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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






2. The simplest way to install Apache






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






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






5. 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 ____






6. 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






7. 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)






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






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






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






11. To install both mod_ssl and squid packages






12. How to start apache service?






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. rpm option to show me the package files






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






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






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






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






24. How to install vsftpd?






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






26. 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 ____






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. The most straightforward way to make sure Apache starts in bootlevels 3 and 5






36. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






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






38. Where is vsftpd.conf?






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






40. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






41. If you configure other directories for Web services - you'll need to change their ACL settings. For example - if you create and then use the /www directory - run the following commands:






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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. How do you restart the apache web server?






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






48. 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:






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






50. How to start the vsftp service?