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	* Awareness of the X font server.		* Awareness of the X font server.
	* Basic understanding and knowledge of the X Window configuration file.		* Basic understanding and knowledge of the X Window configuration file.

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	* Verify that the video card and monitor are supported by an X server.		* Do not Verify that the video card and monitor are supported by an X server.
	* Awareness of the X font server.		* Awareness of the X font server.
	* Basic understanding and knowledge of the X Window configuration file.		* Basic understanding and knowledge of the X Window configuration file.

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==Introduction==

This exam is part of the [[LPIC-1]] program.

==Objectives: Exam 102==

===''Topic 105: Shells, Scripting and Data Management''===

====105.1 Customize and use the shell environment====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should be able to customize shell environments to meet users' needs. Candidates should be able to modify global and user profiles.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Set environment variables (e.g. PATH) at login or when spawning a new shell.
* Write BASH functions for frequently used sequences of commands.
* Maintain skeleton directories for new user accounts.
* Set command search path with the proper directory.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* /etc/profile
* env
* export
* set
* unset
* ~/.bash_profile
* ~/.bash_login
* ~/.profile
* ~/.bashrc
* ~/.bash_logout
* function
* alias
* lists

 

====105.2 Customize or write simple scripts====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should be able to customize existing scripts, or write simple new BASH scripts.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Use standard sh syntax (loops, tests).
* Use command substitution.
* Test return values for success or failure or other information provided by a command.
* Perform conditional mailing to the superuser.
* Correctly select the script interpreter through the shebang (#!) line.
* Manage the location, ownership, execution and suid-rights of scripts.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* for
* while
* test
* if
* read
* seq

 

====105.3 SQL data management====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should be able to query databases and manipulate data using basic SQL commands. This objective includes performing queries involving joining of 2 tables and/or subselects.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Use of basic SQL commands.
* Perform basic data manipulation.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* insert
* update
* select
* delete
* from
* where
* group by
* order by
* join

 

===''Topic 106: User Interfaces and Desktops''===

====106.1 Install and configure X11====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should be able to install and configure X11.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Verify that the video card and monitor are supported by an X server.
* Awareness of the X font server.
* Basic understanding and knowledge of the X Window configuration file.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* /etc/X11/xorg.conf
* xhost
* DISPLAY
* xwininfo
* xdpyinfo
* X

 

====106.2 Setup a display manager====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should be able to setup and customize a display manager. This objective covers the display managers XDM (X Display Manger), GDM (Gnome Display Manager) and KDM (KDE Display Manager).

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Turn the display manager on or off.
* Change the display manager greeting.
* Change default color depth for the display manager.
* Configure display managers for use by X-stations.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* /etc/inittab
* xdm configuration files
* kdm configuration files
* gdm configuration files

 

====106.3 Accessibility====

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'''Description'''

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Demonstrate knowledge and awareness of accessibility technologies.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Keyboard Accessibility Settings (AccessX).
* Visual Settings and Themes.
* Assistive Technology (ATs).

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* Sticky/Repeat Keys.
* Slow/Bounce/Toggle Keys.
* Mouse Keys.
* High Contrast/Large Print Desktop Themes.
* Screen Reader.
* Braille Display.
* Screen Magnifier.
* On-Screen Keyboard.
* Gestures (used at login, for example gdm).
* Orca.
* GOK.
* emacspeak.

 

===''Topic 107: Administrative Tasks''===

====107.1 Manage user and group accounts and related system files====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should be able to add, remove, suspend and change user accounts.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Add, modify and remove users and groups.
* Manage user/group info in password/group databases.
* Create and manage special purpose and limited accounts.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* /etc/passwd
* /etc/shadow
* /etc/group
* /etc/skel
* chage
* groupadd
* groupdel
* groupmod
* passwd
* useradd
* userdel
* usermod

 

====107.2 Automate system administration tasks by scheduling jobs====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should be able to use cron or anacron to run jobs at regular intervals and to use at to run jobs at a specific time.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Manage cron and at jobs.
* Configure user access to cron and at services.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* /etc/cron.{d,daily,hourly,monthly,weekly}
* /etc/at.deny
* /etc/at.allow
* /etc/crontab
* /etc/cron.allow
* /etc/cron.deny
* /var/spool/cron/*
* crontab
* at
* atq
* atrm

 

====107.3 Localisation and internationalisation====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should be able to localize a system in a different language than English. As well, an understanding of why LANG=C is useful when scripting.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Locale settings.
* Timezone settings.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* /etc/timezone
* /etc/localtime
* /usr/share/zoneinfo
* Environment variables:
** LC_*
** LC_ALL
** LANG
** TZ
* /usr/bin/locale
* tzselect
* tzconfig
* date
* iconv
* UTF-8
* ISO-8859
* ASCII
* Unicode

 

===''Topic 108: Essential System Services''===

====108.1 Maintain system time====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should be able to properly maintain the system time and synchronize the clock via NTP.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Set the system date and time.
* Set the hardware clock to the correct time in UTC.
* Configure the correct timezone.
* Basic NTP configuration.
* Knowledge of using the pool.ntp.org service.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* /usr/share/zoneinfo
* /etc/timezone
* /etc/localtime
* /etc/ntp.conf
* date
* hwclock
* ntpd
* ntpdate
* pool.ntp.org

 

