LPIC I Exam Cram 2 Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102

by Brunson, Ross

• ISBN13: 9780789731272
• ISBN10: 0789731274
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-21
• Publisher: Pearson IT Certification

Summary

& bull; Linux is currently the second fastest growing operating system. & lt;br/ & gt; & bull; The LPIC (Linux Professional Institute Certification) is a distribution neutral exam that provides certification for all Linux standards. & lt;br/ & gt; & bull; Written by a Linux consultant and trainer for LPI certification. & lt;br/ & gt; & bull; The famous & "Cram Sheet & " tool used for last minute & "cramming & ".

Author Biography

Ross Brunson is currently the director of Linux/Unix education for The Training Camp and an LPI-US (Linux Professional Institute) board member. He began his IT career in the U.S. Army in the 1980s working with battlefield simulation systems running on Unix platforms.

Prior to joining The Training Camp, Ross authored several books about Unix/Linux integration with Windows, including The Linux and Windows 2000 Integration Toolkit. Ross began his formal training and consulting career with Learning Tree International as a courseware technical editor and was his area's second-highest scoring instructor.

After a number of years conducting TCP/IP, Unix, Linux, and networking courses for Learning Tree, Mastering Computers of Scottsdale and other companies, he took a courseware and development position at Computer Associates developing and delivering Windows 2000 and Linux courses for many U.S. and international companies.

