Sonntag, 18. Januar 2009

LPI 101 Objectives, sorted by weight

Weight 8

  • Use Debian package manager 101

  • Use RPM package manager 101


Weight 7

  • TCP/IP configuration and troubleshooting 102


Weight 6

  • Process text streams using filters 101


Weight 5

  • Design harddisk layout 101

  • Make and install programs from source 101

  • Work on the commandline 101

  • Use streams, pipes and redirects 101

  • Create, monitor and kill processes 101

  • Use file permissions to control access to files 101

  • Find system files and put them in their correct locations 101

  • Install and configure X 102

  • Install and customise window manager environment 102

  • Customise and use shell environment 102


Weight 4

  • Manage/query kernel and kernel modules at runtime 102

  • Use and manage local system documentation 102

  • Manage user/group accounts and associated files 102

  • Automate system administration by scheduling future jobs 102

  • Maintain system time 102

  • Fundamentals of TCP/IP 102

  • Configure and manage xinetd, inetd etc 102

  • Operate and perform basic configuration of Mail Transfer Agent 102

  • Operate and perform basic configuration of Apache 102

  • Properly manage NFS and SAMBA daemons 102

  • Setup and configure DNS services 102

  • Setup SSH (openSSH) 102

  • Perform security administration tasks 102


Weight 3

  • Setup different PC expansion cards 101

  • Manage shared libraries 101

  • Perform basic file management 101

  • Modify process execution priorities 101

  • Search files using regular expressions 101

  • Create partitions and file systems 101

  • Maintain integrity of file systems 101

  • Control mount/umount of file systems 101

  • Manage disk quotas 101

  • Setup a display manager 101

  • Reconfigure, build, install custom kernel and kernel modules 102

  • Boot the system 102

  • Change runlevels, shutdown, reboot 102

  • Find Linux documentation on the Internet 102

  • Customise or write simple scripts 102

  • Tune user environment and system environment variables 102

  • Configure and use system logs to meet admin and security needs 102

  • Maintain effective data backup strategy 102

  • Configure Linux as PPP client 102

  • Setup host security 102


Weight 1

  • Configure fundamental BIOS settings 101

  • Configure modem and soundcard 101

  • Setup non-IDE devices 101

  • Configure communication devices 101

  • Configure USB devices 101

  • Install boot manager 101

  • Basic file editing with vi 101

  • Manage file ownership 101

  • Create and change hard links and symbolic links 101

  • Manage printers and print queues 102

  • Print files 102

  • Install and configure local and remote printers 102

  • Notify users on system related issues 102

  • Setup user level security 102