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






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






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






4. 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 ____






5. 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






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






7. 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:






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. When you configure Squid on your system - you need to allow access through appropriate ports and SELinux settings. The simplest approach with respect to Squid configuration assumes that all clients use the default Squid port 3128 - using TCP - where






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






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






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






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






21. 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:






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






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






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






25. 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:






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






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






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






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






30. ____.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.






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






32. rpm option to show me the package files






33. To check status of ftp daemon






34. how to install both mod_ssl and squid packages






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






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






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






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






39. 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)






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. The simplest way to install Apache






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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