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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






2. 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.






3. What is the first post installation step?






4. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






5. 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:






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






7. Where to find the main apache config file?






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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 ____






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






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






18. How to start the vsftp service?






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






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






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






22. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






23. To install both mod_ssl and squid packages






24. 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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. How to install vsftpd?






40. 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






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






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






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






44. How do you restart the apache web server?






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






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






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






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






49. Where is vsftpd.conf?






50. Where is the vsftp pub dir?