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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






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






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






4. How do you restart the apache web server?






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






6. 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






7. Where is vsftpd.conf?






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






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






10. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






16. What is the first post installation step?






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






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






19. 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:






20. 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 ____






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






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






23. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






24. 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






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






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






27. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. rpm option to show me the package files






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






36. The simplest way to install Apache






37. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






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






39. 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.






40. 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:






41. How to install apache?






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






46. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






47. To check status of ftp daemon






48. 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






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






50. How to install vsftpd?