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1. What is the xinetd service used for?






2. The old SysInit scripts have been replaced in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for what new boot utility?






3. How would you install a group of packages all at a single time?






4. What two commands are used for package management?






5. What command do you use to report information on quota usage?






6. What benefit does a web proxy provide to your network?






7. What command can you use to change the context of files?






8. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 - SELinux comes set up in enforcing mode. When installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - you have the option to...

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9. What does ifconfig 172.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth1 do?






10. What happens if you call the command from question 3 with the -c option after it has already been run?






11. What two ports should be opened on the firewall for the FTP server to function properly?






12. What client-side command can you use to test your FTP server connection?






13. What is the /etc/hosts file used for?

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14. What is the rndc utility used for?






15. What command can you use to create a new SSL certificate?






16. What command can you use to get information about logical volumes?






17. Can you put your /boot partition on a RAID 5 array?






18. What option is used with both the fdisk and parted commands to display the current partition tables?






19. What command can you use to manage system services?






20. What command (and options) can be used to create a user named George with the description "Jr Admin"?






21. The portmap service was replaced by the ______________ in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.






22. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is the only version that officially supports _______






23. Before you work with ACLs - what do you need to do to the file system?






24. What is the last rule in the iptables file?

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25. The default SMTP service has been changed from _________ to Postfix in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.






26. A PXE server eases the automation process but isn't required for...






27. What command can you use to query information from the kernel about RAID arrays?






28. What is PAM used for?






29. What is the name of the package used to install an FTP?






30. What does virsh reboot Client04 do?






31. What are the side effects of shrinking a volume group or logical volume?






32. How can you change the security context of a directory to work with Apache?






33. By default - what is the path to a user's home directory?

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34. What command is used to create an RPM package?






35. How would you disable SELinux protection for NFS - allowing shares to be read/write?






36. Before you work with quotas - what do you need to do to the file system?






37. What directory is used to represent the virtual file system created by the kernel?






38. Which log file is used to keep track of policy violations?






39. What command would you use to create a group - to add the user George to the group?






40. What command is used to show all services being controlled by the xinetd daemon?






41. What is VNC?






42. Do you need to write changes to the disk when using the parted command? What about fdisk?






43. Place all files you want added to a _______________ during creation.

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44. To grow a file system






45. What three commands can you use to help verify that the DNS server is functioning properly?






46. Which remote management service is installed by default?Can you name the port that it uses?






47. What is the benefit to using centralized authentication?

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48. What port must be opened on the firewall for DNS?






49. What is the superblock used for?






50. GRUB has three stages. Can you name them?