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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






2. what port needs to be open to access ftp?






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






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






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






6. 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:






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






8. Where is the config dir for vsftpd?






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






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






11. 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)






12. 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






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






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






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






16. To install both mod_ssl and squid packages






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. How to start the vsftp service?






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. How do you restart the apache web server?






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






35. 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






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






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






38. The simplest way to install Apache






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






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






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






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