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LPIC-2 Cert Guide (201-400 and 202-400 Exams) is a best-of-breed exam study guide from Pearson IT Certification, a leader in IT certification. Expert Linux/Unix instructor William "Bo" Rothwell shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.
LPIC-2 Cert Guide (201-400 and 202-400 Exams) presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly. Review questions help you assess your knowledge, and a final preparation chapter guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your final study plan.
Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.
The study guide helps you master all the topics on both LPIC-2 exams, including:
Capacity planning
Managing the kernel
Managing system startup
Managing filesystems and devices
Administering advanced storage devices
Configuring the network
Performing system maintenance
Administering Domain Name Server (DNS)
Configuring web services
Administering file sharing
Managing network clients
Administering e-mail services
Administering system security
William “Bo” Rothwell is founder and president of One Course Source, which provides IT training to organizations worldwide. Rothwell has trained IT professionals in India, Germany, Spain, Italy, England, and throughout the US, and has developed dozens of multi-day classes. His experience includes Linux, Unix, and languages such as Perl, Python, Tcl, and BASH. Shown a Radio Shack TRS-80 Micro Computer System at age 14, he immediately dismantled it and held his first computer class, showing friends what made it work. Since then, he has been passionate about understanding computers and sharing his knowledge with others.
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Introduction xxiii
Part I : Capacity Planning
Chapter 1 Measuring and Troubleshooting Resource Usage 3
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 3
Foundation Topics 6
Monitoring Your System 6
CPU Monitoring 7
Basic CPU Load Information 7
Detailed CPU Load Information 7
Memory Monitoring 10
Basic Memory Usage Information 10
Detailed Memory Usage Information 11
Disk I/O Monitoring 12
Listing Open Files 14
Network I/O Monitoring 17
Additional Monitoring Tools 18
Listing Processes 18
Displaying User Activity 21
Exam Preparation Tasks 22
Review All Key Topics 22
Define Key Terms 23
Review Questions 23
Part II: Managing the Kernel
Chapter 2 Predict Future Resource Needs 27
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 27
Foundation Topics 29
The collectd Daemon 29
Configuring collectd 29
Installing collectd 31
Monitoring Solutions 33
Nagios 33
MRTG 33
Cacti 33
sar 34
Further Considerations 34
OK, Now What? 34
Exam Preparation Tasks 36
Review All Key Topics 36
Define Key Terms 36
Review Questions 36
Chapter 3 Kernel Components and Compiling 41
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 41
Foundation Topics 43
Kernel Components 43
Kernel Documentation 43
Tweaking the Kernel 44
Kernel Images 45
Compiling the Kernel 46
Cleaning the Kernel 47
Create the Configuration File 48
Compiling the Kernel 55
Additional Make Targets 57
Exam Preparation Tasks 58
Review All Key Topics 58
Define Key Terms 58
Review Questions 58
Chapter 4 Kernel Runtime Management and Troubleshooting 63
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 63
Foundation Topics 65
Kernel Modules 65
Module Files 65
Listing Modules That Are Loaded 67
Loading Modules into Memory 68
Unloading Modules from Memory 71
Listing Modules Information 71
The /proc/sys Filesystem 73
Module Aliases 76
Displaying Hardware Information 77
The lspci Command 77
The lsdev Command 81
The lsusb Command 82
The udev System 85
Exam Preparation Tasks 87
Review All Key Topics 87
Define Key Terms 87
Review Questions 88
Part III: Managing System Startup
Chapter 5 Customizing SysV-init System Startup 91
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 91
Foundation Topics 93
The SysV-init Process 93
Understanding Runlevels 93
The /etc/inittab File 94
Boot Scripts 98
The /etc/init.d directory 101
Modifying Runlevels 101
The update-rc.d Command 102
The chkconfig Command 103
Switching Runlevels 104
Exam Preparation Tasks 105
Review All Key Topics 105
Define Key Terms 105
Review Questions 105
Chapter 6 Administrating System Recovery 109
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 109
Foundation Topics 111
Understanding the Boot Process 111
The BIOS/UEFI Phase 111
The Boot loader Phase 111
The Kernel Phase 112
The Post-Kernel Phase 113
GRUB 113
Legacy GRUB Configuration 114
Changing Legacy GRUB During Boot 117
Booting to Single User Mode in Legacy GRUB 120
Securing Legacy GRUB 122
GRUB 2 Configuration 125
Saving GRUB 2 Changes 127
GRUB 2 Titles 127
Booting to Single User Mode in GRUB 2 128
Securing GRUB 2 128
Fixing Filesystems 130
Exam Preparation Tasks 131
Review All Key Topics 131
Define Key Terms 131
Review Questions 132
Chapter 7 Alternate Boot Loaders 135
