Sunday, September 19, 2010

chapter3: system access

passwordless ssh setup
- ssh-keygen
- ssh-copy-id
- ssh-agent, ssh-add

sudo access
- format: user/alias machines=(runas) commands

syslog
- options: /etc/sysconfig/syslog
- for remote logging, add '-r' i.e. SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0 -r"

syslog.conf
- format: facility.priority location
- facility = kern, mail, user etc
- priority = crit, warn
- location = /var/log/messages, @192.168.0.3

cron
- format
- cron.allow supersedes cron.deny
- anacron

printers
- commands: lpadmin, lpq, lp
- conf files: /etc/cups/cupsd.conf /etc/cups/printers.conf
- use system-config-printer to make a default, text only printer

ntp
- commands: ntpq -p -n