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Redhat Linux Administration

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






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






3. ___________ can be on a RAID device






4. 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






5. 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






6. The rpm ____ option installs the package - if it isn't already installed.






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






8. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






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






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






11. 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:






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. create the basic cache directories in /var/spool/squid with the following command:






18. The simplest way to install Apache






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. 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)






25. how to install both mod_ssl and squid packages






26. rpm option to show me the package files






27. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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:






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






38. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






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






40. in httpd.conf - "____ None" disables any .htaccess files. Otherwise - .htaccess can allow others to administer your server - starting from the DocumentRoot directory. If .htaccess is in a subdirectory - such as /var/www/html/data/ - the additional di






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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