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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. 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:






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






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






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






13. 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






14. What parts of rhel6 should be installed to separate volumes?






15. 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:






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






17. Where to find the main apache config file?






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






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






20. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






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






22. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






23. Create a disk label for the partition table called k






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






25. How do you restart the apache web server?






26. 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 ____






27. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. How to install vsftpd?






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






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






35. 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 ____






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






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






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






39. How to install apache?






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






41. 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






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






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






44. rpm option to show me the package files






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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