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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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1. 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






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






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






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






5. What parts of rhel6 should be installed to separate volumes?






6. 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.






7. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






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






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






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






11. How to start the vsftp service automatically on boot?






12. 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:






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. I just ran rpm -ivh zip-2.3-8.i386.rpm .. whooops - now I don't want this on my system so to get it off via rpm I type ____






15. 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






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






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






18. what port needs to be open to access ftp?






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






20. Where to find the main apache config file?






21. 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






22. What command starts the same menu as the text-mode First Boot process?






23. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






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






25. I just finished editing my /etc/yum.repos.d/*repo file and want yum to use the new info - so I run ____






26. How to install vsftpd?






27. I ran 'e2label /dev/sda' and got 'bad magic number' Why?






28. 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 ____






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






30. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






31. 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






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






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






34. How do you restart the apache web server?






35. Where is vsftpd.conf?






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






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. For http - if you implement 'UserDir public_html' - you need to also ____ /home/michael if you want /home/michael/public_html accessible






39. 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:






40. what utility can be used to open port 80?






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






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






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






44. 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






45. For http - if you implement 'UserDir public_html' - you need to also ____ /home/michael/public_html if you want /home/michael/public_html accessible






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






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






48. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






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






50. 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