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Learn, prepare, and practice for CompTIA Linux+ and LPIC-1 exam success with this CompTIA Authorized Cert Guide from Pearson IT Certification, a leader in IT Certification learning and a CompTIA Authorized Platinum Partner.
The book 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.
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Well regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this CompTIA-authorized study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time.
The CompTIA-authorized study guide helps you master all the topics on the latest CompTIA Linux+ and LPIC-1 exams, including the following:
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Ross Brunson has more than 20 years of experience as a Linux and Open Source trainer, training manager, and technologist and is author of the popular LPIC-1 Exam Cram (QUE Publishing). Ross is currently senior training/certification engineer at SUSE and recently spent almost five years as the director of member services for the Linux Professional Institute, where he contributed to placing several LPI courses into the Cisco Networking Academy, conducted dozens of Train-the-Trainer sessions, and provided sales enablement support for the worldwide Master Affiliate network spanning more than 100 countries. Ross holds a number of key IT certifications and is also author of several successful technical books and dozens of technical courses for major organizations (including the first LPI Certification Bootcamps). He is skilled at both contributing to and building community around IT products. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, with his family and enjoys traveling far and wide, winter sports, and photography.
Sean Walberg has more than 20 years of experience as a Linux administrator, network engineer, and software developer. He has written extensively on Linux certification for IBM and NetDevGroup, and has contributed to other books both as an author and technical reviewer. Sean currently works at Northfield IT and is responsible for infrastructure automation for a large professional sports league. Using tools like Ruby, shell scripts, and Chef, he automates the creation and maintenance of more than a thousand servers and the associated network infrastructure. Sean works closely with developers to scale applications to the demands of an internationally recognized series of web properties. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and three sons.
Inhalt
Chapter 1 Installing Linux 3
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 3
Understanding Your Hardware 6
Peripheral Compatibility 7
Enumerating Your Peripherals 7
The Proc Filesystem 8
Friends of procfs 10
Dealing with Integrated Peripherals 10
Laying Out the Hard Drive 11
Partitions and Devices 11
The Root Filesystem 12
Logical Volume Manager (LVM) 14
Commonly Used Mounts 16
Swap Files 16
Working with Boot Managers 17
GRUB Legacy 17
GRUB2 18
Installing GRUB2 18
Using the GRUB2 Command Line 19
Configuring GRUB2 20
Summary 21
Exam Preparation Tasks 22
Review All Key Topics 22
Define Key Terms 22
Review Questions 23
Chapter 2 Boot Process and Runlevels 27
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 27
The Linux Boot Process 30
What Is the Boot Process? 30
Boot Loaders 30
Common Commands at Boot Time 32
Boot Sequence from BIOS to Fully Running System 33
SysVinit 33
systemd 34
Units in systemd 36
systemd Targets and Runlevels 37
Wants and Requires 38
Booting with systemd 38
Upstart 39
Managing System Runlevels 40
Determining the Default Runlevel 40
Setting the Default Runlevels 41
Changing Runlevels 41
Shut Down and Reboot from the Command Line 42
Alerting Users 43
Properly Terminating Processes 44
kill and killall 44
Reloading or "Hanging Up" Processes 45
Logging Boot Events 45
Exam Preparation Tasks 46
Review All Key Topics 46
Define Key Terms 47
Review Questions 47
Chapter 3 Package Install and Management 51
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 51
Software in a Linux System 54
Shared Libraries 54
Working with Shared Libraries 56
Determining Required Libraries 56
Looking for Libraries in Other Places 57
Debian Package Management 58
Managing Local Debian Packages 58
Installing Packages with dpkg 59
Removing Packages 60
Dependency Issues 60
Querying Packages 61
Reconfiguring Packages 63
Using Remote Repositories 64
Installing Remote Packages 64
Working with the Cache 65
Upgrading the System 66
Removing Packages 67
Graphical Managers 67
RPM and YUM Package Management 68
The RPM Database 68
RPM Package Files 69
Package Name Conventions 69
The rpm Command 70
Validation of Packages 71
Installation of Packages 72
Additional Installation Options 72
Verifying a Package's Integrity 73
Freshening Versus Upgrading 74
Removing Packages 75
Other Removal Options 76
Querying Packages 77
Package Management with YUM 80
Installing Packages 80
Fetching Updates 83
Finding Packages to Install 83
Configuring Yum 84
Summary 86
Exam Preparation Tasks 86
Review All Key Topics 86
Define Key Terms 87
Review Questions 88
Chapter 4 Basic Command Line Usage 91
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 91
What Is a Shell? 93
Global and User Settings 94
Sourcing Versus Executing 94
Executing a Script 94
Sourcing a Script 94
A Login Shell Session 95
A Non-Login Shell Session 96
Using the Command Line 97
There Are Commands and, Well, Commands 97
Structuring Commands 98
Breaking Long Command Lines 98
Command Completion 99
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