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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






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






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






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






5. To install both mod_ssl and squid packages






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






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






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






9. How do you restart the apache web server?






10. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






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






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






13. 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)






14. Where to find the main apache config file?






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






21. rpm option to show me the package files






22. 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






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






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






25. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






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

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27. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. 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 ____






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






37. 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






38. 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:






39. 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






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






41. what port needs to be open to access ftp?






42. 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






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






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






45. 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)






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






47. 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:






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






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






50. ____ prints superblock and block group information.