RH301/RH302: question about network services

Flyzone · 12-31-2008, 03:43 PM

Hello, I'm studying to make the RH302 exam with the RH301 course.
I have made the Pre-assessment Questionnaire passing verygood the RH033 and RH133, but with a sufficient points in RH233.
I searched on old posts but I have yet some questions:

1) How will they permit you to solve the problem? For example...if they evil-rewrite a configuration files, you can use the tools of redhat or you'll need to rememer all syntax? Textual or graphical? Is permitted to remove the rpm/service, reinstalling and using the default configuration file to "solve" the problem?
2) I don't know nothing about configuring NIS/DHCP/SELINUX, but I'm very good in the other topics...how many deep I need to know about this services? Putting a service up and running it's easy using man/documentation/tools of Redhat...but if they don't give you some of this will be hard.
3) About the first troubleshotting test, which kind of problems they can put on the server? Repairing a GRUB or simple service it's easy, recoverying all /etc directory will be take more times...
4) Which emergency tools they give you? Just the RHEL cd?
5) In the multi-question test, there are some question in which I can put more reply....if I'll sign just 1 of the 2 reply possible....will be a passed or middle passed question?

Thank you and happy new year.

custangro · 01-01-2009, 12:04 PM

If you take a look at the prep guide; it should answer most of your questions...

http://www.redhat.com/certification/rhce/prep_guide/

1) As long as you don't cheat, you can solve a problem however you want...it's results that matter in the RHCE...it's not how you do it...is if it works in the end...

2) In the prep guide it clearly states "attach system to a network directory service, such as NIS or LDAP" So you don't have to configure a system to be a NIS/LDAP server...just connect it as a client. Also...you just need to have SELinux work with the service. Doing a sealert -b will help you determine how to fix errors.

3) Again...the prepguide states...

Quote:

RHCT skills
Troubleshooting and System Maintenance

RHCTs should be able to:

* boot systems into different run levels for troubleshooting and system maintenance
* diagnose and correct misconfigured networking
* diagnose and correct hostname resolution problems
* configure the X Window System and a desktop environment
* add new partitions, filesystems, and swap to existing systems
* use standard command-line tools to analyze problems and configure system

RHCE skills
Troubleshooting and System Maintenance

RHCEs must demonstrate the RHCT skills listed above, and should be able to:

* use the rescue environment provided by first installation CD
* diagnose and correct boot failures arising from bootloader, module, and filesystem errors
* diagnose and correct problems with network services (see Installation and Configuration below for a list of these services)
* add, remove, and resize logical volumes
* diagnose and correct networking services problems where SELinux contexts are interfering with proper operation.

4) I believe that you will only have Red Hat tools...I would assume that you only have the CD...

5) I don't think that they give you a multi-question test...(someone correct me if I'm wrong)