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RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer

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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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:






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






7. 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 ____






8. To check status of ftp daemon






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






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






11. Where is the vsftp pub dir?






12. How to start the vsftp service?






13. 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






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






15. rpm ____ to install kernel updates






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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:






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






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






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






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






39. rpm option to show me the package files






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






42. If in doubt about package names - you can find them in the ...






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






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






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






46. Where is vsftpd.conf?






47. 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






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






49. 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 ____






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