7, 209-12 [25] base 153, 210 current 131, 161, 200 etc/alternatives 152 etc/httpd 189 schema 134 target 173 var/lib/alternatives 152 var/named 145, 206 var/nis 203 var/yp 203directory entry 117, 134directory files 117directory information 134directory list 132directory listing 121directory name 17, 117directory-name host-name 117directory option 132directory path 17, 210directory realplay 64-5directory realplay.tar 65directory tree 101, 190directory user 70directory yum 175disk 85, 105, 118, 127, 171disk druid 164-5display 57, 77, 90, 124, 181display server side information 122display server side NFS information 197dmesg 91, 187DNS server 11, 139, 143-6, 205dns server information 141DNS server information 142DNS service 143DocumentRoot 103, 106, 190-1domain 106, 127, 143domain example.com 117-18, 156
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domain name mapping 147, 207Domain Name Service 138Domain Name System 111, 143, 191 domain names 146-7, 151, 196, 206-8domain NISDOMAIN 136domain ServerName 106domainname domain-name-of-system 135don�����������dovecot 12, 153-4dovecot configuration 210down list 144-5drivers 19, 80, 87-8drm 88-9DSO (Dynamic Shared Object) 102dual boot system 14dumb.db 145, 206DVD 14-15DVD drive 14DVD media 14-15Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 139Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) 102
Eedit 39, 59, 83, 108, 120-1, 123, 144, 182editing 27-8, 58, 134, 144-5, 179email address, web master 107, 109ENAB 69-70entry 15, 20, 29, 37, 50-1, 71-3, 114, 117-18, 126, 135, 138, 149, 169, 173, 175, 201-3 [2] valid 136, 138, 196, 199entry initdefault 29entry mta-sendmail 152environment 96, 99, 188 customize user's shell 70EOT 95-6error 49, 101, 104, 150, 183, 185-7, 190-1, 208error Answer 170error messages 91, 154etc/alternatives 209etc/at.allow 94, 187-8etc/at.deny 93-4, 188etc/at.deny command lists 93, 188etc/auto.misc 50-1etc/bashrc 71etc/cron.daily 98-9etc/demo 190etc/dhcpd.conf 140, 204etc/exports 117, 196etc/exports file 118-20, 195-6etc/fstab 42, 171-2etc/ftab 171-2etc/gshadow 73etc/hosts 137, 211etc/hosts.allow 12, 156, 211etc/hosts.deny 12, 156, 211etc/httpd 100-1, 189etc/httpd/conf 101-2, 189-90etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf 189-90etc/init 116, 143, 147-8, 174, 195, 205etc/inittab 29etc/login.defs 67, 179etc/mail 11, 147-8, 208etc/mail/local-host-name 147, 207etc/mail/sendmail.cf 147, 207etc/mail/sendmail.mc 147, 207etc/modprobe 90, 186etc/modprobe.conf 90, 166, 186
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etc/mstab 172etc/mtab 6, 42, 171-2etc/named.conf 145, 205etc/nsswitch.conf 137, 203etc/openldap/ldap.conf 134-5, 200-2etc/openldap/openldap.conf 200-1etc/pam 13, 160, 212etc/pam.conf 160, 212etc/passwd 71, 78, 180-1, 203etc/postfix/main.cf 151, 208etc/postfix/master.cf 151, 208-9etc/postfix/permission-files 209etc/postfix/permit-files 209etc/postfix/postfix-files 151, 209etc/profile 71etc/rc 31-2, 34-6, 50, 52, 169, 171, 174etc/samba directory 126etc/service/alternatives 209etc/services/alternatives 209etc/skel 67, 70, 72, 179etc/skel directory 70, 179etc/squid/squid.conf 111, 191-4etc/sudoers 80-1etc/sysconfig/hwconf 19-20, 166etc/sysconfig/ipchains 211etc/sysconfig/iptables 159, 211etc/sysconfig/iptables-config 159, 212etc/sysconfig/selinux 162, 213etc/sysconfig/squid 115, 194etc/sysconfig/syslog 187etc/sysconfig/syslog.conf 187etc/syslog 187etc/syslog.conf 92, 187etc/vsftpd/ftpusers 130etc/vsftpd/user 129-30, 132, 199etc/X11 32-3, 166etc/xinetd 155, 210-11etc/yp.conf 136etc/yum.conf 59-60, 176Ethernet device panel 141Ethernet interface 17, 140, 142exam 3exam topics 3example.com 105, 117-19, 122, 156exec 42execution, yum commands 176exit codes 49expire 60, 67, 72Explanation 164-213export 119, 196export HOSTNAME DESKTOP 97exported directory 122, 197exportfs 119, 196ext2 44-5, 48, 51ext3 41, 44, 48 filesystem types 42ext3 filesystem type 52ext3 filesystems 40, 44-5, 173ext3 rw 42-3
Ffacility 187-8failure 54, 161, 176father 27, 29, 169, 184fc7 26, 63, 87-8, 91, 127fdisk 172-3Fedora Core Linux 14
