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






2. What is the virsh command used for?






3. How can you display all virtual guests after they're connected to a hypervisor?






4. What are the two config files for Postfix called?






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






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






7. What command can you use to create a password-protected page?






8. How can virtual hosts be used?






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






10. SSH does...






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

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12. If a package is built on an RHEL6 system and deployed to a custom RHEL5 repository - are RHEL5 systems able to use it?






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






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






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






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






17. What commands can you use to add a client machine to an LDAP server?






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






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






21. What is the /etc/vsftpd/user_list file used for?






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






23. What is PAM used for?






24. What happens if a host changes its IP address and the keys don't match?

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25. To create a RAID or LVM partition using kickstart






26. What command can you use to test connectivity to another host?






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






28. How would you view all Boolean options for the HTTP service?






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






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






31. Can you name the two commands that can be used to view the free space on the system?






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






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






34. What is SSH used for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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...






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






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






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






47. What port does the Apache web server run on - What about HTTPS?






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






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






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