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The Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) program is designed to certify the competency of IT professionals using the Linux operating system and its associated tools.

This LPIC-2 Intermediate Level course covers the syllabus for the LPI-201 examination:

The following topics are covered: Course Format; Product Development; Structure; Objectives; Conventions; Introduction to Labs; Introduction to Lab Solutions; and Lab Conventions.

• Lesson Two – The Linux Kernel

The following topics are covered: Kernel Terminology; The Kernel; Kernel Version Numbering; Obtaining the Kernel Source; Kernel Modules; Module Configuration Files; modules.conf; modules.dep; Kernel Module Utilities; depmod; insmod; lsmod; modinfo; modprobe; rmmod; Kernel Types: Monolithic Vs. Modular; Kernel Dependencies; Compiling and Updating a Kernel; Unpacking, Configuring, and Compiling a Kernel; Unpacking the Kernel Source; Kernel Documentation; Configuring a Kernel; Compiling the Kernel and Modules; Reviewing the install.sh Script; Patching a Linux Kernel; Patches; The patch Command; Patching the Kernel; Removing a Kernel Patch; Tuning Kernel Parameters; Tunable Kernel Parameters; IO Scheduling; Read Ahead; Swapiness; Troubleshooting Kernel Errors; and VFS Panic.

• Lesson Three – Hardware Management

The following topics are covered: Devices and Drivers; How Are Device Drivers Loaded; Hard Drives; Using hdparm to Configure a Disk; Configuring Terminal Devices; Terminal Connection; Configuring the Host; getty; stty & setserial; setserial; Configuring Serial Ports; Configuring Multi-Port Cards; sty; Serial UPS Devices; System Configuration; The powerd Daemon; Configuring powerd; powerd States; Configuring Monitors; LCD Monitors; Utilities; Hardware Utilities; lsdev; lspci; Latency Timers; USBView; /proc and procinfo; PCMCIA Utilities; cardmgr; The /var/lib/pcmcia/stab File; and cardctl.

• Lesson Four – Linux System Start-up

The following topics are covered: Identifying Linux Boot Stages; Boot Options; Runlevels; Boot Stages; Stage I: BIOS; BIOS Boot Stages; Stage II: Boot Loader; Boot Loaders: LILO and GRUB; LILO; The LILO Boot Process; GRUB; The Grub Boot Process; Boot Loader Stages; Stage III: Kernel; The RAM Disk; nash; Kernel Stages; Stage IV: init; Runlevel Scripts; Debian Machines and Booting; Troubleshooting LILO; LILO Boot Messages; Map Installer Errors and Warnings; Fatal Errors; Warnings; Disk Error Codes; Hex-Error Codes; Miscellaneous Problems; Restoring the MBR with LILO Files; Removing LILO; Removing LILO via DOS; Customizing Startup and Boot; Processes; inittab; inittab Fields; Initial RAM Disks; Making an initrd Image; mkinitrd; Using Custom Boot Scripts; Recovering From a Lost Root; and Password.

• Lesson Five – Configuring and Maintaining a Linux File System

The following topics are covered: File Systems; Creating a File System; Mounting and Unmounting Devices and File Systems; Mount Files; Automounting; Swap File Systems; File System Utilities; fsck; Options for File System-Specific; Checkers; tune2fs; badblocks; dumpe2fs; debugfs; Building Packages; Debian Packages; Required Files; The control File; The copyright File; The changelog File; The rules File; Building the Package; RPM Packages; The Build Tree; The spec File; The Header Section; The %prep Section; The %build Section; The %install Section; The %clean Section; The %files Section; The %changelog Section; Test Building; Generating the File List; Building the Package with rpmbuild; and Testing It.

• Lesson Six – RAID & LVM

The following topics are covered: RAID Basics; Limitations of RAID; RAID Levels; RAID 0; RAID 1; RAID 4; RAID 5; RAID 1+0 (10); RAID 5+0 (50) and 5+1 (51); RAID Summary; Designing RAID Sets; RAID Operations; Software and Hardware RAIDs; Linux Software RAID; The /etc/raidtab File; Persistent Superblocks; The mkraid Utility; Configuring Software RAID; Booting with Software RAID; Linux Hardware RAID; Linux LVM; The Problem that LVM Addresses; Alternatives to LVM; Logical Volume Management; LVM Terminology; LVM Utilities; vgscan; pvcreate; vgcreate; vgextend; vgdisplay; lvcreate; lvextend; and Creating a Partition Using LVM.

