16. Administration Tasks

In This Chapter

Configuring User and Group Accounts

Backing Up Files

System Reports

parted: Reports on and Partitions a Hard Disk

Solving Problems

Speeding Up the System

Keeping the System Secure

logrotate: Manages Log Files

Disk Quota System

rsyslogd: Logs System Messages

MySQL

The system administrator has many responsibilities. This chapter discusses tasks not covered in Chapter 11, including configuring user and group accounts, backing up files, scheduling tasks, general problem solving, and using the system log daemon, rsyslogd. The chapter concludes with a section on installing and using MySQL.

Configuring User and Group Accounts

More than a username is required for a user to be able to log in and use a system. ...

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