RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam RH302) (Certification Press)

✍ Scribed by Michael Jang

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 811
• Edition: 5
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available

With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide, Fifth Edition covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for this challenging exam.

• 100% complete coverage of all objectives for exam RH302
• Exam Readiness Checklist at the front of the book--you're ready for the exam when all objectives on the list are checked off
• Inside the Exam sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics covered
• Real-world exercises modeled after hands-on exam scenarios
• Two complete lab-based exams simulate the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam
• Bonus content (available for download) includes installation screen review, basic instructions for using VMware and Xen as testbeds, and paper and pencil versions of the lab exams

Covers all RH302 exam topics, including:

• Hardware installation and configuration
• The boot process
• Linux filesystem administration
• Package management and Kickstart
• User and group administration
• System administration tools
• Kernel services and configuration
• Apache and Squid
• Network file sharing services (NFS, FTP, and Samba)
• Domain Name System (DNS)
• E-mail (servers and clients)
• Extended Internet Services Daemon (xinetd), the Secure package, and DHCP
• The X Window System
• Firewalls, SELinux, and troubleshooting

✦ Table of Contents

[Trial version] Table of Contents......Page 1
[Trial version] Back Cover......Page 2
[Trial version] RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam RH302), Fifth Edition......Page 3
[Trial version] Preface......Page 6
[Trial version] Getting Red Hat Enterprise Linux......Page 7
[Trial version] In This Book......Page 9
[Trial version] Some Pointers......Page 12
[Trial version] Introduction......Page 13
[Trial version] Preparing for the RHCT and RHCE Exams......Page 15
[Trial version] Red Hat Certification Program......Page 16
[Trial version] Exam RH302......Page 18
[Trial version] Chapter 1: RHCE Prerequisites......Page 21
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.01-Basic Hardware Knowledge......Page 23
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.02-Basic Linux Knowledge......Page 25
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.03-Linux Filesystem Hierarchy and Structure......Page 28
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.04-Basic File Operations and Manipulation......Page 34
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.05-Printing......Page 39
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.06-Shells......Page 40
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.07-Basic Security......Page 43
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.08-System Administration......Page 46
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.09-Basic TCP/IP Networking......Page 50
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.10-Familiarity with Standard Network Services......Page 54
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.11-Basic Network Security......Page 57
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.12-Other Basic Prerequisite Skills per the Red Hat Exam Prep Guide......Page 58
[Trial version] Certification Objective 1.13-Downloading the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation CDs......Page 62
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 64
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 65
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 68
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 71
[Trial version] Chapter 2: Hardware and Installation......Page 73
[Trial version] Certification Objective 2.01-Hardware Compatibility......Page 74
[Trial version] Certification Objective 2.02-CPU and RAM......Page 77
[Trial version] Certification Objective 2.03-Hotswap Buses......Page 79
[Trial version] Certification Objective 2.04-Configuring a Network Installation......Page 82
[Trial version] Certification Objective 2.05-The First Installation Steps......Page 87
[Trial version] Certification Objective 2.06-Configuring Partitions, RAID, and LVM......Page 93
[Trial version] Certification Objective 2.07-Post-partition Installation Steps......Page 100
[Trial version] Certification Objective 2.08-Post-installation, Security, and the First Boot Process......Page 113
[Trial version] Certification Objective 2.09-Installation Validation......Page 119
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 122
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 123
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 125
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 128
[Trial version] Chapter 3: The Boot Process......Page 132
[Trial version] Certification Objective 3.02-The GRUB Boot Loader......Page 135
[Trial version] Certification Objective 3.03-Kernel Initialization and the First Process......Page 144
[Trial version] Certification Objective 3.04-The First Process and /etc/inittab......Page 145
[Trial version] Certification Objective 3.05-Runlevels......Page 147
[Trial version] Certification Objective 3.06-Controlling Services......Page 152
[Trial version] Certification Objective 3.07-System Configuration Files......Page 155
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 158
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 159
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 161
