WHAT IS LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

The Linux System Administrator

1.       LINUX is a multiuser, multitasking operating system from the ground up, and hence the system administrator has flexibility and responsibility far beyond those of other operating systems.

2.       New tools : Administrating System is sophisticated task hence system administrator should be acquainted with new tools in order to manage System.

3.       Make no mistake: Every System Administrator decides which Application Software’s and Peripherals Machine should  have. If a user decide to have a particular application then we can say that user has taken mantle of System Administrator. 

4.       Precaution from Virus Attacks : When System is connected with internet there is prone of virus attacks,  attacks can be  Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)  or  e-mail macro virus etc.

5.       Understand Control of Linux : The Linux system administrator is more likely to understand the necessity of active system administration than are those who run whatever came on the computer, assuming that things came from the factory properly configured.

6.       Definition :- Linux system administrator :-  Linux system administrator is the person who has “root” access, which is to say the one who is the system’s “super user.”

7.       A standard Linux user is limited as to the things he or she can do with the underlying engine of the system.

But the “root” user has unfettered(open) access to everything i.e.  all user accounts, their home directories, and the files which are present in, all system configurations and all files on the system.