LPI Linux certification in a nutshell / Steven Pritchard [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pritchard, Steven, author.

Contributor:

Pritchard, Steven.

Linux Professional Institute.

Series:

In a nutshell (O'Reilly & Associates)

In a nutshell series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linux.

Electronic data processing personnel--Certification.

Electronic data processing personnel.

Operating systems (Computers)--Examinations--Study guides.

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (992 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Desktop quick reference

Linux Professional Institute Linux certification in a nutshell

Linux certification in a nutshell

Place of Publication:

Beijing ; Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell,Second Edition is an invaluable resource for determining what you needto practice to pass the Linux Professional Institute exams. This bookwill helpyou determine when you're ready to take the exams, which aretechnically challenging and designed to reflect the skills thatadministrators needin real working environments. As more corporations adopt Linux as the networking backbone for theirIT systems, the demand for certified technicians will becomeeven greater. Passing the LPI exams will broaden your career optionsbecause the LPICis the m

Contents:

LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell; Audience for This Book; Organization; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari Enabled; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; I. General Linux Exam 101; 2. Exam 101 Study Guide; 2. Hardware and Architecture (Topic 1.101); 3.1.1.2. Disks and boot devices; 3.1.2. Resource Assignments; 3.1.3. 1024-Cylinder Limit; 3.2. Objective 3: Configure Modems and Sound Cards; 3.2.1.2. Modem hardware resources; 3.2.2. Sound Devices; 3.3. Objective 4: Set Up Non-IDE Devices; 3.3.2. SCSI IDs; 3.3.2.2. Linux SCSI disk device files; 3.3.2.3. Termination

3.3.2.4. SCSI controllers on PCs3.4. Objective 5: Set Up Different PC Expansion Cards; 3.5. Objective 6: Configure Communications Devices; 3.6. Objective 7: Configure USB Devices; 3.6.2. USB Controllers; 3.6.3. USB Devices; 3.6.4. USB Drivers; 3.6.5. USB Hotplug; 4. Linux Installation and Package Management (Topic 1.102); 4.1.1.2. Larger systems; 4.1.1.3. System role; 4.1.1.4. Backup; 4.1.2. Swap Space; 4.1.3. General Guidelines; 4.2. Objective 2: Install a Boot Manager; 4.2.1.2. The LILO map installer and its configuration file; 4.2.1.3. LILO locations; 4.2.2. GRUB; 4.2.2.2. Installing GRUB

4.2.2.3. Booting GRUB4.2.2.4. The GRUB configuration file; 4.3. Objective 3: Make and Install Programs from Source; 4.3.1.2. Opening a tarball; 4.3.2. Compiling Open Source Software; 4.3.2.2. make; 4.3.2.3. Installing the compiled software; 4.3.2.4. Example:Compiling bash; 4.4. Objective 4: Manage Shared Libraries; 4.4.2. Linking Shared Libraries; 4.5. Objective 5: Use Debian Package Management; 4.5.2. Managing Debian Packages; 4.6. Objective 6: Use Red Hat Package Manager (RPM); 4.6.2. Running rpm; 5. GNU and Unix Commands (Topic 1.103); 5.1.1.2. Entering commands at the command prompt

5.1.1.3. Entering commands not in the PATH5.1.1.4. Entering multiple-line commands interactively; 5.1.1.5. Entering command sequences; 5.1.2. Command History and Editing; 5.1.2.2. Applying commands recursively through a directory tree; 5.2. Objective 2: Process Text Streams Using Filters; 5.4. Objective 3: Perform Basic File Management; 5.4.1.2. Inodes; 5.4.1.3. File and directory management commands; 5.4.2. File-Naming Wildcards; 5.5. Objective 4: Use Streams, Pipes, and Redirects; 5.5.2. Pipes; 5.5.3. Redirection; 5.5.4. Using the tee Command

5.6. Objective 5: Create, Monitor, and Kill Processes5.6.2. Process Monitoring; 5.6.3. Signaling Active Processes; 5.6.4. Terminating Processes; 5.6.5. Shell Job Control; 5.7. Objective 6: Modify Process Execution Priorities; 5.8. Objective 7: Search Text Files Using Regular Expressions; 5.8.2. Using sed; 5.8.3. Examples; 5.8.3.2. Groups and ranges; 5.8.3.3. Modifiers; 5.8.3.4. Basic regular expression patterns; 5.8.3.5. Using regular expressions as addresses in sed; 5.9. Objective 8: Perform Basic File Editing Operations Using vi; 5.9.2. vi Basics

6. Devices, Linux Filesystems, and the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (Topic 1.104)

Notes:

"Pass the LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 exams."

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596517205

0596517203

9780596554934

0596554931

OCLC:

609840724