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1. Samba servers can...






2. What port must be opened on the firewall for DNS?






3. Does a DHCP server allow reserved IP addresses - If so - how?






4. What command can you use to monitor and troubleshoot network connections?






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






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






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






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






9. What is the /var/lib/nfs/etab file used for?






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






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






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






13. Can you put your /boot partition on a RAID 5 array?






14. What is the benefit to using centralized authentication?

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15. What command do you use to report information on quota usage?






16. You must dictate the ____________ you want allocated to your virtual machine when you create it.






17. What three protocols can you use to perform network installations?






18. What is SSH used for?






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






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






21. What does the partprobe command do?






22. 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...






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






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






25. The at command is used to ____________. The cron service handles reoccurring system jobs.






26. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 - SELinux comes set up in enforcing mode. When installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - you have the option to...

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27. What are the five required directories when building RPMS?






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






29. The INPUT chain being used is the default under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This rule...






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






31. What port does the SMTP service run on?






32. What critical step must you take after updating the kernel to a newer version?






33. What is a virtual host?






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

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






36. What port does NFS use by default?






37. What is the top command used for?






38. How can you list all services on the system to tell whether they will boot during startup?






39. What are the three modes in which the rpm command can operate?






40. To grow a file system






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






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






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






44. What directory is used to represent the virtual file system created by the kernel?






45. The ____________ is available for each share.






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






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






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






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






50. What does the rdnc-confgen command do?