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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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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. '____ /var/www' will tell you the ACL settings of /var/www






3. 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 ____






4. Tthe file that might contain: oldvg - rootvg - etc.






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






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






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






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






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






10. After extending file system 'homevol' - unmount it and then run _____ to make the filesystem size match the new larger volume.






11. The simplest way to install Apache






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






13. 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.






14. Where is vsftpd.conf?






15. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






16. Where to find the main apache config file?






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






18. 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






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






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






21. After you edit /etc/exports - run service ___ stop...






22. 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 ____






23. 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:






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






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






26. 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:






27. OS from http.conf - 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 - an






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






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






30. To check status of ftp daemon






31. 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)






32. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






33. 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






34. Are SELinux and iptables-based firewalls are enabled by default?






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






36. 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






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






38. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






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






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






41. 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






42. rpm option to show me the package files






43. What is the first post installation step?






44. 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:






45. 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






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






47. How to disable the firewall on the current system?






48. How to start apache service?






49. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






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