– General Linux 2 Overview –
(Linux Professional Institute Certification)
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by: geoffrey robertson geoffrey@zip.com.au

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Six LPIC Exams
• Level 1—General Linux – 101 General Linux Part 1 – 102 General Linux Part 2 • Level 2—Advanced Linux – 201 Advanced Linux Administration – 202 Linux Networking Administration • Level 3—Advanced Electives (do any 2) – 321 Windows Integration – 322 Internet Server – 323 Database Server – 324 Security, Firewalls and Encryption – 325 Kernel Drivers and Packages – 32? TBA in 2002

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LPIC Level 1 Certification
All current LPI exams use computer-based tests administered through VUE. Each exam costs $100 (US dollars) and the current outline is for there to be two exams at each level. Also available through Prometric • Suitable tasks: – can work at the Unix command line – performs easy maintenance tasks: help out users, add users to a larger system, backup & restore, shutdown & reboot – can install and configure a work station (incl. X) and connect it to the LAN, or a stand-alone PC via modem to the Internet. • Note: – This is somewhat heavier than the SAGE ”Novice” level: we aim beyond the power-user & helpdesk level. It is about at the ”prerequisites” level of the RedHat training program.

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Books—LPIC General Linux 2 specific
• LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell by Jeffrey Dean O’REILLY • LPIC 1 Certification Bible by Angie Nash and Jason Nash Hungry Minds • Prep Kit General Linux 2 by Theresa Hadden Martinez QUE • General Linux 2 by • LINUX Rute Users Tutorial and Exposition by Paul Sheer Prentice Hall

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Books—LPIC General Linux 2 nonspecific
• RHCE Certification by • LINUX Administration Handbook by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein Prentice Hall • Sair Linux Certification by • Linux by Marcell Garcia • Running Linux by O’REILLY

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LPI General Linux 2— Subject Areas
• 1.101 Hardware & Architecture (1.1) • 1.102 Linux Installation & Package Management (2.2) • 1.103 GNU & Unix Commands (1.3) • 1.104 Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Std. (2.4) • 1.105 Kernel (1.5) • 1.106 Boot, Initialisation, Shutdown, Runlevels (2.6) • 1.107 Printing (1.7) • 1.108 Documentation (1.8) • 1.109 Shells, Scripting, Programming, Compiling (1.9) • 1.110 X (2.10) • 1.111 Administrative Tasks (2.11) • 1.112 Networking Fundamentals (1.12) • 1.113 Networking Applications (1.13) • 1.114 Security (1.14)

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LPI Advanced Linux—Subject Areas
• 2.201: Kernel (0) • 2.202: System Startup (0) • 2.203: Filesystem (0) • 2.204: Hardware (0) • 2.205: Network (0) • 2.206: Mail & News (0) • 2.207: DNS (0) • 2.208: Web Servers (0) • 2.209: File & Service Sharing (0) • 2.210: Network Client Management (0) • 2.211: System Maintenance (0) • 2.212: System Security (0) • 2.213: System Customisation & Automation (0) • 2.214: Troubleshooting (0)

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LPI General Linux 2—Subject Areas
• 1.101 Hardware & Architecture (1.1) • 1.102 Linux Installation & Package Management (2.2) • 1.105 Kernel (1.5) • 1.107 Printing (1.7) • 1.108 Documentation (1.8) • 1.109 Shells, Scripting, Programming, Compiling (1.9) • 1.110 X (2.10) • 1.112 Networking Fundamentals (1.12) • 1.113 Networking Applications (1.13) • 1.114 Security (1.14)

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Program Objective Management System
See the LPI POMS Quick Start Guide at http://www.lpi.org/cgi-bin/poms.py • on the one side we have the Exams (1,2 etc), • on the other we have topic Areas (1 to 14); • A cell in the matrix we call a Topic, • and a Topic contains several related Objectives.

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