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Redhat Linux Administration

Subject : it-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To check status of ftp daemon






2. after you edit /etc/exports - run service ___ stop...






3. You can use the ____ tool after installation to add any package groups that you missed.






4. ;'___ /var/www' will tell you the ACL settings of /var/www






5. Run the ____ command to find the device associated with the USB key.






6. rpm ____ to import the rpm key for integrity checking






7. ____ can expand and shrink ext2 and ext3 file systems






8. Create a disk label for the partition table called k






9. rpm ____ verifies all installed rpms against the rpm database






10. ___ to update the httpd package - automatically answering yes to all the questions






11. This line looks deceptively simple; it limits what readers see about your Web server when you browse to a nonexistent page. If you don't use this command - outsiders can see whether you've loaded modules such as Perl - Python - and PHP. Sharing this






12. create a usb boot disk if the usb stick is /dev/sdc and the file you need is in your present directory






13. If you configure other directories for Web services - you'll need to change their ACL settings. For example - if you create and then use the /www directory - run the following commands:






14. ______ will show me volume info including vg - size - etc of /dev/rootvg/tmplv






15. Virtual Host Configuration: Names the URL for the virtual host.






16. logical partitions on a hard drive always start with number ____; on the first PATA/IDE hard drive on a PC - that is hda____.






17. As you may not have access to the GUI during the Red Hat exams - you need to know how to use text-based browsers. The standard is ____






18. To select a different device without having to restart parted - use the ____ command . Then - you can view its partition table or configure it.






19. rpm ____ [name of package] to verify the package - once you have manually imported the key






20. for http - if you implement "UserDir public_html" - you need to also ____ /home/michael/public_html if you want /home/michael/public_html accessible






21. If you want to add an iptables command to forward TCP port 80 traffic to TCP port 3128 - you would use the following:






22. for SELinux - you'll at least want to use the Security Level Configuration tool to activate the Allow Squid Daemon To Connect To The Network option - also known as the squid_connect_any boolean. Alternatively - you can activate this boolean with the






23. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






24. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






25. ____ configuration is not available via text mode RHEL installation.






26. Virtual Host Configuration: Sets a root directory for the virtual host.






27. List sboth the client hostname or IP address and mounted directory in host:dir format. This info should not be considered reliable.






28. You just finished editing your /etc/yum.repos.d/*repo file and want yum to use the new info - so you run ____






29. ____ is used for creating ext2 and ext3 file systems






30. rpm options include rpm -q [package name] or rpm -qf [path/file] or rmp -q____






31. It's much more difficult and much more time-consuming to revise partitions with utilities such as ____ or parted after RHEL is installed.






32. _____ will change the size of /dev/rootvg/tmplv to 4 gig






33. after extending file system "homevol" - unmount it and then run _____ to make the filesystem size match the new larger volume.






34. for http - if you implement "UserDir public_html" - you need to also ____ /home/michael if you want /home/michael/public_html accessible






35. Some computers built before 1998 may have a BIOS that limits access to hard disks beyond the 1024th cylinder. Some older BIOSs report only 1024 cylinders on a hard drive no matter how many actual cylinders are present. Computers that are subject to t






36. output from ____ is: Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 36.4 GB - 36414750720 bytes... plus listing of partitions - for each physical drive






37. This line placed in /etc/hosts.deny sends a customized error message for Telnet users on the crack.org domain saying sorry [insert client info] - access denied






38. ___ will tell me if any files in the pam package have changed since it was first installed






39. This line placed in /etc/hosts.deny will mean that only computer allowed to access our Telnet server has an IP address of 192.168.1.10






40. Apache supports security by specifying active ports through the Listen and ____ directives.






41. The default Red Hat Enterprise Linux firewall blocks access to an NFS server. While inelegant - the following command "flushes -" or turns off - the standard Linux firewall from the local computer.






42. The file that might contain: oldvg - rootvg - etc.






43. how to install both mod_ssl and squid packages






44. Perform a simple check of the file system. minor-num is x.






45. You can check the status of your share. If it's working - you should see the contents of the /etc/exports directory when you run the following command:






46. ___ http://devmon.dev.schwab.com/index.html will make a local copy of the index.html file from devmon






47. This line placed in /etc/hosts.deny denies all services except TFTP to computers in the example.org domain






48. if you want to create a database file named webpass in the /etc/httpd directory - for user "e" - you'd start with the following command:






49. This line: in /etc/hosts.allow: telnetd : 172.16.72.0/255.255.254.0 is ____






50. ___ shows me what config files were installed when the httpd package was installed