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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






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






3. How to start apache service?






4. 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






5. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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.






10. What is the standard directory for file sharing with vsFTP?






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






12. 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






13. 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)






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






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






16. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






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






18. 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






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






20. How to install apache?






21. rpm option to show me the package files






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. The simplest way to install Apache






30. 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






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






32. 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:






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






34. How to start the vsftp service?






35. How to install vsftpd?






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






37. If rhel6 is in the /media directory - where is the XML file on that DVD with a database of packages and package groups?






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






39. To check status of ftp daemon






40. What is the first post installation step?






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






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






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. Create a disk label for the partition table called k






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






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






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






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






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






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