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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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






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






3. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






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






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






7. How to install vsftpd?






8. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






9. When you configure Squid on your system - you need to allow access through appropriate ports and SELinux settings. The simplest approach with respect to Squid configuration assumes that all clients use the default Squid port 3128 - using TCP - where






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






11. Where to find the main apache config file?






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






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


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






15. ____ prints superblock and block group information.






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. ____ is used to modify file system parameters






24. 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






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






26. How do you restart the apache web server?






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






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






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






30. 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 ____






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






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






33. To check status of ftp daemon






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






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






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. The simplest way to install Apache






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






39. Where is vsftpd.conf?






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






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






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






43. What service is allowed through the default firewall?






44. 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)






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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