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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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1. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. How do you restart the apache web server?






9. 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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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






15. Where is the main apache data directory?






16. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






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






18. How to install vsftpd?






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






20. How to install apache?






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






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






23. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Use parted to display disk geometry for /dev/hda and end up in shell






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






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






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






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






34. 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)






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 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)






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






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






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






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






46. 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 ____






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






48. 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






49. The simplest way to install Apache






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