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field 98, 139 fourth 42, 98, 172file group 81, 182-3file modules.networking 88file names 67, 87, 93, 95, 132, 138, 185, 203file owner 81, 182-3file permissions 46, 183file swap 47-8file system 42, 49 virtual 41file system errors 49file systems, multiple 49filename 47-8, 88, 185filename access.db 148, 208files 29-30, 34-6, 46-8, 78-81, 92-9, 101-4, 115-18, 129-34, 137-40, 145-7, 149-52, 155-64, 171-6, 178-
90, 198-201, 203-13 [20] access.db 207 apache web server configuration 190 authpriv 92 bash 179 bashrc 70-1, 179 boot/grub/grub.conf 15 bz2 178 cached 105 change 163 component support component 102 configu-ration 92 crontab 97, 188-9 dhcp server configuration 204 domain name mapping 147 dovecot configuration 210 download 128 dump 145, 206 entry 117 etc/at.allow 93 etc/auto.master 50 etc/auto.misc 51 etc/bashrc 179 etc/cron.allow 97 etc/cron.deny 97 etc/crontab 98, 189 etc/dovecot.conf 153 etc/export 119 etc/fstab 6, 41, 43, 48, 172 etc/group 71, 81 etc/hosts.allow 156, 211 etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf 101, 190 etc/inittab 5, 29-30, 169 etc/login.defs 67 etc/mail/access 147, 150, 207 etc/mke2fs 45 etc/mtab 42 etc/named.conf 145, 206 etc/nsswitch 137 etc/nsswitch.conf 138 etc/openldap/ldap.conf 134, 202 etc/pam.conf 212 etc/passwd 72 etc/postfix/access 151, 209 etc/postfix/postfix-scripts 151 etc/profile 71 etc/rpmrc configuration 64, 176 etc/samba/smb.conf configuration 126 etc/samba/smbusers 126-7, 198 etc/shadow 71 etc/squid/squid.conf 193 etc/sudoers 8, 79-80, 182
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etc/sysconfig/iptables-config 159 etc/syslog.conf 92 etc/yp.conf 136 etc/yum.conf 176 executable 42, 156 execute user-namex201fs 182 exported 122, 197 file master.pid 154 file-name.cron 97 ftp server configuration 199 global configuration 64, 176 gpg key 61 htaccess 104 htpasswd 104 httpd.pid 101 important 11-12, 145-6, 149 index.html 103, 191 initrd 15 inittab 29 ldif 135 library 101 list 130, 132, 199 load config 102 local 138 main.cf 151, 208 modules.dep 89 multiple 131 named daemon configuration 145 pid 109 postfix daemon configuration 208 proc/kmsg 93 rmtab 122, 197 samba configuration 10, 126 samba user 198 sample 35, 96 sample auto.master 50 sample configuration 60 sample etab 122 sample ldap.conf 133 sample modprobe.conf 90 sample vsftpd.conf 128 script 151 sharing 122, 128 single 153 special 92 squid configuration 111, 192 squid daemon configuration 115, 194 squid server configuration 193 standard logging 132 sub-component configuration 101 swap 46-8 tar 178 tar.bz2 178 tar.gz 178 temporary 60 using 95, 204 var/log/secure 93 var/log/xferlog 130, 200 var/yp/securenets 138, 203 ypbind configuration 136 yum configuration 65 zip 178 zone 145, 206files he/she 103, 191files nisplus nis shadow 138files passwd 138
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files S10network 35files xtab 122, 197Filesystem Administration 6Filesystem Information 6, 40filesystem mount command 43filesystem option 77filesystem type 42, 48, 53, 172filesystem-type device-path-name directory-name 43filesystems 6, 34, 40-4, 46, 48-50, 52, 77, 80, 83, 165-7, 171-2, 181-2 basic 29 df 77 mounted 77, 122 proc 41, 171 pseudo 167 single 52 vfat 173filesystems tab 83finger 156firewall 3, 14, 16-17, 157, 159firewall command sets 17firewall rules 159floppy 45-6, 51following commands cd 148, 208format 10, 19, 29, 35, 47-8, 50-1, 53-7, 60-1, 71-3, 76-8, 81, 89-91, 117, 138-9, 146, 184-5 [17] tar.bz2 64-5 value 134Fri 94-6fs 45-6fsck 48-9, 174fstype 51ftp 18, 129-30, 159, 199-200FTP 3, 17-18, 41, 111ftp command 200ftp command prompt 10, 130, 200ftp server 129-30, 132, 199-200FTP server 128ftp service 199
GGB 56gid 41, 43, 69, 96, 118, 196Global Environment Configuration 9, 101gpgcheck 60-1gpgkeys 61, 176graphical tools 33graphical utility 5, 16-17, 20, 58-9, 65, 180, 190, 196, 200, 204-5, 211, 213group 8, 67, 72-3, 79-82, 91, 109, 138, 181-3 logical 56 new 7, 71, 73group accounts 66, 82Group Administration 7, 73group administration group apache 102-3group demo 182group ids 78group information 73-4, 180group-name 72, 103group sys root 81groupadd 68, 73grp 55-7, 59, 175grub 5, 15, 25, 27-8, 164-5, 168grub configuration file 5, 25-6, 168grub menu 15, 25, 27-8gunzip 178