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 164
[Trial version] Chapter 4: Linux Filesystem Administration......Page 168
[Trial version] Certification Objective 4.01-Partitioning Hard Disks......Page 169
[Trial version] Certification Objective 4.02-Managing Filesystems......Page 179
[Trial version] Certification Objective 4.03-Filesystem Management and the Automounter......Page 182
[Trial version] Certification Objective 4.04-Access Control Lists and Other Security Attributes......Page 188
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 191
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 192
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 193
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 196
[Trial version] Chapter 5: Package Management......Page 200
[Trial version] Certification Objective 5.02-More RPM Commands......Page 204
[Trial version] Certification Objective 5.03-Managing Updates with Pup and the Red Hat Network......Page 209
[Trial version] Certification Objective 5.04-Adding and Removing RPM Packages with yum and pirut......Page 212
[Trial version] Certification Objective 5.05-Using Kickstart to Automate Installation......Page 218
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 231
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 232
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 234
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 238
[Trial version] Chapter 6: User Administration......Page 241
[Trial version] Certification Objective 6.01-User Account Management......Page 242
[Trial version] Certification Objective 6.02-The Basic User Environment......Page 254
[Trial version] Certification Objective 6.03-Shell Configuration Files......Page 256
[Trial version] Certification Objective 6.04-Setting Up and Managing Disk Quotas......Page 259
[Trial version] Certification Objective 6.05-Creating and Maintaining Special Groups......Page 268
[Trial version] Certification Objective 6.06-Pluggable Authentication Modules......Page 271
[Trial version] Certification Objective 6.07-Network Authentication Configuration: NIS and LDAP......Page 277
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 281
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 282
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 284
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 287
[Trial version] Chapter 7: System Administration Tools......Page 290
[Trial version] Certification Objective 7.01-Network Configuration......Page 291
[Trial version] Certification Objective 7.02-The CUPS Printing System......Page 299
[Trial version] Certification Objective 7.03-Automating System Administration: cron and At......Page 311
[Trial version] Certification Objective 7.04-Understanding, Maintaining, and Monitoring System Logs......Page 315
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 319
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 320
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 321
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 324
[Trial version] Chapter 8: Kernel Services and Configuration......Page 328
[Trial version] Certification Objective 8.01-The Basics of the Kernel......Page 329
[Trial version] Certification Objective 8.02-New Kernels, the Easy Way......Page 339
[Trial version] Certification Objective 8.03-Kernel Sources......Page 343
[Trial version] Certification Objective 8.04-Recompiling a Kernel......Page 346
[Trial version] Certification Objective 8.05-Advanced Partitioning: Software RAID......Page 358
[Trial version] Certification Objective 8.06-Advanced Partitioning: Logical Volume Management......Page 364
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 374
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 375
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 377
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 380
[Trial version] Chapter 9: Apache and Squid......Page 386
[Trial version] Certification Objective 9.01-The Apache Web Server......Page 387
[Trial version] Certification Objective 9.02-Apache Access Configuration......Page 396
[Trial version] Certification Objective 9.03-Virtual Hosts......Page 404
[Trial version] Certification Objective 9.04-The Squid Web Proxy Cache......Page 411
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 417
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 418
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 419
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 422
[Trial version] Chapter 10: Network File-Sharing Services......Page 425
[Trial version] Certification Objective 10.01-Configuring a Network File System (NFS) Server......Page 426
[Trial version] Certification Objective 10.02-Client-Side NFS......Page 436
[Trial version] Certification Objective 10.03-The File Transfer Protocol and vsFTPd......Page 438
[Trial version] Certification Objective 10.04-Samba Services......Page 441
[Trial version] The Red Hat Samba Server Configuration Utility......Page 458
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 465
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 466
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 467
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 470
[Trial version] Chapter 11: Domain Name Service......Page 475
[Trial version] Certification Objective 11.01-Understanding DNS: Zones, Domains, and Delegation......Page 476
[Trial version] Certification Objective 11.02-The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND)......Page 478
[Trial version] Certification Objective 11.03-BIND Utilities......Page 490
