Synopsis
Learn more, earn more with Linux certification!
From the company that developed the Sair Linux and GNU certification program, here is a newly revised edition of the first of four study guides, the ONLY official guides from the Sair Linux and GNU certification team, to prepare you for becoming a Linux Certified Administrator (LCA). Fully updated for Linux 2.4, this new edition continues to bring you expert advice and guidance from industry leaders on installing and configuring all distributions of Linux. It also contains walkthroughs for major distributions, including Red Hat, Caldera, Slackware, and SuSE. This edition is also expanded to include lab materials, exercises, as well as practice questions and answers from the latest exams.
You will find complete coverage of all areas you will need to know in order to pass the LCA exam, including theory of operation, base system, shells and commands, system services, and applications. The rest of the series addresses system administration, networking, and security. These books provide a clear path for improving your Linux and GNU skills and knowledge base. Acquiring the necessary tools to become Linux certified also means more job opportunities and a higher salary, particularly in view of the skyrocketing popularity of Linux and GNU enterprise solutions worldwide. Directly from the Sair Linux and GNU development team, this official study guide can help you to:
- Compare proprietary versus open source software licenses
- Appreciate the various PC system architecture configuration issues
- Learn about the Linux device driver lag through specific examples
- Install, configure, and navigate two X11 window managers
- Compare and contrast environmental versus shell variables
- Learn to use common shell editing commands
- Install run-time device drivers
- Configure a printer capabilities file and a printer filter
- Explore Netscape functions, FTP functions, Telnet functions, and mail functions
- Understand the role of system logging and how to use it for troubleshooting
Booknews
This study guide reviews the first row of the Sair Linux and GNU knowledge array, and provides laboratory exercises and sample questions for practice. Maginnis (University of Mississippi) covers theory of operation, base system, shells and commands, system services, and applications. The second edition is updated for Linux 2.4. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)