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| A linux feature used to specify the maximum disk space allocated to each user. |
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| Infelxable disk quota settings that don't allow users to go past a specified limit. |
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| Number of times the display is refreshed per second. |
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| Flexable disk quota settings that warn users when they're approaching the hard limit. |
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| A system that provides a method for writing device-independent graphics and windowing software that can be transferred from one computer to another easily. |
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| Common UNIX Printing Systems (CUPS) |
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| A system that provides a printing interface on a local network; used to convert files into data a printer can process. |
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| Multicolumn NIS database storing key/value pairs that provide fast database access and speed up responses to client request for configuration information. |
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| Network Information Service (NIS) |
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| A client/server protocol that centeralizes user and group IDS by providing database access so that network computers can share configuration information. |
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| All hosts in an NIS-based network; including the master and slave servers. |
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| The center of the NIS network; contains the authoratative or primary copy of host configuration information (NIS maps) and makes it available over the network. |
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| Servers that maintain a copy of the host configuration inforamtion stored on the master server for redundacy; aslo used to distribute the load evenly between NIS servers. |
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| A directory file where the printer daemon can store print jobs so that multiple users can use the same printer device. |
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| The physical printer that transfers a print job from a computer to actual hard copy. |
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| The software used to manage a printer device. |
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| A pritner queue located on a different host in the local network. |
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| Common Internet File System (CIFS) |
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| The successor to SMB that allows users on different OSs to share resources across the network. |
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| An open-source tool that provides an interface between two OSs, such as Linux and Windows, by using SMB/CIFS. |
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| Server Message Block (SMB) |
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| A protocol that gives client computers read and write access to a server on the network. |
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| An attack most often used on a packet-filter firewalls, which are configured to allow only known addresses to initiate connections; attackers forge their source IP addresses and cause damage just by sending packets randomly. |
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| In these attacks, potential intruders use every possible combination of characters to guess passwords or encryption keys until the correct on is found. |
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