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Redhat Linux Administration

Subject : it-skills
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1. use grep to count how many repositories have been configured in the file server1.repo






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






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






4. 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






5. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






11. ___________ can be on a RAID device






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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






19. The main Squid configuration file is ____/squid.conf






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






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






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






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






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






25. The simplest way to install Apache






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






27. 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:






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






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






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






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






32. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






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






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






35. how to install both mod_ssl and squid packages






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






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






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






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






40. To check status of ftp daemon






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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:






47. 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)






48. Virtual Host Configuration: Specifies an IP address for multiple virtual hosts.






49. rpm option to show me the package files






50. ____.com - ____.net - and ____.org domains are generic domain names that can't be assigned on the Internet. You can therefore use any of these domain names on your private network.