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For RHCE exams given on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and higher, the exam is organized as follows:
• Troubleshooting and System Maintenance — 2.5 hours
• Installation and Configuration — 3.0 hours
Candidates should possess the following skills, as they may be necessary in order to fulfill requirements of the RHCT and RHCE exams:
• use standard command line tools (e.g., ls, cp, mv, rm, tail, cat, etc.) to create, remove, view, and investigate files and directories
• use grep, sed, and awk to process text streams and files
• use a terminal-based text editor, such as vi/vim, to modify text files
• use input/output redirection
• understand basic principles of TCP/IP networking, including IP addresses, netmasks, and gateways
• use su to switch user accounts
• use passwd to set passwords
• use tar, gzip, and bzip2v
• configure an email client on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• use mozilla and/or links to access HTTP/HTTPS URLs
• use lftp to access FTP URLs
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 bootloader 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
Installation and Configuration
RHCEs must demonstrate the RHCT-level skills listed above, and they must be capable of configuring the following network services:
• HTTP/HTTPS
• SMB
• NFS
• FTP
• Web proxy
• SMTP
• IMAP, IMAPS, and POP3
• SSH
• DNS
For each of these services, RHCEs must be able to:
• install the packages needed to provide the service
• configure the service to start when the system is booted
• configure the service for basic operation
• Configure host-based and user-based security for the service
RHCEs must also be able to:
• configure hands-free installation using Kickstart
• implement logical volumes at install-time
• use PAM to implement user-level restrictions
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