Chapter 1

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RHCSA and RHCE Exams

1.1:

1.2: Hardware requirements

uname
• -p
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cat /etc/redhat-release - Shows current version (5.x, 6.x, etc) on Red Hat, CentOS, and all Fedora-
based kernels. Note that this file can be modified to meet X requirement. Alternatives include:
• cat /etc/issue -
• lsb_release -i -r -
• uname -r - then map the kernel to a version.

GNOME - (GNU Network Object Model Environment)

Special Setup Options for Virtual Machines

cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward - He
/etc/sysctl.conf - set net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

sysctl - interface for examining dynamically changing parameters in BSD and Linux OS.
• -p - lists bynaries in /etc/sysctl.conf (by default).

1.7: Configure Default File Sharing Services

Default HTTP server for RHEL 6 is Apache. Default FTP server is vsFTP.

httpd - Apache Webserver daemon.

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/etc/vsftpd.conf
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• /var/www/html/
• port 80
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vsftpd - “very safe” file transfer protocol daemon
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/etc/vsftpd.conf
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• /var/ftp/pub/
 • listen port - 21
• active port - 20
• Not relevant to RHCSA, but see http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html for details.
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From DVD
• mount /dev/dvd /media
• mount -o loop $isofile /media