Ross then took a position with Thomson Learning's Sair Linux certification and courseware division as the director of courseware development and instruction. He built an excellent instructor force spanning 13 countries and 110 instructors in little over a year, delivering many T3 (trainer preparation courses) to current and prospective instructors in the United States and overseas.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xxvi
Self-Assessment	p. xxxix
LPIC Exam 101
Linux Installation	p. 3
Linux Distributions	p. 4
LPI Certification and Distributions	p. 4
Preparing Hardware for Installation	p. 5
Viewing Configuration Addresses	p. 6
Partitioning Disks	p. 7
Red Hat Installation Console Options	p. 13
Creating Installation Disks	p. 13
Boot Loaders	p. 14
Viewing Boot Messages	p. 21
Exam Prep Questions	p. 23
Using the Linux Shell	p. 27
Understanding Shells	p. 28
Global and User Settings	p. 28
Using the Command Line	p. 30
Command Completion	p. 32
Special Characters in the Shell	p. 32
Controlling Command Execution	p. 33
The Readline Library	p. 35
bash's History Feature	p. 36
Environment Variables and Settings	p. 38
Getting $HOME	p. 39
Configuring Prompts	p. 40
Setting Options in bash	p. 42
Job Control	p. 43
Managing Processes	p. 45
Managing Process Priorities	p. 47
Exam Prep Questions	p. 50
Basic vi Skills	p. 53
Editors	p. 54
Modes in vi	p. 54
Editing in vi	p. 54
Opening a File for Editing	p. 55
Navigating Within a File	p. 56
Quitting Files	p. 57
Saving Files	p. 58
Command Mode Editing	p. 58
The Cut, Copy, and Paste Commands	p. 60
Named and Unnamed Buffers	p. 61
Searching in vi	p. 62
Searching and Replacing	p. 62
Options in vi	p. 64
Advanced vi	p. 65
Exam Prep Questions	p. 68
Hardware	p. 71
Hardware	p. 72
Modems	p. 74
Ethernet/NIC Devices	p. 76
Point to Point Protocol	p. 79
Plug and Play	p. 83
Configuring Sound and Time	p. 84
USB Devices	p. 86
Setting Up SCSI	p. 89
Exam Prep Questions	p. 91
Partitioning and File Systems	p. 95
Overview	p. 96
Partitions	p. 97
Disk Partitioning Tools	p. 99
Overview of File Systems	p. 103
File System Types	p. 107
Creating File Systems	p. 107
Advanced File System Commands	p. 110
Mounting and Unmounting	p. 114
Space Utilization	p. 117
Exam Prep Questions	p. 120
File Systems and Commands	p. 123
File System Overview	p. 124
What Belongs Where	p. 124
File Management Commands	p. 126
Basic Navigation	p. 127
Listing Files and Directories	p. 128
Determining File Types	p. 129
Touching Files	p. 130
Moving Objects	p. 133
Transforming Data Formats	p. 135
Creating and Removing Directories	p. 136
Where Are Those Files?	p. 138
Which Command Will Run?	p. 141
Researching a Command	p. 142
Linking Files	p. 142
Working with Permissions	p. 145
User and Group Ownership	p. 149
Using Disk Quotas	p. 158
File Attributes	p. 164
Exam Prep Questions	p. 165
XFree86 Configuration and Troubleshooting	p. 169
Quick Overview of X	p. 170
The XFree86 System	p. 173
Fonts in X	p. 178
X Display Manager	p. 179
Tuning X	p. 180
Into and Out of X	p. 181
Remote Clients	p. 182
Displaying X Clients	p. 184
Exam Prep Questions	p. 185
Text Processing	p. 189
Unix/Linux Toolset Mentality	p. 190
Working with I/O Streams	p. 190
Pipes	p. 194
Filters	p. 196
Counting	p. 198
Formatting Commands	p. 204
Translating Files	p. 205
He sed, She sed	p. 205
Getting a grep	p. 207
Exam Prep Questions	p. 213
Software Installation	p. 217
Important Exam Information	p. 218
Methods of Managing Software Installation	p. 218
Shared Libraries	p. 222
Installing Software with Packages	p. 224
Red Hat Package Management	p. 224
The RPM Database	p. 225
RPM Package Files	p. 226
The rpm Command	p. 227
Removing Packages	p. 232
Querying Packages	p. 234
Building RPMs	p. 237
Exam Prep Questions	p. 240
LPIC Exam 102
Linux Boot Process and Runlevels	p. 245
The Linux Boot Process	p. 246
Understanding Runlevels and init	p. 247
Shutting Down a System	p. 249
The init Process	p. 251
The Runlevel Directories	p. 253
Configuring the Runlevels	p. 255
Single User Mode	p. 256
Making Boot/Rescue Disks	p. 257
Exam Prep Questions	p. 259
Using Linux and GNU Documentation	p. 263
The man Pages	p. 264
Using the man Command	p. 265
Additional Documentation	p. 269
Web and Third-Party Documentation	p. 269
Communicating with Users	p. 270
Exam Prep Questions	p. 273
Managing Users and Groups	p. 277
The Importance of User and Group Management	p. 278
How the Kernel Understands Users and Groups	p. 278
What Accounts Are What?	p. 278
User Entries in /etc/passwd	p. 279
What Groups Are What?	p. 281
Group Entries in /etc/group	p. 283
Adding Users and Groups	p. 283
Modifying Users and Groups	p. 286
Removing Users and Groups	p. 287
The Shadow Suite	p. 288
skel Templates	p. 293
User Variables	p. 294
Exam Prep Questions	p. 296
System Administration	p. 299
Managing System Services	p. 300
System Logging	p. 302
Scheduling and Running Tasks	p. 310
Using cron to Schedule Tasks	p. 312
Archiving and Backing Up	p. 316
Maintaining System Time	p. 326
Exam Prep Questions	p. 330
Kernel Configuration and Custom Compilation	p. 333
Overview of the Kernel	p. 334
The Kernel Versions	p. 334
Monolithic Versus Modular Kernels	p. 335
Patching the Kernel	p. 340
Using the patch Command	p. 341
Getting Kernel Source Code	p. 343
Configuring the Kernel	p. 344
Steps to Compile a Kernel	p. 346
Exam Prep Questions	p. 351
Linux Shells and Scripting	p. 355
Writing Scripts	p. 356
Scripting Constructs	p. 361
Customizing the Shell Environment	p. 363
Environment Variables	p. 363
Quoting and Variables	p. 365
Shell Aliases	p. 367
Shell Functions	p. 370
Understanding Shell Levels	p. 373
Exam Prep Questions	p. 376
Linux Printing	p. 379
Linux Printing Overview	p. 380
How 1pd Printing Works	p. 380
Printing Command Overview	p. 383
The 1pd Daemon	p. 384
Printing with 1pr	p. 385
Monitoring Print Jobs with 1pq	p. 386
Removing Print Jobs with 1prm	p. 388
Monitoring Print Jobs with 1pc	p. 389
Printer Security	p. 394
Exam Prep Questions	p. 395
Basic Networking	p. 399
Conceptual Overview of Networking	p. 400
IPs	p. 401
Network Masks	p. 403
Gateway Addresses, or "Do I Dial 9?"	p. 405
Custom Network Masks	p. 406
Managing Interfaces	p. 409
Local Name Configuration	p. 414
Network Configuration Utilities	p. 417
Exam Prep Questions	p. 429
Network Services	p. 433
Network Services	p. 434
Providing Services on Demand	p. 434
Using TCP Wrappers for Securing Services	p. 440
sendmail, Bloody sendmail	p. 444
Apache	p. 449
Network File System	p. 452
Samba	p. 455
Domain Name System	p. 460
Exam Prep Questions	p. 465
Security	p. 469
Using TCP Wrappers to Secure a Service	p. 470
Understanding Permission Problems	p. 471
Validating Package Integrity	p. 472
Secure Shell	p. 474
Using Firewalls for Security	p. 481
Exam Prep Questions	p. 488
Practice Exam 101	p. 491
Answer Key 101	p. 503
Practice Exam 102	p. 513
Answer Key 102	p. 529
Debian Package Management	p. 539
What's on the CD-ROM	p. 551
Glossary	p. 557
Index	p. 563
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