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A. F. SheikhCompTIA Linux+ Certification CompanionCertification Study Companion Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0128-0_10

10. Essential System Services

Ahmed F. Sheikh1  
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Miami, FL, USA
 

This chapter will introduce you to four of the essential system services any Linux sysadmin needs to understand – system time, system logging, mail, and printing.

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to
  1. 1.

    Configure Network Time Protocol to maintain system time

     
  2. 2.

    Describe system logging

     
  3. 3.

    Understand the Mail Transfer Agent

     
  4. 4.

    Install and manage a printing environment

     

System Time Management

Previously, you learned about localizing your system which included the ...

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