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






2. What command can you use to view system processes and their CPU usage?






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






4. What does ifconfig 172.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth1 do?






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






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






7. What is a virtual host?






8. What command can you use to check the config file of the DHCP server?






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






10. 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...


11. What are the three modes in which the rpm command can operate?






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






13. A slave DNS server provides...






14. What is the superblock used for?






15. What option would you use to query an installed package using the rpm command?






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






17. How would you go about creating a static route?






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






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






20. What command-line program can you use to check your mail?






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






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






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


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






25. What port does NFS use by default?






26. What command can be used to easily list all the options in the FTP main config file?






27. What is NAT - How is it used?






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






29. What are the three items that make up LVM?






30. What are SELinux Booleans?






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






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






33. What does the testparm command do?






34. What command can you use to view mounted Samba shares?






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






36. What are the three different types of RAID described in this chapter?






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


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






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






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






41. What critical step must you take after updating the kernel to a newer version?






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






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






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






45. What does virsh reboot Client04 do?






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






47. What command is used to change the mail server from Sendmail to Postfix (useful only if you have both installed)?






48. How would you view all Boolean options for the HTTP service?






49. What command displays your current interfaces and IP address?






50. SSH does...