Raya University
College of Engineering and technology
Department of Computer Science
Course title: Network and System Administration
Assignment 1 and max Weight 10%
Submission date: 09/19/2017 E.C
General instruction: indicate your source of information with authors and source address.
Submit your assignment in hard copy. No copying and duplication of answers. NB :-> Copying
of assignment from others leads to zero.
1. What is system administration and maintenance? Discuss in detail.
2. Why is it not a good idea to log onto a computer with root or Administrator privileges unless
absolutely necessary?
3. What are the most common system administration tasks? Discuss in detail.
4. What is the role of policy in determining device configuration? Discuss in detail.
5. Explain why system configurations tend to fall into a state of disorder over time?
6. What is meant by configuration management in the context of network and system
administration?
7. What is meant by an information model? What information needs to be modeled in a human–
computer system?
8. Describe the Jini system of device management. How does it differ from SNMP?
9. What is meant by a push model of host management? What is meant by a pull model?
10. What mechanisms exist for users to share files in UNIX? What are the limitations of the UNIX
model for file sharing between users? What is a potential practical advantage of the UNIX
model?