• Lesson Seven – File Sharing and Services - NFS

The following topics are covered: Introduction to NFS; Prerequisites; How NFS Works; What Needs To Be Configured On A NFS Server; Choosing Your Exports; Configuring /etc/exports; Restricting Access; User ID Mapping; Starting NFS; Server Side Options; Temporarily Exporting A Directory; Mounting Exported Directories; Automatically; The Soft Touch; Hard Mounting; Soft Mounting; Signal Handling; intr (Interruptible); Block Size; Monitoring the NFS Server; Defense; and Secure NFS with TCP wrappers.

• Lesson Eight – File Sharing and Services - Samba

The following topics are covered: Upgrading Samba; Configuration Files; Encrypted Password File; (smbpasswd); Optional Items (Log Files and Startup Scripts); Common Locations; The smb.conf File; Sharing Directories; Creating a Simple Disk Share; Case Sensitivity and Name Mangling; Restricting Access; [homes]; Enabling smbfs Support; Building smbmount and smbumount Tools; Sharing Printers; How Does SMB Printing Work?; Samba’s Printing Styles; Initial Print Share Creation; Controlling a Printer From Remote Clients; Printer Service Troubleshooting; Download Print Drivers to Windows 9x Clients; The [printer$] Disk Share; The [print$] Share Directory; Installing Drivers into [print$]; Add Printer Wizard Driver; Installation; Installing Print Drivers Using; rpcclient; Identifying the Driver Files; Obtaining Driver Files from Windows Client [print$] Shares; Installing Driver Files into [print$]; Using the smbclient to Confirm Driver Installation; Running rpcclient with adddriver; Checking adddriver Completion; Check Samba for Driver; Recognition; Specific Driver Name Flexibility; Running rpcclient with setdriver; First Client Driver Installation; Setting Device Modes on New Printers; Modify smb.conf; [printers]; Network Browsing and WINS Browsing 101; Collect the Browse List; Request a Copy of the Browse List; Browser Elections; Browsing 102; LMHOSTS File; Windows Internet Name Service; (WINS); Samba’s WINS Capabilities; Cross Subnet Browsing; Microsoft Clients; Windows 95 and 98; Network Components; Network Redirectors and Password Issues; Remote Disk Share Connection; Remote Printer Connection; Support for Windows 9x Domain logins and logon scripts; Windows NT 4.0 Passwords and Service Pack 3; Disk Share Connections; Remote Printers Connections; Credential Conflicts; Windows 2000; and Microsoft DOS Network Client 3.0.

• Lesson Nine – Recovering a Linux System

The following topics are covered: Developing an Onsite and Offsite; Backup Strategy; Data Classifications; Ephemeral; Local General System; Choosing a Backup Method; Backup Media; Magnetic Media; Backup Utilities; tar; cpio; rsync; dd; mt; Automate Backups With Cron; System Recovery; Passing Parameters To The Kernel; Device Does Not Work; Lost root Password; Journal Checking with fsck; Creating a Boot Disk; Installing LILO on a Floppy; Creating A Data CD; Creating the CD Filesystem; Testing .iso Images; Burning the CD; and Duplicating Data CDs.

• Lesson Ten – System Logging & Automation

The following topics are covered: System Logging; The sysklogd Utility; Signals; Remote Logging; Security; The syslog.conf File; Selectors; Actions; Compressed Log Files; Automounting with autofs; autofs; and The autofs Map: /etc/auto.master.

• Lesson Eleven – Troubleshooting

The following topics are covered: General Troubleshooting; Packages, Programs, and Scripts; Permissions;File System Issues — Disk Space and Mounting; BIOS Issues; Recognizing and Identifying Boot and Kernel Specific Stages; The Operating System; What Sort of “It Doesn't Work” Does it Do?; Hardware vs. Software Problems; Environment Configurations; /etc/shadow; /etc/group; /etc/profile; and /etc/login.defs.

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