The five tutorials below help you prepare for the five topics in LPI exam 101. Exam 101 is the first of two junior-level system administrator exams. Both exam 101 and exam 102 are required for junior-level certification, or LPIC-1.
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- LPI exam 101 prep: Hardware and architecture
Topic 101. Learn to configure your system hardware with Linux. By the end of this tutorial, you will know how Linux configures the hardware found on a modern PC and where to look if you have problems.
- LPI exam 101 prep: Linux installation and package management
Topic 102. Learn about Linux installation and package management. By the end of this tutorial, you will know how Linux uses disk partitions, how Linux boots, and how to install and manage software packages.
- LPI exam 101 prep: GNU and UNIX commands
Topic 103. Get an introduction to common GNU and UNIX commands. By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to use commands in the bash shell, including how to use text processing commands and filters, how to search files and directories, and how to manage processes.
- LPI exam 101 prep: Devices, Linux filesystems, and FHS
Topic 104. Get acquainted with Linux devices, filesystems, and the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to create and format partitions with different Linux filesystems and how to manage and maintain those systems.
- LPI exam 101 prep: The X Window System
Topic 110. Learn about the X Window System on Linux. By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to install and maintain the X Window System. This tutorial covers both major packages for X on Linux: XFree86 and X.Org.
| Exam 102 tutorials |
The nine tutorials below help you prepare for the nine topics in LPI exam 102. Exam 102 is the second of two LPI junior-level system administrator exams. Both exam 101 and exam 102 are required for junior-level certification, or LPIC-1. (The tutorials in the 102 series will be added to this page as they are completed.)
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- LPI exam 102 prep: Kernel
Topic 105. Learn how to install and maintain Linux kernels and kernel modules. By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to build, install, and query a Linux kernel and its kernel modules.
- LPI exam 102 prep: Boot, initialization, shutdown, and runlevels
Topic 106. Learn how to boot, change runlevels, reboot, and shut down your system. By the end of this tutorial, you will know guide a system through booting, set kernel parameters, and shut down or reboot a system.
- LPI exam 102 prep: Printing
Topic 107. Learn how to administer your Linux printing environment. By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to configure and monitor print servers, work with print queues and files, and install and configure printers.
- LPI exam 102 prep: Documentation
Topic 108. Learn how to use and manage Linux documentation. By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to find local and Internet documentation, and use automated logon messages to notify users of system events.
- LPI exam 102 prep: Shells, scripting, programming, and compiling
Topic 109. Learn how to customize your shell environment, use shell programming structures to create functions and scripts, set and unset environment variables, and use login scripts.
- LPI exam 102 prep: Administrative tasks
Topic 111. Learn how to manage users and groups, set user profiles and environments, use log files, schedule jobs, back up your data, and maintain the system time.
- LPI exam 102 prep: Networking fundamentals
Topic 112. Coming in 1Q 2008.
- LPI exam 102 prep: Networking services
Topic 113. Coming in 1Q 2008.
- LPI exam 102 prep: Security
Topic 114. Coming in 1Q 2008.
