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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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1. 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






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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






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






7. Where to find the main apache config file?






8. 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 ____






9. SELinux must be configured to Allow HTTPD To Read Home Directories. (Alternatively - activate the httpd_enable_homedirs boolean with the __ command.)






10. 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






11. Where is vsftpd.conf?






12. 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






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






14. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. How to install apache?






23. 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






24. To check status of ftp daemon






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






26. How do you restart the apache web server?






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. rpm option to show me the package files






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






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






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






37. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






38. 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.






39. How to start apache service?






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






41. How to start the vsftp service?






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






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






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






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






46. 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)






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






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






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






50. To install both mod_ssl and squid packages