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hard disk 14-16, 27, 42, 53-4, 59, 168, 172hard-disk-device name 53hard-disk-device-name 53-4hard-disk-partition 55 vgcreate volume-group-name 55 vgextend volume-group-name 55hard disk partitions 42, 44, 47hardware 19-20, 34, 87, 166Hardware Configuration 5hardware drivers 87, 89hd0 15, 26-7, 164, 168he/she 144, 161, 172, 192, 201-2 sendmail commands 148hierarchy 40, 112home 41, 50, 67, 69-70, 72, 77, 98, 165, 171, 181home/demo 173, 190-1home directory 46, 64, 67, 69, 72, 126-7, 176, 179-81 his/her 180home directory name 72home-directory-name 72home directory of user 179home directory path 71home/jack 181home/movies 43-4home/swap 47home/user 70-1, 77, 118-19, 122, 126, 180-1, 196home/vishnu 118-22home/vishnu directory 119-20host 19, 23, 146, 195-6, 206 virtual 107-8host names 117, 143hostname 10, 34, 71, 115, 117, 131, 146, 151, 192, 196, 206, 208htaccess 103-4HTTPD Configuration Answer 190httpd server 103, 189, 191HTTPD Server Configuration 190httpd service 99, 170
Iid 19, 29, 31, 86, 97 grp System 55IfModule mod 104-5imap 153-4include 50, 134, 137-8, 160-1, 201, 203, 212 system-auth password 160inconsistencies 118index closed db 64 opening db 63info 92, 104, 154infomod modulename 185information he/she 83, 201information server 103init 29-30, 32, 35, 50, 52, 168, 170-1, 174, 184init process 27, 29, 36, 169, 184INIT process 30initdefault 29, 31-4initialize 54Initializing System 6, 34initrd 15, 26-7inode 45-6Inserting module 8, 89install 14, 16, 59, 61-2, 65, 81, 89-90, 160, 163-4, 176-8, 212install server 15installation 5, 14-17, 52-3, 60, 65-6, 77, 79, 164, 167Installation and Hardware Configuration 5installation files 15
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installation process 14-16, 18, 164, 167interface, procfs-based 122ip, ns 159ip address 131, 134, 139-40, 142-3, 145-6, 193, 196, 204-6 list of 156, 211IPC 127IPC Service 127ipt 88iptables 158-9, 212iptables modules 159, 212iso9660 51
Jjack 81, 94, 151, 181, 186, 188, 198-9jill 188jobs 87, 93-7, 161, 188john 179, 199journaling feature 40, 52
KKB 56kde 70kernel 8, 15, 26-7, 29, 87-91, 93, 160, 168, 185-7, 212kernel/crypto/module 89Kernel Information 8, 90kernel/lib/zlib 89kernel messages 92-3, 187kernel Modules 8, 87, 185Kernel Services and Configuration 8kernel subdirectory 88keyboard 16, 30, 128, 166, 169keyboard layout 14, 17, 20-1keys 30, 32, 50-1, 169 gpg 60Kickstart 18kickstart configurator 17kickstart file 5, 16, 18, 164, 167kickstart-file/install/linux.com 164-5Kickstart Kill Process 83klogd 92-3ko 89ks 18kudzu 19-20, 165
LLABEL 26, 41languages system 14largefile 46lastrunlevel 170ldap 11, 133-5, 201-2LDAP Data Interchange Format 134, 201ldap directory 135, 202ldap directory information 201ldap server 134-5, 201ldap service service ldap start 135ldap.conf 133ldapsearch 202ldif 134, 201LEN 68letter 36level 29, 34-8, 53, 80, 91, 149-50, 169-71, 174, 176level directories 35level rpm configuration file 177lib/modules 87-90lib/modules/uname 89Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 133
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LILO 165line, following 104-5, 160, 199links, symbolic 35, 100-3Linux 15, 25, 52, 66, 78, 84, 87, 168linux file system structure 165linux filesystem 48list 38, 87, 94-5, 97-8, 120, 126, 129, 131-2, 138, 140, 143, 152, 170-1, 185, 188, 199 [5]list of commands 44, 48list of users 129, 199list root 129list service-name 38list status 38listing 19, 25, 47, 66, 83, 88, 95-6, 171-2load average 84-5, 96, 183-4LoadModule auth 102local system 131, 200local system mget 131local system mkdir 131localdomain 135-6localhost 99, 103, 114-15, 127-8, 148, 150, 191 entry domain Localdomain server 137location 16, 50-1, 60-1, 103, 109, 146-7, 151, 153-4, 164, 207-8locks 122log 78, 92-3, 100, 104, 106, 128, 154, 187Log Configuration Answer 184Log File and Cache directory section 9, 112log files 12, 41, 60, 87, 101, 132, 147, 149, 152-4, 176, 190, 207 default 164log information 8, 60, 86-7, 149, 152, 164, 191, 209logging 92, 129, 132, 151, 161, 208logical volume 7, 56-9, 175Logical Volume Group 6-7, 54, 56Logical volume group support 54login 33, 70, 78-9, 85, 128-30, 132, 196, 199 anonymous user 129 initial 179LogLevel 104, 191logout 70logs directory 100lp 78-9, 130lrwxrwxrwx 100ls 46-7, 60, 70, 87, 94, 97-8, 100, 112, 131, 133, 152lsmod modulename 185lvcreate 56lvremove 57-8
