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1. What protocols are used with Dovecot?






2. What command can you use to create a password-protected page?






3. What is a gateway used for on a network?






4. What port does the DHCP server listen on by default?






5. What is the format of the /etc/shadow file?






6. 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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7. The exportfs command is used to...






8. What options with the yum command would you use to remove a package?






9. What is the difference between an A record and a PTR record?






10. Runlevel 0 ___________. Runlevel 6 reboots the system.






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






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






13. Most boot issues can be resolved by...






14. What port does the rndc utility listen on by default?






15. The virt-install package allows you to manage virtual machines _____________. The virt-manager package allows you to manage virtual machines via a GUI interface.






16. What option is used to allow anonymous uploads to the FTP server?






17. How do you run a command with elevated privileges?






18. What three protocols can you use to perform network installations?






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






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






21. What command can you use to validate the syntax of the Apache config file?






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






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






24. What is the superblock used for?






25. What command can you use to test connectivity to another host?






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






27. What is VNC?






28. How can you verify the status of the SSH service after the system has booted?






29. Which file contains all messages generated during installation that can be used for troubleshooting if the need arises?






30. What is SSH used for?






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






32. What three components are needed to fully automate a kickstart installation?






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






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






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






36. What command do you use to change the permissions on a file or directory - To change ownership?






37. What does the rdnc-confgen command do?






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






39. What command can you use to create your own repositories?






40. What command can you use to view the current ACL on a file?






41. What command and options can you use to update the time?






42. What is the name of the package that allows you to install VNC?






43. What command can you use to create a file system?






44. Through its main config file - SSH can be configured to...

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






46. Which version of SSH should you use?






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






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






49. What option needs to be used with the mount command to mount an NFS resource?






50. What is the top command used for?