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Linux Companion for System Administrators
Jochen Hein
This is our recommended book for people who already perhaps
have some experience of Unix as a user or systems admin. but
want a concise overview of Linux rather than a "for dummies
book" that is distribution neutral.
The author covers a little history of the major distributions,
file system layout, boot operations, kernel etc. Good chapters
on all those useful utilities like sed, awk, the Emac and vi
editors and X-Windows make this book useful for any administrator.
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RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Study Guide
A hefty 700 pages designed to take people from near enough
absolute beginner to Red Hat Certified Engineer. Covers all of
the internals and utilities you need to get a Linux system up
and running and keep it that way. Includes exercises that you
are advised to practice before going for the exam.
Based on Red Hat 6.1 (note the exam you take may be based
on a later release and you should research the changes).
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Caldera Linux Certification
Linux System Administration: Certification Handbook
Guide books published by Caldera based upon their own distribution
written by their own training team. The guides cover levels 1,
2 and 3 of the LPIC qualification.
The Linux Professional Institute Certification is a vendor
neutral qualification supported by Caldera, SUSE, Linuxcare and
TurboLinux amongst others.
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Information about the LPI Certification exam
The Linux Proffesional Institute was created to provide vendor
neutral certification of Linux System and Network Administrators
as opposed to distribution specific ones like the Red Hat Certified
Engineer program.
There are three levels of LPI Certification (LPIC):
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.
LPIC Level 1
Exam 101- General Linux I GNU & Unix commands Devices,
Linux File Systems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard Boot, Initialization,
Shutdown, Run Levels Documentation Administrative Tasks
Exam 102 - General Linux II
Hardware & Architecture Linux Installation and Package Management
Kernel Text Editing, Processing, Printing Shells, Scripting,
Programming, Compiling X Networking Fundamentals Networking Services
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LPIC Level 2
Exam 201 Advanced administration (not Linux specific)track
& solve problems
write shell scripts with `sh` and `sed`
thorough understanding of (Inter)networking Exam 202 Linux
optimisation monitor processes, peruse loggings, boot sequence
decide if and when the Linux kernel should be upgraded, make
a custom kernel (apply patches, configure, compile and install)
resolve version problems of libraries & programs; install
bugfixes & upgrades
LPIC Level 3
To complete Level 3, candidates must complete any two of the
300-level
321: Windows Integration (working together with NT-server,
many Win'9x clients)
322: Internet Server (listservers, newsserver, FTP, HTTP,DNS,
ISP, NFS; maybe perl scripting)
323: Database Server
324: Security, Firewalls, Encryption
325: Kernel Internels & Device drivers (probably know
C).Creating distribution packages.
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