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beginner_sys_admin_tasks

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  1. Create a new user account in Active Directory, including setting up the user’s login name, password, and group membership.
  2. Create a new security group in Active Directory, and add the new user to the group.
  3. Set up a new file share on a Windows Server using Active Directory permissions, and give the new security group access to the share.
  4. Create a new virtual machine using a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu or CentOS, and log in using the command line.
  5. Set up a basic firewall on the Linux VM using iptables or ufw, and configure it to allow incoming SSH connections.
  6. Install and configure a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on the Linux VM, and create a simple PHP script that connects to a MySQL database and displays the results of a SELECT query.
  7. Set up a networked printer on the Windows Server, and configure the Linux VM to use the printer.
  8. Write a Bash script on the Linux VM that performs a simple task, such as renaming a group of files or generating a disk usage report.
  9. Use Ansible or another configuration management tool to automate the deployment of a set of applications or services to multiple Linux VMs.
  10. Write a basic Python script that uses the Active Directory Python module to query information about users or groups in the directory.
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