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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






2. If in doubt about package names - you can find them in the ...






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






4. How to start apache service?






5. 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






6. 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:






7. To check status of ftp daemon






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






9. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






10. 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 ____






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






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






13. 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)






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






20. 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)






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






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






23. Where is vsftpd.conf?






24. What is the first post installation step?






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






26. rpm ____ verifies all installed rpms against the rpm database






27. To install both mod_ssl and squid packages






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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 ____






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






36. 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:






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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. The simplest way to install Apache






47. 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






48. How do you restart the apache web server?






49. How to install apache?






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