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 493
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 494
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 495
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 498
[Trial version] Chapter 12: Electronic Mail......Page 501
[Trial version] Certification Objective 12.01-Mail Transport Agents, Mail Delivery Agents, and Mail User Agents......Page 503
[Trial version] Certification Objective 12.02-Reception with Dovecot......Page 505
[Trial version] Certification Objective 12.03-sendmail Configuration......Page 508
[Trial version] Certification Objective 12.04-Configuring and Activating Postfix......Page 513
[Trial version] Certification Objective 12.05-Selecting an E-mail System......Page 514
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 518
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 519
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 520
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 523
[Trial version] Chapter 13: Other Networking Services......Page 526
[Trial version] Certification Objective 13.01-The Extended Internet Services Daemon (xinetd)......Page 527
[Trial version] Certification Objective 13.02-The Secure Shell Package......Page 532
[Trial version] Certification Objective 13.03-Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)......Page 538
[Trial version] Certification Objective 13.04-The Network Time Protocol (NTP)......Page 544
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 547
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 548
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 550
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 553
[Trial version] Chapter 14: The X Window System......Page 557
[Trial version] Certification Objective 14.01-X with Clients and Servers......Page 559
[Trial version] Certification Objective 14.02-The X.org Server Configuration......Page 563
[Trial version] Certification Objective 14.03-Tools for X.org Configuration......Page 573
[Trial version] Certification Objective 14.04-Running Remote X Applications......Page 578
[Trial version] Certification Objective 14.05-Desktops and Window Managers......Page 580
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 584
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 585
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 586
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 589
[Trial version] Chapter 15: Securing Services......Page 592
[Trial version] Certification Objective 15.01-Using tcp_wrappers to Secure Services......Page 593
[Trial version] Certification Objective 15.02-Firewalls and Packet Filtering Using netfilter......Page 596
[Trial version] Certification Objective 15.03-Network Address Translation......Page 600
[Trial version] Certification Objective 15.04-Security Enhanced Linux......Page 602
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 610
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 611
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 613
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 616
[Trial version] Chapter 16: Troubleshooting......Page 619
[Trial version] Certification Objective 16.01-Troubleshooting Strategies......Page 620
[Trial version] Certification Objective 16.02-Required RHCT Troubleshooting Skills......Page 631
[Trial version] Certification Objective 16.03-Required RHCE Troubleshooting Skills......Page 635
[Trial version] Certification Summary......Page 644
[Trial version] Two-Minute Drill......Page 645
[Trial version] Self Test......Page 646
[Trial version] Lab Questions......Page 649
[Trial version] Appendix A: Sample Exam 1......Page 652
[Trial version] Troubleshooting and System Maintenance......Page 653
[Trial version] Installation and Configuration......Page 659
[Trial version] Appendix B: Sample Exam 2......Page 663
[Trial version] Troubleshooting and System Maintenance......Page 664
[Trial version] Troubleshooting and System Maintenance Exam: RHCT Components......Page 665
[Trial version] Troubleshooting and System Maintenance: RHCE Components......Page 666
[Trial version] Troubleshooting and System Maintenance Discussion......Page 668
[Trial version] Installation and Configuration......Page 672
[Trial version] Glossary......Page 676
[Trial version] D-E......Page 682
[Trial version] F-H......Page 685
[Trial version] I-L......Page 690
[Trial version] M-P......Page 696
[Trial version] Q-R......Page 704
[Trial version] S......Page 709
[Trial version] T-X......Page 714
[Trial version] Y......Page 719
[Trial version] Index......Page 720
[Trial version] A......Page 721
[Trial version] B......Page 724
[Trial version] C......Page 726
[Trial version] D......Page 732
[Trial version] E......Page 736
[Trial version] F......Page 740
[Trial version] G......Page 743
[Trial version] H......Page 745
[Trial version] I......Page 747
[Trial version] J......Page 750
[Trial version] K......Page 751
[Trial version] L......Page 754
[Trial version] M......Page 757
[Trial version] N......Page 759
[Trial version] O......Page 763
[Trial version] P......Page 764
[Trial version] Q......Page 769
[Trial version] R......Page 770
[Trial version] S......Page 775
[Trial version] T......Page 782
[Trial version] U......Page 785
[Trial version] V......Page 787
[Trial version] W......Page 789
[Trial version] X......Page 790
[Trial version] Y......Page 792
[Trial version] Z......Page 793
[Trial version] List of Figures......Page 794
[Trial version] List of Tables......Page 800
[Trial version] List of Exercises......Page 804
[Trial version] List of Exam Details......Page 807