Mmac 187-8mail 12, 67-8, 72, 78-9, 92, 94, 99, 114, 130, 147, 149-50, 152-5, 179, 207-10 incoming 151-2mail processes 155, 210mail root 96mail server 146-7, 150, 152, 207 default 152mail server request 150, 208mail server sendmal 207mail services 11, 152, 209mail transfer agent 146, 150Mail Transport Agent Switcher 152mail transport agent work 153Mail User Agent 146mailbox 12, 67, 70, 151, 153, 179, 208main configuration file 100-1, 111, 126, 128, 133, 136, 147, 150-1, 153, 190-2, 198-202, 205, 207-10Makefile 138, 203manager, default partition 164-5maps 91, 135, 196 automounter 50-1
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master 50MASQUERADE 88Master Boot Record (MBR) 14, 25, 164matt 180max 154-5, 210MAX 68-9maximum number of mail processes 155, 210Maximum number of running mail processes 154MB 46, 56, 112, 166, 173mbr 16, 164MBR (Master Boot Record) 14, 25, 164MD5 69-70mdadm 53-4, 174-5mdadm device-name 175mdadm raid-device-name 53-4, 175mem 112, 192-3members 69, 80, 182memory 85, 166, 183-4messages 91, 93, 104, 150, 187, 208 outgoing 149Min/max values 68minutes 30-1, 33misc 50-1mke2fs 44, 46mkfs 44-5, 173-4mnt/cdrom 80mnt/win 120, 172mnt/win directory 120modes 20, 41-3, 49, 63, 165 graphics 33 multiuser 31, 33, 169 safe probe 20, 165Modifying group information 7, 73Modifying user account 7, 72modinfo 88, 185-6modinfo modulename 185modprobe 186modprobe modulename 185modsecurity directory 101module modules/mod 102module name 90module-name 90modules 87-90, 100, 102, 111, 159, 161, 166, 185-6, 191, 212 authorization 100, 190 command modprobe 89 driver 89, 185 loaded 88, 185 remove.list selinux policy 163 system-auth 161modules directory 101Modules Loaded 8, 88modules module 89-90modules.networking modules.symbols 87modules.usbmap kernel modules.inputmap 88monitor 17, 21, 53, 156, 166 package package-name.system 178monitor type 21Monitoring System performance 8, 82mount 27, 42-3, 50, 52, 80, 119-20, 168, 172-3, 182mount command 42-3, 50, 80, 119, 172, 197mount-options-separated-by-comma 50-1mount point 40, 42, 50, 53, 172mounted directory 44mounting 6, 29, 42-3, 50Multiuser 31, 169Multiuser mode booting 169MYGROUP 127-8
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Nname 35, 41, 53, 61, 88, 93, 97, 103, 114, 117, 126, 128-9, 131, 187-9, 193, 198-9 [3]Naming convention of files 35nat 88NAT filtering 159, 212neat 22, 140, 166, 204net 50, 120netbios 159netmask 139, 193network 16-18, 35-6, 117, 119, 122, 133, 138-40, 142, 147, 155, 166, 196, 204, 207network access 135Network Configuration 140, 166network devices 14, 22-3, 88, 166network information 184Network Information Service 135network options 9, 111, 132network port 163network security 12, 155network usage information 184networking 31, 79-80NFS 3, 17-18, 31, 116, 120, 197NFS Configuration 196NFS daemon 119, 121NFS directory 10, 119-20, 197NFS server 15, 122, 197NFS Server Administration Answer 196NFS Server Configuration 10, 120, 196NFS server configuration utility 120, 197NFS server root user 196NFS service 116, 119, 195-6nfsstat 122, 197nis 135, 137-8, 203 files nisplus 138NIS database 11, 139, 203NIS domain name 11, 135-7, 202NIS group 117, 195NIS server 11, 136-9, 202-3NIS server information 138, 203NIS server name 137NIS version 138nisdomainname 135-6, 202nisdomainname domain-name-of-system ypdomainname domain-name-of-system 135NISGRP 195noauto option 172nocrossmnt 122nodaemon 32-3nodev 51nosuid 51notauto option 172nouser 42ntfs 45, 48number 29, 53, 61-2, 68, 85, 94, 101, 104, 114, 117, 135, 173, 184, 196, 201-2, 204
Oobjects 112-13, 144-5, 192-3 hot 112, 192-3 transit 112, 192-3operation 50, 118, 174, 197option url 17options format 10, 118order 35-6, 48, 104-5, 169organizations 116, 143OS 127output 46, 63, 87-8, 91, 94, 96, 119, 122, 134, 170, 184, 187, 201overridden 46, 69, 71, 179