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 135
Foundation Topics 137
LILO 137
Configuring LILO 137
Booting LILO 140
Booting to Single User Mode 141
Additional Boot loaders 143
Understanding SYSLINUX 143
Understanding EXTLINUX 144
Understanding ISOLINUX 144
Understanding PXELINUX 145
Exam Preparation Tasks 147
Review All Key Topics 147
Define Key Terms 147
Review Questions 148
Part IV: Managing Filesystem and Devices
Chapter 8 Operating the Linux Filesystem 151
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 151
Foundation Topics 153
Filesystem Essentials 153
Filesystem Types 154
The umount Command 155
The mount Command 155
Mounting Filesystems Manually 158
Problems Unmounting Filesystems 159
Mounting Filesystems Automatically 160
Device Descriptors 162
Mount Options 163
Swap Space 166
Exam Preparation Tasks 167
Review All Key Topics 167
Define Key Terms 168
Review Questions 168
Chapter 9 Maintaining a Linux Filesystem 171
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 171
Foundation Topics 173
Filesystems Essentials 173
The ext2 Filesystem 173
The ext3 Filesystem 173
The ext4 Filesystem 174
The xfs Filesystem 175
The Btrfs Filesystem 175
Creating Filesystems 175
ext-Based Filesystem Tools 179
fsck.* 179
dumpe2fs 179
tune2fs 182
debugfs 182
xfs-Based Filesystem Tools 184
xfsdump and xfsrestore 184
xfs_info 187
xfs_check and xfs_repair 188
Creating Swap Devices 189
Monitoring SMART Devices 190
Exam Preparation Tasks 191
Review All Key Topics 191
Define Key Terms 192
Review Questions 192
Chapter 10 Creating and Configuring Filesystem Options 195
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 195
Foundation Topics 197
Removable Media Filesystems 197
HFSHierarchical File System 197
ISO9660 197
UDF 198
Creating Removable Media Filesystems 198
Encrypted Filesystems 201
Managing autofs 204
Exam Preparation Tasks 207
Review All Key Topics 207
Key Terms 208
Review Questions 208
Part V: Administrating Advanced Storage Device
Chapter 11 Configuring RAID 211
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 211
Foundation Topics 213
RAID Fundamentals 213
RAID Levels 213
RAID DeviceEntire Drive or Partition? 219
Create a RAID Device 221
Managing RAID Devices 224
Exam Preparation Tasks 226
Review All Key Topics 226
Define Key Terms 227
Review Questions 227
Chapter 12 Adjusting Storage Device Access 231
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 231
Foundation Topics 233
DMA, hdparm, and sdparm 233
The hdparm Command 234
The sdparm Command 236
System Resources 237
Kernel Parameters 239
iSCSI 241
Target Configuration 242
Initiator Configuration 244
Exam Preparation Tasks 248
Review All Key Topics 248
Define Key Terms 248
Review Questions 249
Chapter 13 Logical Volume Manager 253
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 253
Foundation Topics 255
Logical Volume Manager Concepts 255
Advantages of LVM on a System with a Single Drive 257
LVM Essentials 258
Extents 259
Logical Volumes 262
Device Naming 263
Using Logical Volumes and Additional LVM Commands 264
Displaying LVM Information 265
Additional LVM Commands 268
Resizing Logical Volumes 271
LVM Snapshots 274
Exam Preparation Tasks 277
Review All Key Topics 277
Define Key Terms 278
Review Questions 278
Part VI: Confi guring the Network
Chapter 14 Basic Network Configuration 281
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 281
Foundation Topics 283
Ethernet Network Interfaces 283
The arp Command 286
The route Command 287
The ip Command 288
Access to Wireless Networks 290
The iwconfig Command 290
The iwlist Command 291
Exam Preparation Tasks 294
Review All Key Topics 294
Define Key Terms 294
Review Questions 295
Chapter 15 Advanced Network Configuration and Troubleshooting 299
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 299
Foundation Topics 301
The ping and nmap Commands 301
The nmap Command 302
The netstat, nc, and lsof Commands 307
The lsof Command 310
The nc Command 312
The tcpdump Command 313
Exam Preparation Tasks 315
Review All Key Topics 315
Define Key Terms 315
Review Questions 315
Chapter 16 Troubleshooting Network Issues 319
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 319
Foundation Topics 321
Network Configuration Files 321
The /etc/resolv.conf File 321
The /etc/hosts File 323
The Local Hostname 325
The /etc/network/interfaces File 326
The /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts Files 327
Network Troubleshooting 328
Log Files and Tools 328
The traceroute Command 330
The /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny Files 333
Additional Network Troubleshooting Commands 336
NetworkManager 337
Exam Preparation Tasks 339
Review All Key Topics 339
Define Key Terms 340
Review Questions 340
Part VII: Performing System Maintenance
Chapter 17 Make and Install Programs from Source 343
Do I Know This Already? Quiz 343
Foundation Topics 345
Securing and Unpacking Source Code 345
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