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1. What option needs to be used with the mount command to mount an NFS resource?






2. What command and option do you use to view the description of Boolean values?






3. What port on the firewall needs to be open for the TFTP server to work?






4. What three components are needed to fully automate a kickstart installation?






5. Most boot issues can be resolved by...






6. What command disables the SSH service from running when the system boots?






7. By default - what is the path to a user's home directory?

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8. What does the following firewall rule accomplish: iptables -I INPUT 5 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT?






9. What command can you use to create your own repositories?






10. To create a RAID or LVM partition using kickstart






11. What does the partprobe command do?






12. Samba servers can...






13. What happens to jobs that are scheduled to run while the system is off?






14. Do you need to write changes to the disk when using the parted command? What about fdisk?






15. What is the superblock used for?






16. What port does NFS use by default?






17. What command and options can you use to update the time?






18. What option at the GRUB boot menu can you use to append something to a kernel?






19. What command displays your current interfaces and IP address?






20. The firewall service is...






21. Editing the /etc/xinetd.d/tftp file and enabling the service are the same as running the chkconfig tftp on command. Both of these actions...






22. What command can be used to view the queue for at service jobs?






23. How can virtual hosts be used?






24. A PXE server eases the automation process but isn't required for...






25. Is it possible to share files among groups - What permissions would you set on the directory to accomplish file sharing if possible?






26. How can you check the currently mounted file systems?






27. What command can you use to test the config files before starting the DNS service?






28. What are the three different types of RAID described in this chapter?






29. The virt-install package allows you to manage virtual machines _____________. The virt-manager package allows you to manage virtual machines via a GUI interface.






30. What does it mean if you ping a host and you receive the response Destination Unreachable?






31. What two commands are used for package management?






32. Should you allow remote root access - Why or why not?

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33. What does S12rsyslog in the /etc/rc.d/rc2.d directory mean?






34. Which file shows you all the client IP addresses?






35. In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 - the default for SELinux is _______________ (which can be changed after the installation completes). For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - you were able to choose what mode you wanted SELinux to start in.






36. What command can you use to validate the syntax of the Apache config file?






37. What command can you use to manage system services?






38. Are additional packages besides httpd required for a secure website - If so - what are they?






39. What happens if you call the command from question 3 with the -c option after it has already been run?






40. What is the name of the package that allows you to install VNC?






41. What is the virsh command used for?






42. Through its main config file - SSH can be configured to...

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43. What command can be used to easily list all the options in the FTP main config file?






44. The old SysInit scripts have been replaced in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for what new boot utility?






45. Which remote management service is installed by default?Can you name the port that it uses?






46. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is the only version that officially supports _______






47. Before you work with quotas - what do you need to do to the file system?






48. What two ports should be opened on the firewall for the FTP server to function properly?






49. What command do you use to change the permissions on a file or directory - To change ownership?






50. Before you work with ACLs - what do you need to do to the file system?