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PPackage management and Kickstart 3Package Manager 7, 65, 178package name 61package-name 62, 177 yum install 61, 177package-name queries 178package-name.yum install 178package package-name 177package processing 63packages 3, 14, 59-62, 64-6, 176-8 gpgkeys of 176 installed 62, 66, 177 software 14, 59, 62-4 istration xf0b7 3pam 129, 161, 212 configuring 160PAM configuration file 212PAM modules 161-2, 212panel 53, 66, 74, 107-9, 121, 123-5, 144-5, 157partition 14, 17, 27, 40, 47-8, 52-4, 165, 168, 171-3 dev/sda6 40, 172 disk 40, 43, 171 filesystem-type source 172pass 3, 5, 157PASS 68passwd 138, 161, 180-1passwd user-name 76 passwd command id 181password 15, 28-9, 68, 71, 76, 78, 80, 124, 127, 160-1, 181-2, 212password of user 76, 180path 18, 71, 98, 126, 145, 154performance 110, 118, 166 Perl 100, 102, 190permission mask 69PHP 100, 102, 190physical volume 7, 54-5, 58, 175pid 29, 52, 84, 86, 93, 97, 142, 145, 154, 168-9, 183-7, 189, 193pipe 94Pluggable Authentication Module 93, 129pop3 153-4port 16, 102, 107, 111-12, 114-15, 118, 121, 129, 132, 134, 139, 148, 154-8, 191-2, 195, 203port number 102, 121, 155, 211port panel 158postfix 12, 146, 150-3, 209 list postfix service 150postfix mail server 151postfix server 150-3, 208-9postfix server log information 209power 30-2power failure 30, 32-3, 52Power Restored 32-3powerfail 30, 32-3powerfail action 30, 33powerokwait 30, 32-3prefdm 32-3prevrunlevel 170printers 23-4, 122Prints 63priority 36, 47-8, 83-4, 90, 186privilege 78-81, 182-3probing 20problem 103, 170, 174proc 41-2, 85, 167, 171
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proc/modules 185proc/swaps 47-8, 173proc/uptime 184Process and Kernel Information 8, 90process id 91, 93, 142, 204process identification number 29, 84, 184process pid 90, 184process PID 41process priority 91, 186processes 8, 27, 29-30, 32-4, 36, 41, 80, 83-6, 90-1, 154-5, 161, 167-9, 171, 183-6, 194, 210 active 83 concurrent 201 postfix daemon 151, 209 proxy 114, 194 running 90 total number of 84, 184 zombie 84, 184processes tab 83profile 70program dnsserver 111, 191programs 35, 156, 191prompt 30, 94-5, 182properties 59, 108-9, 120, 144properties button 74, 121, 144, 146protocols 101, 122, 153-4, 158proxy 104-5ps 20, 95pts 85Python 100, 102, 190
QQMAIL 67-8queries 62, 64, 136, 146
Rraid 174-5RAID 52raid array 53raid device name 53raid-device-name 53-4, 175raid-device-name device-name 175raid devices 53-4, 174-5RAID devices 52-3raid devices information 53RAID disks 6, 52raid level information 53raid options panel 53ram 192-3RAM memory 84, 112, 184, 192-3ratio 45-6rc 31-2, 169, 171rc1 34, 36rc5 32, 35-6, 169rc.sysinit 31-2read/write 55, 57reconfigure 116, 195Red Hat 14-15, 58-9, 62, 69, 91, 143, 164, 168Red Hat Certified Engineer 3, 5Red Hat Certified Engineer Exam 3, 5Red Hat Enterprise Linux 14, 164Red Hat Linux 14, 16, 23, 25, 28, 53-4, 77, 165, 168, 172relay 147, 150, 207-8RELAY 150, 208remote system mput 131remote system rename 131remove 7, 53-4, 57-8, 62, 69, 89-90, 175, 186remove user groups 69
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Removing module 8, 89respawn 29, 32-3restart 40, 120, 142, 159, 195 service nfs 119 service sqd 195 service squidd 195restarting 119, 196RH 3, 5RH systems 69RHCE 3, 5ro 51, 118, 122root 15, 26-7, 78, 80-1, 85, 93-8, 118, 122, 165, 167, 181-2, 194root/anaconda-ks.cfg 16, 164, 167root directory 105, 169 document 109root/install-log.info 164root/install.log 164root password 14, 17, 182root privilege 182root root 47, 70, 100, 133root run-parts 98-9root user 42, 66, 77-9, 93-4, 97, 99, 114, 118, 180-3, 188 maps 196 maps client 196 privilege of 78, 182root user's password 76, 78root@localhost 17, 28, 36-9, 43-4, 46, 52, 54, 58, 60, 67, 70-3, 77, 85-8, 94-9, 135-6, 140 [8]root@localhost alternatives 153root@localhost cron 98root@localhost dev 55-7root@localhost home 47-8root@localhost mail 148, 152root@localhost nfs 119-20, 122root@localhost postfix 150-1root@localhost pub 20-4root@localhost squid 112, 116rootnoverify 26-7, 168rootnoverify option 168rpm 7, 59, 62-3, 177-8rpm command 62-3 valid 177rpm command uses 64, 176-7rpm configuration file 176 user level 64rpm format 59, 62rpm package information 177 storing 64, 177rules 112, 159-60, 212 iptable 158-9runlevel 6, 29-30, 32-9, 82, 99, 150, 169-71 previous 36, 170 standard 32runlevel command 170runlevel directories 35-7runlevel field 29-30runlevel scripts 169, 171runlevel service-name 170runlevel values 29running mail processes 154, 210rw 42, 118, 122
