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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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1. If you want to create a database file named webpass in the /etc/httpd directory - for user 'e' - you'd start with the following command:






2. To check status of ftp daemon






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






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






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






6. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






7. rpm option to show me the package files






8. The default Red Hat Enterprise Linux firewall blocks access to an NFS server. While inelegant - the following command 'flushes -' or turns off - the standard Linux firewall from the local computer.






9. rpm ____ verifies all installed rpms against the rpm database






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. You can check the status of your share. If it's working - you should see the contents of the /etc/exports directory when you run the following command:






16. OS from http.conf - this line looks deceptively simple; it limits what readers see about your Web server when you browse to a nonexistent page. If you don't use this command - outsiders can see whether you've loaded modules such as Perl - Python - an






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






18. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






19. 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 ____






20. I just finished editing my /etc/yum.repos.d/*repo file and want yum to use the new info - so I run ____






21. Use parted to display disk geometry for /dev/hda and end up in shell






22. 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)






23. What parts of rhel6 should be installed to separate volumes?






24. 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)






25. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






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






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






28. ____ can expand and shrink ext2 and ext3 file systems






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






30. what utility can be used to open port 80?






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






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






33. 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:






34. After extending file system 'homevol' - unmount it and then run _____ to make the filesystem size match the new larger volume.






35. Tthe file that might contain: oldvg - rootvg - etc.






36. If in doubt about package names - you can find them in the ...






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






38. rpm options include rpm -q [package name] or rpm -qf [path/file] or rmp -q____






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






40. Virtual Host Configuration: Assigns an e-mail address for the specified virtual host.






41. ____ configuration is not available via text mode RHEL installation.






42. To install both mod_ssl and squid packages






43. The most straightforward way to make sure Apache starts in bootlevels 3 and 5






44. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






45. How to install apache?






46. 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






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






48. How do you restart the apache web server?






49. output from ____ is: Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 36.4 GB - 36414750720 bytes... plus listing of partitions - for each physical drive






50. Virtual Host Configuration: Specifies an IP address for multiple virtual hosts.