Here is the guide you quickly want to run through a day or
so before the exam as a checklist. You need to know what you're talking
about before you rely on just this:
IBM provides the following four free LPIC-1 training tutorials:
LPI exam 101 prep, Topic 104: Devices, Linux filesystems, and the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard In
this tutorial (the fourth in a series of four tutorials), Ian Shields
introduces you to Linux devices, filesystems, and the Filesystem
Hierarchy Standard, and in doing so, continues preparing you to take
the Linux Professional Institute Junior Level Administration (LPIC-1)
Exam 101. This tutorial shows you how to create and format partitions
with different Linux filesystems and how to manage and maintain those
systems.
LPI exam 101 prep, Topic 103: GNU and UNIX commands In
this tutorial (the third in a series of four tutorials), Ian Shields
introduces you to the Linux command line and several GNU and UNIX
commands, and in doing so, continues preparing you to take the Linux
Professional Institute Junior Level Administration (LPIC-1) Exam 101. This tutorial helps you learn to use commands on a Linux system.
LPI exam 101 prep, Topic 102: Linux installation and package management In
this tutorial (the second in a series of four tutorials), Ian Shields
introduces you to Linux installation and package management, and in
doing so, continues preparing you to take the Linux Professional
Institute Junior Level Administration (LPIC-1) Exam 101. In this
tutorial, you learn how Linux uses disk partitions, how Linux boots,
and how to install and manage software packages.
LPI exam 101 prep, Topic 101: Hardware and architecture In
this tutorial (the first in a series of four tutorials), Ian Shields
introduces you to configuring your system hardware with Linux, and in
doing so, begins preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute
Junior Level Administration (LPIC-1) Exam 101. In this tutorial,
you learn how Linux configures the hardware found on a modern PC and
where to look if you have problems.
The goal of this 'LPI Certification Self-Study Guide' is to leverage existing Linux documentation and combine it with sample questions written by LPI certified persons. (LPI is the Linux Professional Institute.) This self-study guide is broken into chapters based on the objectives for LPI exams 101 and 102. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the objective followed by a more detailed explanation and several practice questions. This is a work in progress. If you are an expert in one of the objective areas and would like to be part of the LPI Study Guide effort please contact the author to adopt a chapter.
The LPIC program, short for the Linux Professional Institute Certification program, is designed to certify the competency of system administrators using the Linux
operating system and its associated tools. Its goal is to provide a
consistent and standardized Linux qualification. It is designed to be distribution neutral, following
the Linux Standard Base and other relevant standards and
conventions.
The LPIC program is designed in three levels. This post is offers information and free training for the second level, LPIC-2.
Intermediate Level Administration (Linux Professional Institute Certification 2 or LPIC-2)
Status: Available now; published November 29, 2001
Pre-Requisites:
You must have an active LPIC-1 certification to receive LPIC-2
certification, but the LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 exams may be taken in any
order.
Requirements: Passing Exams 201 and 202
Overview of Tasks: To pass Level 2 someone should be able to
Administer a small to medium-sized site
Plan, implement, maintain, keep consistent, secure, and troubleshoot a small mixed (MS, Linux) network, including a:
LPI exam 202 prep, Topic 207: Domain Name System (DNS) In
this tutorial, David Mertz continues preparing you to take the Linux
Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2)
Exam 202. In this third of a series of seven tutorials on network
administration on Linux, you get an introduction to DNS and learn how
to use Linux as a DNS server, chiefly using BIND 9. You learn how to
set up and configure the service, how to create forward and reverse
lookup zones, and how to ensure that the server is secure from attacks.
LPI exam 202 prep, Topic 206: Mail and news In
this tutorial, David Mertz continues preparing you to take the Linux
Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2)
Exam 202. In this second of a series of seven tutorials on network
administration on Linux, you learn how to use Linux as a mail server
and as a news server. This tutorial covers mail transport, local mail
filtering, and mailing list maintenance software. It also briefly
discusses server software for the NNTP protocol.
LPI exam 202 prep, Topic 205: Networking configuration In this tutorial, David Mertz begins preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2)
Exam 202. In this first of a series of seven tutorials on network
administration on Linux, you learn to configure a basic TCP/IP network,
from the hardware layer (usually Ethernet, modem, ISDN, or 802.11)
through the routing of network addresses.
LPI exam 201 prep, Topic 214: Troubleshooting In
this tutorial, Brad Huntting and David Mertz continue preparing you to
take the Linux Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration
(LPIC-2) Exam 201. The last of eight tutorials, this tutorial
focuses on what you can do when things go wrong. It builds on material
already covered in more detail in earlier tutorials.
LPI exam 201 prep, Topic 213: System customization and automation In
this tutorial, David Mertz and Brad Huntting continue preparing you to
take the Linux Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration
(LPIC-2) Exam 201. In this seventh of eight tutorials, you learn
basic approaches to scripting and automating system events, including
report and status generation, clean up, and general maintenance.
LPI exam 201 prep, Topic 211: System maintenance In
this tutorial, David Mertz continues preparing you to take the Linux
Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2)
Exam 201. In this sixth of eight tutorials, you learn basic concepts of
system logging, software packaging, and backup strategies.
LPI exam 201 prep, Topic 209: File and service sharing In
this tutorial, Brad Huntting and David Mertz continue preparing you to
take the Linux Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration
(LPIC-2) Exam 201. In this fifth of eight tutorials, you learn
how to use a Linux system as a networked file server using any of
several protocols supported by Linux.
LPI exam 201 prep, Topic 204: Hardware In
this tutorial, David Mertz and Brad Huntting continue preparing you to
take the Linux Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration
(LPIC-2) Exam 201. In this fourth of eight tutorials, you learn
how to add and configure hardware to a Linux system, including RAID
arrays, PCMCIA cards, other storage devices, displays, video
controllers, and other components.
LPI exam 201 prep, Topic 203: Filesystem In
this tutorial, David Mertz continues preparing you to take the Linux
Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2)
Exam 201. In this third of eight tutorials, you will learn how to
control the mounting and unmounting of filesystems, examine existing
filesystems, create filesystems, and perform remedial actions on
damaged filesystems.
LPI exam 201 prep, Topic 202: System startup In
this tutorial, David Mertz continues preparing you to take the Linux
Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2)
Exam 201. In this second of a series of eight tutorials, you will learn
the steps a Linux system goes through during system initialization, and
how to modify and customize those behaviors for your specific needs.
LPI exam 201 prep, Topic 201: Linux kernel In this tutorial, David Mertz begins preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2) Exam 201. In this first of a series of eight tutorials, you will learn to understand, compile, and customize a Linux kernel.
This book is intended to help people prepare for the Linux Professional Institute Certification 2 exam, or the LPIC-2 exam.
You will need to have at least 2 years of practical experience with
Unix, preferably Linux. Though you may take the LPIC-2 exam without it,
you should be an LPIC-1 alumnus to be allowed to the titles and rights that
come with the LPIC-2 certification. The authors aimed to create a set of training and tutorial documents that will assist you in passing the LPIC-2 exam. This book contains all the information (and more) needed to pass the exam.