SSamba 3, 127Samba Server Configuration 10, 122, 197samba server status information 198samba users 123-6, 198 list of 127, 198
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sample 30, 41-2, 45, 50-1, 67, 70, 78-9, 92, 98, 118, 136-7, 159sample format 94, 115sample questions 3sbin 41, 78-9, 98sbin directory 80sbin/fdisk 79-80sbin/nologin 78-9sbin/service 79sbin/sfdisk 79-80sbin/shutdown 31-3, 80, 169schedule 31, 93-4, 96-7scheduled jobs 94-6, 188schema 133, 201schema files 133-4, 201 default ldap 202scripts 29, 34-6, 99, 169, 171search 60, 65-6, 134-5, 138, 146, 201-2, 206search request 134, 201search tab user 66seconds 27-8, 32, 101, 134, 168, 201section 9, 105, 112-13 global environment configuration 101security 17, 93, 101, 139, 157, 203security Configuration 211security level 117, 157, 159, 211Security Level Configuration 12, 157, 159, 211security Level Configurations 211selinux 17, 163-4SELinux 3, 13, 162-3, 195, 213SELinux administration 13, 162, 213SELinux configuration file 162, 213SELinux configurations 213SELinux manager Answer 213SELinux policies 162, 164, 213SELinux user identities 163Selinuxtype 163sender 150, 208sendmail 11, 146-50, 152-3, 207-9 mail server 147sendmail log information 149sendmail restart 148sendmail server 12, 147-8, 150, 152-3, 207-9 default 153sendmail server type 146sendmail uses 147, 207server 3, 12, 15, 33, 101-4, 114-16, 118, 127, 134-5, 137, 139-40, 144-5, 148-50, 190, 204-5, 207-8 [6] demo sama 127-8 high performance proxy caching 111 proxy 104-5 samba 10, 122, 126, 128, 198 web 9, 15, 41, 99, 103, 191Server Configuration 9, 106, 190, 205Server Configuration Answer 205server HOSTNAME 136-7server information 101server mirrorlist 61server name 107, 134server-name/cgi-bin/cachemgr.cgi 194server root names 101server section 9, 103server system 135 single web 106ServerAdmin root@localhost 103servername 17ServerName 106ServerName dummy-host.example.com 106ServerRoot 101, 190
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service daemons 157service ftp start 199service ftpd start 199service httpd 38-9, 170-1, 189service httpd start 38, 99, 170-1, 189service httpd stop 39service management apps 80service-name 170service nfd start 195service nfs start 116, 195service nfsd 195service nfsd start 195service passwd 161service postfix start 153service S10network 35service samba start 198service sendmail start 146service service-name 37-9, 170service service-name start 38service service-name stop 39service smb start 127, 198service smbd start 198service vsftpd start 128, 199service yp start 202service ypserv start 203 terminal 137service ypserver start 202serviceconf 39, 171services 10, 34-41, 79-80, 99, 127, 129, 139, 143, 145, 152-3, 155-6, 160-1, 169-71, 189, 205, 210-12 alternatives 152 autofs 50, 120 default 152, 209 dhcpd 139 dovecot 153-4, 210 managing 82 net-work 35 network 33, 36 new 37 samba 127, 198 sharing 3 trusted 157 xinetd 156, 211 ypbind 137services Answer 210session 160-1, 182, 212set 14, 17, 21, 25, 27, 30, 32, 101, 103-4, 129-30, 132, 134-5, 154, 156-7, 199, 201-2 [20]set initdefault 30-1share 121, 125-7, 198 samba 123, 125, 128shared directories 120, 126, 128shell 67, 70-2, 98-9, 182shell script 34, 151, 169shutdown 30-3, 52, 78, 80, 115, 130, 182Shutdown Canceled 32-3Shutting 119, 153SIGKILL 185signal 185Single user mode 31, 33size, subdirectory 181size of files 76, 181SIZELIMIT 133-4, 201Smaba configuration Answer 197Smaba Server configuration 197socket 111, 192software 64, 79-82, 175software configuration 33software repositories 59, 61, 65, 176
