Question 1

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                        Premises: The unique User ID that is assigned to each user.
For non-comment entries in the /etc/syslog.conf file, the area of the system to listen to.
Daemon that handles the logging of most events.
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.
The primary Group ID for a user.
Accepting print jobs into a print queue.
The group that is made the group owner of any file or directory that the user creates.
A printing system used by many older Linux computers.
The most common printing system used on Linux computers.

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The Answer of CUPS and syslogd and GID and LPD is...

Question 2

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

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Question 3

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

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The newgrp command allows a user to temporarily switch to another group without logging out and logging back in again.

Question 4

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

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Question 5

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?

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Question 6

Describe the process of sending information to a printer (specifically, using the CUPS daemon).

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Question 7

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

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Question 8

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.

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Question 9

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

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Question 10

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

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Question 11

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

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Question 12

The Printer Configuration tool is used to configure the ____________________.

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Quiz 11: Common Administrative Tasks

Match each term with the correct statement below.