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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






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






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






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






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






6. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






7. 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:






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






9. How to start the vsftp service?






10. To check status of ftp daemon






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






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






13. If you want to create a database file named webpass in the /etc/httpd directory - for user 'e' - you'd start with the following command:






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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:






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






20. Where is the main apache data directory?






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






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






23. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






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






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






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






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






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






29. To install both mod_ssl and squid packages






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






31. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






32. 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






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






34. What is the first post installation step?






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. Where to find the main apache config file?






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






42. 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






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






44. How to install vsftpd?






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






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






47. 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)






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






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






50. What service is allowed through the default firewall?