Chapter 16. Administration Tasks

16. Administration Tasks

IN THIS CHAPTER

Configuring User and Group Accounts	538
Backing Up Files	540
System Reports	548
Keeping Users Informed	551
Solving Problems	553
Speeding Up the System	554
Keeping the System Secure	556
logrotate: Manages Log Files	559
Disk Quota System	561
syslogd: Logs System Messages	562

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, syslogd.