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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






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






3. 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 ____






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






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






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






7. Where is vsftpd.conf?






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






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






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






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






20. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






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






22. 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






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






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

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






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






27. 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






28. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






29. 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 ____






30. Where is the main apache data directory?






31. 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






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






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






34. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






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






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






37. 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:






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






39. How to start apache service?






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






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






42. Where to find the main apache config file?






43. When an rpm install fails for xxxx because the same version is already apparently installed - run ____ to just install it all again






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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