| Domain 5.0 System Maintenance
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This domain requires the basic knowledge and skills to monitor and maintain
processes, network interfaces, system logs, security, and backup.
5.1
Create and manage local storage devices and file systems (eg fsck
fdisk mkfs) |
5.2
Verify user and root cron jobs and understand the function of cron
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5.3
Identify core dumps and remove or forward as appropriate |
5.4
Run and interpert ifconfig |
5.5
Download and install patches and updates (eg packages tgz) |
5.6
Differentiate core services from non-critical services eg ps PID PPID
init timer) |
5.7
Identify, execute and kill processes (ps, kill, killall) |
5.8
Monitor system log files regularly for errors, logins, and unusual
activity |
5.9
Document work performed on a system |
5.10
Perform and verifty backups and restores |
5.11
Perform and verifty security best practices (e.g. passwords, physical
environments) |
5.12
Assess security risks (eg location, sensitive data, file system permissions,
remove/disable unused accounts, audit system services/programs) |
5.13
Set daemon and process permissions (e.g. SUID - SGID - Owner/groups) |
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