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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






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






3. What is the first post installation step?






4. How do you restart the apache web server?






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Use grep to count how many repositories have been configured in the file server1.repo

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10. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






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






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






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






15. How to install vsftpd?






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






26. How to make sure apache starts automatically on next reboot?






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






32. To check status of ftp daemon






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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:






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






39. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






40. 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.






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. 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:






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






44. How to start apache service?






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






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






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






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






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






50. Where is the vsftp pub dir?