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

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






3. How can you check the currently mounted file systems?






4. The package selection screen allows you to install any software you want during the installation process as long as...






5. What does the partprobe command do?






6. What command can you use to monitor and troubleshoot network connections?






7. What is the virsh command used for?






8. To grow a file system






9. How can you list all services on the system to tell whether they will boot during startup?






10. What does the testparm command do?






11. What port does the Apache web server run on - What about HTTPS?






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






13. What is the difference between an ext2 and ext3 file system?

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






15. What file needs to be edited so that the system will mount a file system at boot time?






16. What are the two config files for Postfix called?






17. The INPUT chain being used is the default under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This rule...






18. What command and option do you use to view the description of Boolean values?






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






20. 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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21. What two commands are used for package management?






22. Where are Yum repository config files located?






23. What command disables the SSH service from running when the system boots?






24. The at command is used to ____________. The cron service handles reoccurring system jobs.






25. What command can you use to test the config files before starting the DNS service?






26. What are SELinux Booleans?






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






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






29. The ______________ for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6 includes the use of LVM.






30. Can you name the two commands that can be used to view the free space on the system?






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






32. What is the benefit of using public/private key authentication?

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33. What is the xinetd service used for?






34. What is the top command used for?






35. What command can be used to view the queue for at service jobs?






36. What command can you use to view NFS statistics?






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






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






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






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






41. What is a virtual host?






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






43. What is the main config file for the DHCP service?






44. The ____________ is available for each share.






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






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






47. What does the rdnc-confgen command do?






48. FTP is one of three protocols ______________. The other two protocols are NFS and HTTP.






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






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

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