Open Source Technologies - May 2015

Information Technology (Semester 5)

TOTAL MARKS: 80
TOTAL TIME: 3 HOURS (1) Question 1 is compulsory.
(2) Attempt any three from the remaining questions.
(3) Assume data if required.
(4) Figures to the right indicate full marks.

1 (a) What is partitioning? Explain hosting parts of the Linux File system on Separate partitions. (10 marks)

1 (b) Write the purpose of the following global configuration directives of http.cof
i) Keepalive
ii) Keepalive Timeout
iii) MaxClients
iv) ServerLimit
v) StartServers. (10 marks)

2 (a) List out explain the directories where the Apache RPM installs files. (10 marks)

2 (b) What is daemon process. Explain daemon characteristics and basic coding rules. (10 marks)

3 (a) What is shell programming? Explain with examples how expression are evaluated in shell programming. (10 marks)

3 (b) Explain the grep command using c, j and v options. Explain with examples. (10 marks)

4 (a) What is file permissions? What are the different ways of setting file permissions? Explain. (10 marks)

4 (b) What are the packages required to configure secure server with SSL? How can we obtain digital certificate from certifying authority? (10 marks)

5 (a) What is RAID? What are its different types? What are different levels of RAID? (10 marks)

5 (b) Explain the features of linux in detail with different linux distributions. (10 marks)

6 (a) What is inode? Why are the inode unique only within a file system? How does map the inode to its filename? Bring out four important difference between soft and hard links. (10 marks)

6 (b) Explain different types of DNS servers. (10 marks)