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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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1. How to start apache service?






2. This line placed in /etc/hosts.deny will mean that only computer allowed to access our Telnet server has an IP address of 192.168.1.10






3. Virtual Host Configuration: Sets a root directory for the virtual host.






4. To update a kernel - 1) ____ 2) boot new kernel to test 3) revert to old kernel if problems 4) yum remove kernel-oldversion if no problems






5. For http - if you implement 'UserDir public_html' - you need to also ____ /home/michael/public_html if you want /home/michael/public_html accessible






6. As you may not have access to the GUI during the Red Hat exams - you need to know how to use text-based browsers. The standard is ____






7. Create a disk label for the partition table called k






8. For linux ext2 there is an easier way than using resize2fs. LVM 1 ships with a utility called __________ which does the lvextend and resize2fs for you (it can also do file system shrinking)






9. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






10. How to disable the firewall on the current system?






11. Create a usb boot disk if the usb stick is /dev/sdc and the file you need is in your present directory






12. The RPM database also maintains an MD5 checksum of each file. With the checksum - you can use the ____ package command to determine whether any file from that RPM package has changed.






13. I ran 'e2label /dev/sda' and got 'bad magic number' Why?






14. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






15. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






16. To verify integrity of an rpm package - ____/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release






17. Virtual Host Configuration: Names the URL for the virtual host.






18. How to install apache?






19. httpd ___ shows me what config files were installed when the httpd package was installed






20. ______ will show me volume info including vg - size - etc of /dev/rootvg/tmplv






21. In httpd.conf - '____ None' disables any .htaccess files. Otherwise - .htaccess can allow others to administer your server - starting from the DocumentRoot directory. If .htaccess is in a subdirectory - such as /var/www/html/data/ - the additional di






22. SELinux must be configured to Allow HTTPD To Read Home Directories. (Alternatively - activate the httpd_enable_homedirs boolean with the __ command.)






23. What is the standard directory for file sharing with vsFTP?






24. How to install vsftpd?






25. Run the ____ command to find the device associated with the USB key.






26. You need to configure firewalls and allow SELinux access in appropriate ways. Firewalls must allow access to the standard HTTP port - 80. SELinux must be configured to 'Allow HTTPD To Read Home Directories'. Finally - the ACL must be revised accordin






27. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






28. _____ will change the size of /dev/rootvg/tmplv to 4 gig






29. When you configure Squid on your system - you need to allow access through appropriate ports and SELinux settings. The simplest approach with respect to Squid configuration assumes that all clients use the default Squid port 3128 - using TCP - where






30. Are SELinux and iptables-based firewalls are enabled by default?






31. rpm ____ to import the rpm key for integrity checking






32. How to make sure apache starts automatically on next reboot?






33. How to start the vsftp service?






34. Logical partitions on a hard drive always start with number ____; on the first PATA/IDE hard drive on a PC - that is hda____.






35. If you configure other directories for Web services - you'll need to change their ACL settings. For example - if you create and then use the /www directory - run the following commands:






36. What command starts the same menu as the text-mode First Boot process?






37. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






38. I just ran rpm -ivh zip-2.3-8.i386.rpm .. whooops - now I don't want this on my system so to get it off via rpm I type ____






39. It's much more difficult and much more time-consuming to revise partitions with utilities such as ____ or parted after RHEL is installed.






40. '____ /var/www' will tell you the ACL settings of /var/www






41. ___ http://devmon.dev.schwab.com/index.html will make a local copy of the index.html file from devmon






42. This line placed in /etc/hosts.deny sends a customized error message for Telnet users on the crack.org domain saying sorry [insert client info] - access denied






43. List sboth the client hostname or IP address and mounted directory in host:dir format. This info should not be considered reliable.






44. The main Squid configuration file is ____/squid.conf






45. Virtual Host Configuration: Creates an custom log; the location is based on the DocumentRoot. (from http://www.books24x7.com/book/id_18196/viewer.asp?bookid=18196&chunkid=218985502)






46. To list under which run levels the web service will start






47. The rpm ____ option installs the package - if it isn't already installed.






48. This line placed in /etc/hosts.deny denies all services except TFTP to computers in the example.org domain






49. Some computers built before 1998 may have a BIOS that limits access to hard disks beyond the 1024th cylinder. Some older BIOSs report only 1024 cylinders on a hard drive no matter how many actual cylinders are present. Computers that are subject to t






50. The simplest way to install Apache