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source code 64-5source filesystem 173space 53, 56, 76, 181 amount of 77, 181 total 56squash 118, 122, 196squid 3, 111-12, 114-16, 191-2, 194-5 server program 111, 191squid daemon 10, 115-16, 194-5squid log files 112squid reconfigure 195squid restart 116, 195squid server 9, 111, 191-4squid start 116squid user 114squiduser 194start 17, 28, 35-40, 82, 91, 99, 116, 127-8, 130, 134-5, 137, 143, 153, 189, 198-9, 205 [10]Start Process 83start squid 115Starting Apache 9, 99Starting Dovecot 12, 153Starting httpd 39, 99Starting init 5, 29Starting Named 11, 143Starting NFS daemon 116, 119Starting NFS mountd 116, 119Starting NFS quotas 116, 119Starting NFS services 10, 116, 119Starting NIS server 11, 137Starting postfix, service postfix start 151Starting postfix server 12, 150Starting Samba 10, 127Starting Services 34Starting squid 116Starting vsftd 10, 128Starting ypbind service 11, 137startup 20, 97statistics kernel NFS client 122 kernel NFS server 122 virtual memory 85, 183status 37-8, 139, 143, 170-1, 174, 176stop 35-7, 39-40, 132, 148, 153 network service 36 service sendmail 153storage 60, 79-80subdirectories 40, 181subfolders 76, 181subtree 122success 161suid 42Sun Microsystems 135swap 41-2, 45-7, 85-6, 165swap area 46-8swap filesystem 173swap partition 14, 165, 173swap space 6, 34, 47, 166swpd 85sync 78, 118, 122, 130synchronize system's clock 25syntax 145, 206sys 41, 80-1, 167sysfs 41-2sysinit 29-32syslogd 9, 92, 187system 25-6, 29-30, 33-4, 46-7, 49-50, 61-2, 64-6, 77-80, 82-6, 127-8, 135-8, 166-70, 172-4, 176-7, 183-
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system administration 7, 82, 184system administrator 180-1, 183, 187-8, 196system administrator execute 180system-auth 160-1system boots 30, 42, 50, 155system clock 34system-config-bind 143, 205system-config-boot 28system-config-date 24, 167system-config-display 21system-config-ftp 200system-config-ftpd 200system-config-httpd 106, 190system-config-https 190system-config-keyboard 20system-config-kickstart 17system-config-level 211System-config-logman 175System-config-lv 175system-config-lvm 58, 175system-config-manage 178system-config-name 205system-config-neat 166system-config-net 166system-config-network 22, 140, 166, 204system-config-nfs 120, 197System-config-nfsd 197system-config-packages 65, 178system-config-printer 23system-config-samba 122, 197system-config-sambad 197system-config-securelevel 211system-config-security 211system-config-securitylevel 157system-config-selinux 162, 213system-config-SElinux 213system-config-SELinux 213system-config-services 39, 155, 171system-config-smb 197system-config-soundcard 21system-config-time 24, 167system-config-users 73, 181system-config-usr 181System-config-vsftp 200system-config-vsftpd 131system crontab file 98, 189system information.uname 185system initialization 31System Log 86system log information 184System Log Manager 184system log viewer 86, 184system logging 92, 187System Monitor 82, 184system reboots 32, 169system users 132system users behavior 132SystemManager 184
Ttab 21, 23, 107, 109, 141, 144 basic 123, 125 samba user 124tab user 132 server control 132tar xvf 178tcpd 156, 211
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Te user 78telinit 36, 170telnet 156text editors 16, 27-8, 97time 19, 24-5, 44, 70, 84-5, 93-4, 99, 101, 115, 121, 135, 161, 169, 183time-specification 94-5TIMELIMIT 133-4, 201timeout 26, 101-2, 115, 168timezone 16-17tmpfs 41-3topics 3, 149type 17, 45, 47-8, 52, 91, 127, 148, 160-1, 163 processor 185 running Linux system 42
Uuid 68, 118, 196umount 44uname 87, 185uncomment 81, 104-5, 115, 128uncompress 64, 178 xvf 178unconfigures 20uninitialized entries 59Unix 127Unix user name 198UNIX user name 124, 127Unix username 198unmount 43-4, 80unmounting 6, 43-4update option 167updates 20, 59, 61, 65-6, 161, 176-7upgrade 14, 16-17, 62, 167, 177upgrade option 17, 167upload 128-9, 132, 158UPS 31-2uptime command uses 184URI 133-4url 17, 112usage 49, 61-2Use NIS 138user 14-18, 27-30, 66-7, 69-71, 78-80, 83-7, 93-5, 102-4, 124-30, 139-42, 150-1, 157-8, 174-7, 179-91,
