LPI

The Linux Professional Institute has two levels of certification I, II. To become a member of the Institute you must pass two vendor-neutral exams. The exams consist of multiple-choice, and fill-in-the-blank questions.

You sit your exams at a Prometric exam-site and each exam will cost you 125 Euro. Once you pass the exams, you hold the certification for life. You must be certified at level one (LPIC I) before becoming certified at level two. The information in the following table lists the weighting for the objectives of Level One exams 101 and 102 on a scale of 1 (low) to 8 (high):

Topic	Objective	Weight
Hardware & Architecture	Configure fundamental BIOS settings	1
	Configure modem and sound cards	1
	Set up SCSI devices	1
	Set up different PC expansion cards	3
	Configure communication devices	1
	Configure USB devices	1
Linux Installation and Package Management	Design hard disk layout	5
	Install a boot manager	1
	Make and install programs from source	5
	Manage shared libraries	3
	Use Debian package management	8
	Use Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)	8
GNU & Unix Commands	Work on the command line	5
	Process text streams using filters	6
	Perform basic file management	3
	Use streams, pipes, and redirects	5
	Create, monitor, and kill processes	5
	Modify process execution priorities	3
	3
	Perform basic file editing operations using vi	1
Devices, Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard	Create partitions and filesystems	3
	Maintain the integrity of filesystems	3
	Control mounting and unmounting filesystems	3
	Managing disk quota	3
	Use file permissions to control access to files	5
	Manage file ownership	1
	Create and change hard and symbolic links	1
	Find system files and place files in the correct location	5
X	Install and configure Xfree86	5
	Set up a display manager	3
	Install and customize a Window Manager Environment	5

Factoring the weighting into the mix, the 12 most important concepts to study for this exam, in order, become:

• Use Debian package management
• Use Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)
• Process text streams using filters
• Design hard disk layout
• Make and install programs from source
• Work on the command line
• Use streams, pipes, and redirects
• Create, monitor, and kill processes
• Use file permissions to control access to files
• Find system files and place files in the correct location
• Install and configure Xfree86
• Install and customize a Window Manager Environment

The following table lists the weighting for the objectives on exam 102, again using a scale of 1 (low) to 8 (high):

Topic	Objective	Weight
Kernel	Manage/query kernel and kernel modules at runtime	4
	Reconfigure, build, and install a custom kernel and kernel modules	3
Boot, Initialization, Shutdown and Runlevels	Boot the system	3
	Change runlevels and shut down or reboot system	3
Printing	Manage printers and print queues	1
	Print files	1
	Install and configure local and remote printers	1
Documentation	Use and manage local system documentation	4
	Find Linux documentation on the Internet	3
	Notify users on system-related issues	1
Shells, Scripting, Programming and Compiling	Customize and use the shell environment	5
	Customize or write simple scripts	3
Administrative Tasks	Manage users and group accounts and related system files	4
	Tune the user environment and system environment variables	3
	Configure and use system log files to meet administrative and security needs	3
	Automate systems administration tasks by scheduling jobs to run in the future	4
	Maintain an effective data backup strategy	3
	Maintain system time	4
Networking Fundamentals	Fundamentals of TCP/IP	4
	TCP/IP configuration and troubleshooting	7
	Configure Linux as a PPP client	3
Networking Services	Configure and manage inetd, xinetd, and related services	4
	Operate and perform basic configuration of sendmail	4
	Operate and perform basic configuration of Apache	4
	Properly manage the NFS, smb, and nmb daemons	4
	Set up and configure basic DNS services	4
	Set up secure shell (OpenSSH)	4
Security	Perform security administration tasks	4
	Set up host security	3
	Set up user level security	1

Factoring the weighting into study, the most important concepts to study for this exam, in order, become:

• TCP/IP configuration and troubleshooting
• Customize and use the shell environment
• Manage/Query kernel and kernel modules at runtime
• Use and manage local system documentation
• Manage users and group accounts and related system files
• Automate systems administration tasks by scheduling jobs to run in the future
• Maintain system time
• Fundamentals of TCP/IP
• Configure and manage inetd, xinetd, and related services
• Operate and perform basic configuration of sendmail
• Operate and perform basic configuration of Apache
• Properly manage the NFS, smb, and nmb daemons
• Set up and configure basic DNS services
• Set up secure shell (OpenSSH)
• Perform security administration tasks