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Redhat Linux Administration

Subject : it-skills
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1. rpm options include rpm -q [package name] or rpm -qf [path/file] or rmp -q____






2. use parted to display disk geometry for /dev/hda and end up in shell






3. You ran "e2label /dev/sda" and got "bad magic number" Why?






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






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






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






7. 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:






8. Virtual Host Configuration: Creates an custom log; the location is based on the DocumentRoot. (from http://www.books24x7.com/book/id_18196/viewer.asp?bookid=18196&chunkid=218985502)






9. For linux ext2 there is an easier way than using resize2fs. LVM 1 ships with a utility called __________ which does the lvextend and resize2fs for you (it can also do file system shrinking)






10. You need to configure firewalls and allow SELinux access in appropriate ways. Firewalls must allow access to the standard HTTP port - 80. SELinux must be configured to "Allow HTTPD To Read Home Directories". Finally - the ACL must be revised accordin






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






12. To list under which run levels the web service will start






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. use grep to count how many repositories have been configured in the file server1.repo






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






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






20. 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 ____






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






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






23. 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:






24. The simplest way to install Apache






25. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






26. rpm ____ verifies the installed zip rpm against the rpm database






27. The most straightforward way to make sure Apache starts in bootlevels 3 and 5






28. 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






29. To update a kernel - 1) ____ 2) boot new kernel to test 3) revert to old kernel if problems 4) yum remove kernel-oldversion if no problems






30. Virtual Host Configuration: Assigns an e-mail address for the specified virtual host.






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






32. SELinux must be configured to Allow HTTPD To Read Home Directories. (Alternatively - activate the httpd_enable_homedirs boolean with the __ command.)






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






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






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






36. To verify integrity of an rpm package - ____/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release






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






38. The RPM database also maintains an MD5 checksum of each file. With the checksum - you can use the ____ package command to determine whether any file from that RPM package has changed.






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






40. rpm option to show me the package files






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






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






43. ___________ can be on a RAID device






44. To check status of ftp daemon






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






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






47. when an rpm install fails for xxxx because the same version is already apparently installed - run ____ to just install it all again






48. how to install both mod_ssl and squid packages






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






50. Virtual Host Configuration: Creates an error log; the location is based on the DocumentRoot.