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1. What is the name of the package used to install an FTP?






2. The package selection screen allows you to install any software you want during the installation process as long as...






3. What command would you use to create a group - to add the user George to the group?






4. What are the three items that make up LVM?






5. What two commands are special for dealing with user login events?






6. The default SMTP service has been changed from _________ to Postfix in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.






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






8. What file is used to maintain custom parameters for the kernel during system boot?






9. Samba servers can...






10. How can virtual hosts be used?






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






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






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






14. To grow a file system






15. A service needs to have _______________ to be able to use it.






16. How would you disable SELinux protection for NFS - allowing shares to be read/write?






17. What command can you use to view mounted Samba shares?






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






19. What command (and options) can be used to create a user named George with the description "Jr Admin"?






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






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






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






23. What are the two types of back-end authentication mechanisms discussed in this chapter?






24. The firewall service is...






25. What command can you use to query Boolean values?






26. What does ifconfig 172.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth1 do?






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






28. What is VNC?






29. What is the virsh command used for?






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






31. What option is used to allow anonymous uploads to the FTP server?






32. What protocols are used with Dovecot?






33. What two commands are used for package management?






34. What command is used to change the mail server from Sendmail to Postfix (useful only if you have both installed)?






35. What is a gateway used for on a network?






36. What is the default port that Squid runs on?






37. How would you install a group of packages all at a single time?






38. A slave DNS server provides...






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






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






41. What is the difference between an ext2 and ext3 file system?

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






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






44. What command can you use to view system processes and their CPU usage?






45. What command is used to show all services being controlled by the xinetd daemon?






46. If you want a specific action to take place when user01 logs in to the system - which file would you edit?






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

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48. The ______________ for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6 includes the use of LVM.






49. 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...






50. What is the difference between the update (-U) and install (-i) options when using rpm to update the kernel?






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