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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. 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:






12. rpm option to show me the package files






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






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






15. ____.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.






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






17. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






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






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






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






21. To check status of ftp daemon






22. 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)






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






24. 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 ____






25. 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.






26. how to install both mod_ssl and squid packages






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. The simplest way to install Apache






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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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:






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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