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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






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






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






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






5. 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)






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






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






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






9. How do you restart the apache web server?






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






11. 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






12. 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 ____






13. 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






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






15. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






16. How to start the vsftp service?






17. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






18. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






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






20. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






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






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






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






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






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






27. Where is the main apache data directory?






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






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






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






31. How to install apache?






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






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






34. What is the first post installation step?






35. Are SELinux and iptables-based firewalls are enabled by default?






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






37. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






38. 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:






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






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






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






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


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






44. 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






45. How to install vsftpd?






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






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






48. How to start apache service?






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






50. 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