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1. How can virtual hosts be used?






2. What command can you use to create a file system?






3. To create a RAID or LVM partition using kickstart






4. The ____________ is available for each share.






5. What command can you use to create a new SSL certificate?






6. What is the name of the section used to run scripts after a kickstart installation?






7. To grow a file system






8. How do you run a command with elevated privileges?






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






10. What command can you use to query information from the kernel about RAID arrays?






11. What is the virsh command used for?






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






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

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14. Which file contains all messages generated during installation that can be used for troubleshooting if the need arises?






15. What is the benefit of using public/private key authentication?

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16. What is the main config file for the DHCP service?






17. What port does NFS use by default?






18. How would you go about creating a static route?






19. What does the rdnc-confgen command do?






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






21. What benefit does a web proxy provide to your network?






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






23. FTP is one of three protocols ______________. The other two protocols are NFS and HTTP.






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






25. GRUB has three stages. Can you name them?






26. What command can you use to change the context of files?






27. Which log file is used to keep track of policy violations?






28. What does the testparm command do?






29. What is the top command used for?






30. What is the benefit to using centralized authentication?

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31. What is the superblock used for?






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






33. What is the biggest benefit to using LVM over basic partitions?






34. What command and option can you use to enable a service to start on boot?






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






36. What two commands are used for package management?






37. The firewall service is...






38. What is PAM used for?






39. What is the last rule in the iptables file?

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40. How can you change the security context of a directory to work with Apache?






41. What option would you use to query an installed package using the rpm command?






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






43. What is SSH used for?






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






45. SSH does...






46. The portmap service was replaced by the ______________ in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.






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






48. What command-line program can you use to check your mail?






49. What file needs to be edited so that the system will mount a file system at boot time?






50. What command is used to create an RPM package?