Develop the skills you need in the real world
Hit the ground running with the street-smart training you'll findin this practical book. Using a "year in the life" approach, itgives you an inside look at Linux administration, with keyinformation organized around the actual day-to-day tasks,scenarios, and challenges you'll face in the field. This valuabletraining tool is loaded with hands-on, step-by-step exercisescovering all phases of Linux administration, including:
* Working on the command line
* Configuring hardware and the kernel
* Managing software and processes
* Documenting the system
* Working with partitions and file systems
* Configuring network features
* Managing security
An invaluable study tool
This no-nonsense book also maps to the common tasks and examobjectives for the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) LPIC-1certification exam and CompTIA's Linux+ certification exam. Sowhether you're preparing for certification or seeking practicalskills to break into the field, you'll find the instruction youneed, such as:
* Using the command shell history
* Redirecting input and output
* Resolving hardware conflicts
* Reconfiguring the login screen
* Managing RPM and Debian packages
* Protecting your system from runaway processes
* Monitoring your system for degraded performance and securityproblems
* Using journaling filesystems
* Configuring common server software
The Street Smarts Series is designed to help current or aspiring ITprofessionals put their certification to work for them. Full ofpractical, real world scenarios, each book features actual tasksfrom the field and then offers step-by-step exercises that teachthe skills necessary to complete those tasks. And because theexercises are based upon exam objectives from leading technologycertifications, each Street Smarts book can be used as a lab manualfor certification prep.
Roderick W. Smith