====108.2 System logging====

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Candidates should be able to configure the syslog daemon. This objective also includes configuring the logging daemon to send log output to a central log server or accept log output as a central log server.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* syslog configuration files.
* syslog.
* standard facilities, priorities and actions.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* syslog.conf
* syslogd
* klogd
* logger

 
====108.3 Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) basics====

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Candidates should be aware of the commonly available MTA programs and be able to perform basic forward and alias configuration on a client host. Other configuration files are not covered.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Create e-mail aliases.
* Configure e-mail forwarding.
* Knowledge of commonly available MTA programs (postfix, sendmail, qmail, exim) (no configuration)

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* ~/.forward
* sendmail emulation layer commands
* newaliases
* mail
* mailq
* postfix
* sendmail
* exim
* qmail

 

====108.4 Manage printers and printing====

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Candidates should be able to manage print queues and user print jobs using CUPS and the LPD compatibility interface.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Basic CUPS configuration (for local and remote printers).
* Manage user print queues.
* Troubleshoot general printing problems.
* Add and remove jobs from configured printer queues.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* CUPS configuration files, tools and utilities
* /etc/cups
* lpd legacy interface (lpr, lprm, lpq)

 

===''Topic 109: Networking Fundamentals''===

====109.1 Fundamentals of internet protocols====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should demonstrate a proper understanding of TCP/IP network fundamentals.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Demonstrate an understanding network masks.
* Knowledge of the differences between private and public "dotted quad" IP-Addresses.
* Setting a default route.
* Knowledge about common TCP and UDP ports (20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 53, 80, 110, 119, 139, 143, 161, 443, 465, 993, 995).
* Knowledge about the differences and major features of UDP, TCP and ICMP.
* Knowledge of the major differences between IPv4 and IPv6.
* Knowledge of the basic features of IPv6.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* /etc/services
* ftp
* telnet
* host
* ping
* dig
* traceroute
* tracepath

 

====109.2 Basic network configuration====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should be able to view, change and verify configuration settings on client hosts.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Manually and automatically configure network interfaces.
* Basic TCP/IP host configuration.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* /etc/hostname
* /etc/hosts
* /etc/resolv.conf
* /etc/nsswitch.conf
* ifconfig
* ifup
* ifdown
* route
* ping

 

====109.3 Basic network troubleshooting====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should be able to troubleshoot networking issues on client hosts.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Manually and automatically configure network interfaces and routing tables to include adding, starting, stopping, restarting, deleting or reconfiguring network interfaces.
* Change, view, or configure the routing table and correct an improperly set default route manually.
* Debug problems associated with the network configuration.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* ifconfig
* ifup
* ifdown
* route
* host
* hostname
* dig
* netstat
* ping
* traceroute

 

====109.4 Configure client side DNS====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should be able to configure DNS on a client host.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Demonstrate the use of DNS on the local system.
* Modify the order in which name resolution is done.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* /etc/hosts
* /etc/resolv.conf
* /etc/nsswitch.conf

 

===''Topic 110: Security''===

====110.1 Perform security administration tasks====

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'''Description'''

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Candidates should know how to review system configuration to ensure host security in accordance with local security policies.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Audit a system to find files with the suid/sgid bit set.
* Set or change user passwords and password aging information.
* Being able to use nmap and netstat to discover open ports on a system.
* Set up limits on user logins, processes and memory usage.
* Basic sudo configuration and usage.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* find
* passwd
* lsof
* nmap
* chage
* netstat
* sudo
* /etc/sudoers
* su
* usermod
* ulimit

 

====110.2 Setup host security====

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Candidates should know how to set up a basic level of host security.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Awareness of shadow passwords and how they work.
* Turn off network services not in use.
* Understand the role of TCP wrappers.

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* /etc/nologin
* /etc/passwd
* /etc/shadow
* /etc/xinetd.d/*
* /etc/xinetd.conf
* /etc/inetd.d/*
* /etc/inetd.conf
* /etc/inittab
* /etc/init.d/*
* /etc/hosts.allow
* /etc/hosts.deny

 

====110.3 Securing data with encryption====

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'''Description'''

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The candidate should be able to use public key techniques to secure data and communication.

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'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''

* Perform basic OpenSSH 2 client configuration and usage.
* Understand the role of OpenSSH 2 server host keys.
* Perform basic GnuPG configuration, usage and revocation.
* Understand SSH port tunnels (including X11 tunnels).

'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''

* ssh
* ssh-keygen
* ssh-agent
* ssh-add
* ~/.ssh/id_rsa and id_rsa.pub
* ~/.ssh/id_dsa and id_dsa.pub
* /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key and ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
* /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key and ssh_host_dsa_key.pub
* ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
* /etc/ssh_known_hosts
* gpg
* ~/.gnupg/*

LPIC-1 102 v3 5 - Revision history

MedinaDupuis at 19:59, 24 January 2014

MedinaDupuis at 19:58, 24 January 2014

GMatthewRice: Created page with "__FORCETOC__ ==Introduction== This exam is part of the LPIC-1 program. ==Objectives: Exam 102== ===''Topic 105: Shells, Scripting and Data Management''===..."

GMatthewRice: Created page with "FORCETOC ==Introduction== This exam is part of the LPIC-1 program. ==Objectives: Exam 102== ===''Topic 105: Shells, Scripting and Data Management''===..."