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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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1. 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)






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






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






4. How to start the vsftp service?






5. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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 ____






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






12. How to install apache?






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






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






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






16. rpm option to show me the package files






17. 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






18. Where is the main apache data directory?






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






20. How do you restart the apache web server?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






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






42. The simplest way to install Apache






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






49. Where to find the main apache config file?






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