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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






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






3. What is the first post installation step?






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






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






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






7. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






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






17. How do you restart the apache web server?






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






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






20. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






21. 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






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






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






24. Where is vsftpd.conf?






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






26. Use grep to count how many repositories have been configured in the file server1.repo


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






28. How to install apache?






29. rpm option to show me the package files






30. Where is the main apache data directory?






31. 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)






32. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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)






39. 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:






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






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






42. 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 ____






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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