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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. The simplest way to install Apache






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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 ____






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






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






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






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






19. To check status of ftp daemon






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






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






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






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






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






25. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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)






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






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






41. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






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






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






44. ___________ can be on a RAID device






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






46. 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






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






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






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