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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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1. Where to find the main apache config file?






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. How do you restart the apache web server?






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






14. What is the first post installation step?






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






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






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






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






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






20. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






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






22. 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






23. Apache supports security by specifying active ports through the Listen and ____ directives.






24. 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)






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






26. 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:






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






28. 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






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






30. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. rpm option to show me the package files






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. To install both mod_ssl and squid packages






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






50. How to start the vsftp service?