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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






2. Where to find the main apache config file?






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. How to start the vsftp service automatically on boot?






13. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






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






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






16. 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:






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






21. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






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






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






24. How do you restart the apache web server?






25. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






26. Where is the main apache data directory?






27. Where is vsftpd.conf?






28. 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.






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






30. 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:






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






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






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






34. rpm ____ [name of package] to verify the package - once you have manually imported the key






35. 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






36. 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)






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






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






39. How to install vsftpd?






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






47. The simplest way to install Apache






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






49. 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






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