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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






2. To install both mod_ssl and squid packages






3. 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)






4. 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 ____






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






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

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






8. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






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






10. How to start apache service?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. How to install apache?






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Apache supports security by specifying active ports through the Listen and ____ directives.






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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






35. Where is the main apache data directory?






36. How do you restart the apache web server?






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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. To check status of ftp daemon






45. 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






46. 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






47. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






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






49. Virtual Host Configuration: Creates an error log; the location is based on the DocumentRoot.






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