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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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1. You can use the ____ tool after installation to add any package groups that you missed.






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






3. 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:






4. ____ is used for creating ext2 and ext3 file systems






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






6. 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






7. After you edit /etc/exports - run service ___ stop...






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






15. 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 ____






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






17. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






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






19. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






20. 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






21. 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:






22. When an rpm install fails for xxxx because the same version is already apparently installed - run ____ to just install it all again






23. httpd ___ to update the httpd package - automatically answering yes to all the questions






24. rpm ____ verifies the installed zip rpm against the rpm database






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






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






27. If rhel6 is in the /media directory - where is the XML file on that DVD with a database of packages and package groups?






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






29. The simplest way to install Apache






30. Use grep to count how many repositories have been configured in the file server1.repo

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






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






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






34. 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)






35. 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:






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






41. 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 ____






42. 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)






43. pam ___ will tell me if any files in the pam package have changed since it was first installed






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






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






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






47. 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






48. How to start apache service?






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






50. What service is allowed through the default firewall?