Hands-on Guide to the Red Hat Exams: RHSCA and RHCE Cert Guide and Lab Manual

Chapter 19. Network Services

This chapter covers the following subjects:

• Xinetd: The Master Service—This section covers the xinetd service and how it interacts with network services.

• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)—This section covers the DHCP service and how to give out IP addresses.

• Network Time Protocol (NTP)—This section looks at the NTP protocol and how to keep the time on your network synced.

The following RHCE exam objectives are covered:

• Install the packages needed to provide the service

• Configure SELinux to support 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

• Synchronize time using ...