198-201, 206-9 [31] administrative 78, 129-30, 132, 180 anonymous 128, 132, 196 ban 132 bin/bash 71 bin/csh 71 common 40 configuration file 134 effective 114 etc/passwd filesystem 71 ldap directories 134, 201 local 128-9, 132, 199 menu option 83 modifying 82 multi 66 new 66-7, 71, 75, 154, 180 normal 80 password 29 trusted 147 useradd 70 userdel 180 valid 126 user accesses 161, 197user account apache 103
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user account john 179user accounts 66-7, 71-2, 78-9, 179 administrative 114 installation root 66 new 72 User Admin 180User Administrator 180User and Group Administration 7user apache 102-3user applications 41user button 75 new 124User Configuration 180user doesn��������user don��������user id 78, 179-80user-id 72user information 72, 161, 180user issues 183, 187user issues command insmod 185user jack 81user Jack 181, 198user login name 180user lookups 138user Mac 187User Manager 180user Manager Utility 180User Manger 180user Matt 179user-name 72, 76, 78, 90, 124, 182 his/her 103 useradd options 66user names 15, 71-2, 74, 93-4, 97, 130, 149, 151, 188user-name� ��� ����������user password, changing 7, 76, 161user requests 49, 106user set 190user squid 114USER TTY 85user user 180user user-name 181user Vishnu 182user yum 59user1 126useradd 67-9, 71-2, 180useradd command line 69useradd user-name 67userdel 69, 72, 180userdel user-name 72USERGROUPS 69userid 71userlist 129, 199 directive 199usermod 72, 180username 188users don�������users group 80users Jack 188users John 199users localhost 80users SELinux security cate-gory 163users tab 132user.Will root, administrative 182user� ������user� ������������������user� ��� ����������
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Using batch command 9, 96Using chkconfig 171Using command chkconfig 6, 37Using mdadm command 53Using modprobe command 8, 89Using system-config-cache 194Using system monitor 177Using System Monitor 8, 82Using tar xvf 178Using User Manager 7, 73usr 40-1, 50, 77, 165-6, 171, 199usr/lib/httpd/modules 189usr/lib/httpd/modules directory 101-2usr/local 97-8usr/sbin directory 79utility 22-4, 28, 59, 87, 106, 131, 145, 178, 184, 197 daemon Configuration 131, 200 network configuration 142 samba server configuration 122 service configuration 39, 171 system monitor 82 user manager 73utility Answer 175utility Network Configuration 140
Vvalues 29, 36, 53, 60, 69, 71, 91, 98, 123, 125, 134, 139, 144-5, 159, 162-3, 191 [4]var/cache/mod 105var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases 140, 204var/lib/nfs directory 122, 197var/lib/rpm 64, 177var/lib/rpm/Name 63-4var/lib/rpm/Packages 63-4var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys 63-4var/log/cron 92-3, 187var/log/dovecot.log 154var/log/httpd directory 100var/log/maillog 92, 149, 152, 209var/log/vsftpd.log 130, 132, 200var/log/yum.log 60, 176var/named/data/cache 145, 206-7var/run directory 101var/spool/at 96, 188var/spool/cron directory 97, 189var/spool/mail 68, 78, 149, 151var/spool/mail directory 70var/spool/mail/stats 208var/spool/postfix 12, 152var/spool/squid 112, 193var/temp 179var/yp/securenets 203vendor� � ������������verbose information 63, 177Very Secure 10, 131, 200vfat 43, 45, 48, 172-3vfat filesystem type 172vgcreate 55, 175vgextend 55, 175video card 17, 21View Process 83Virtual server files 147Virtual users file 147VirtualHost 106vishnu 126-7, 182, 198 samba user 127, 198vmlinuz 15vol 55-7, 59
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volume group 7, 55-6, 58-9, 175vsftp 128-9, 200VSFTP daemon Configuration 200vsftpd 128VSFTPD Configuration Answer 200vsftpd service 128vsftpd userlist 129vv 63-4, 177
Wwarn 68, 104, 191wdelay 122web 59-61, 65-6web browser 100, 103-4, 191wheel 80Window System 3windows 25, 27, 59, 75, 122, 152, 168, 172windows user name 124, 127, 198won��������workgroup 128writable option 125-6www/docs/dummy-host.example.com 106
Xxconfig 16-17
-18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 34, 53, 82, 84, 86, 98, 119, 122, 144st 144
xferlog 129xfs 45, 48xinetd 3, 132, 155-6, 210-11xorg.conf 166
Yyp 138, 203ypdomainname 135-6, 202ypserver HOSTNAME 136yum 59-60, 176yum uses 59-60
Zzombie processes usage detail 184zone file directory 145
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