Deck 10: Common Administrative Tasks

Question 1

To send a print job to a printer, you must first use the ____ command and specify what to print.

A) print
B) pl
C) lp
D) pr

Answer 1

C

Question 2

If you want to enable a printer, you must specify the printer name to the cupsenable command.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The file that contains the configuration information for each printer installed on the system is /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. _________________________

Answer 3

False
/etc/cups/printers.conf

Question 4

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

A) -50
B) 0
C) 50
D) 100

Question 5

The ____ option to the lpstat command causes a list of printers that are enabled to be displayed.

A) -o
B) -a
C) -p
D) -e

Question 6

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

A) &
B) $
C) #
D) //

Question 7

Sending print jobs from a print queue to a printer is commonly called printing. _________________________

Question 8

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

A) wtmp
B) messages
C) dmesg
D) secure

Question 9

To see a list of all printers on the system and their status, you can use the -t option to the ____ command.

A) lp
B) lpr
C) lps
D) lpstat

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

A) -n
B) -p
C) -d
D) -l

Question 12

Log files are typically stored in the ____ directory.

A) /dev/log
B) /var/log
C) /boot/log
D) /log

Question 13

The /etc/login.defs file contains parameters that set the default location for e-mail, password expiration information, minimum password length, range of UIDs and GIDs available for use. _________________________

Question 14

To clear a log file, you can use a(n) < redirection symbol. _________________________

Question 15

Most printers are Plug and Play compatible and must be manually configured when they are plugged into the system.

Question 16

A user can only be a member of one group.

Question 17

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

A) lpadmin
B) lpa
C) lpr
D) admin

Question 18

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

A) info
B) alert
C) debug
D) panic

Question 19

In the CUPS printing system, the lpr command is used to print documents to the print queue. _________________________

Question 20

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

Question 21

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.facility
f.GID
b.LPD
g.spooling
c.rsyslogd
h.CUPS
d.primary group
i.UID
e.logrotate
Accepting print jobs into a print queue.

Question 22

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.facility
f.GID
b.LPD
g.spooling
c.rsyslogd
h.CUPS
d.primary group
i.UID
e.logrotate
The most common printing system used on Linux computers.

Question 23

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.facility
f.GID
b.LPD
g.spooling
c.rsyslogd
h.CUPS
d.primary group
i.UID
e.logrotate
The area of the system to listen to in non-comment entries in the /etc/syslog.conf file.

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

A) -U
B) -u
C) -l
D) -L

Question 26

On a CUPS printing system, to remove a print job that is in the print queue, you can use the ____________________ command followed by the print job IDs of the jobs to remove.

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

A) -r
B) -d
C) -R
D) -x

Question 29

_______________________________________________________ represents a text description of the user and is typically left blank.

Question 30

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

A) uadd
B) usercreate
C) adduser
D) useradd

Question 31

The skeleton directory on most Linux systems is ____.

A) /etc/skel
B) /var/skel
C) /etc/skeleton
D) /var/skeleton

Question 32

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

A) passwdconv
B) pwconv
C) passwd
D) pwdcv

Question 33

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.facility
f.GID
b.LPD
g.spooling
c.rsyslogd
h.CUPS
d.primary group
i.UID
e.logrotate
The group that is made the group owner of any file or directory that the user creates.

Question 34

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.facility
f.GID
b.LPD
g.spooling
c.rsyslogd
h.CUPS
d.primary group
i.UID
e.logrotate
The primary Group ID for a user.

Question 35

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.facility
f.GID
b.LPD
g.spooling
c.rsyslogd
h.CUPS
d.primary group
i.UID
e.logrotate
A printing system used by many older Linux computers.

Question 36

To change the primary group temporarily to another group that is listed in the output of the groups and id commands, you can use the ____ command.

A) newgroup
B) groupmod
C) newgrp
D) groupadd

Question 37

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.facility
f.GID
b.LPD
g.spooling
c.rsyslogd
h.CUPS
d.primary group
i.UID
e.logrotate
The unique User ID that is assigned to each user.

Question 38

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

Question 39

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.facility
f.GID
b.LPD
g.spooling
c.rsyslogd
h.CUPS
d.primary group
i.UID
e.logrotate
Utility used to back up and clear log files from entries stored in the /etc/logrotate.conf file and files stored in the /etc/logrotate.d directory.

Question 40

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.facility
f.GID
b.LPD
g.spooling
c.rsyslogd
h.CUPS
d.primary group
i.UID
e.logrotate
Daemon that handles the logging of most events.

Question 41

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

Question 42

Describe the commands used in the LPD printing system. What CUPS printing system commands do they correspond to?

Question 43

Describe the process of sending information to a printer using the CUPS daemon.

Question 44

How do you delete a user account? When you delete a user account, what gets deleted and what does not? What happens to the user's files?

Question 45

Why should log files be periodically cleared? What methods can be used to clear log files?