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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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1. Create the basic cache directories in /var/spool/squid with the following command:






2. 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






3. 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:






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






5. To select a different device without having to restart parted - use the ____ command . Then - you can view its partition table or configure it.






6. To install both mod_ssl and squid packages






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






8. Perform a simple check of the file system. minor-num is x.






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






10. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






11. 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)






12. If you want to add an iptables command to forward TCP port 80 traffic to TCP port 3128 - you would use the following:






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






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






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






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






17. Where to find the main apache config file?






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






19. 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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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:






24. 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






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






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






27. How to start apache service?






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






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






30. 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 ____






31. What is the first post installation step?






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






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






34. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






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






36. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






37. 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






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






39. The simplest way to install Apache






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. For SELinux - you'll at least want to use the Security Level Configuration tool to activate the Allow Squid Daemon To Connect To The Network option - also known as the squid_connect_any boolean. Alternatively - you can activate this boolean with the






50. 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 ____