Hi there,
The LPI certifies Linux Know How and not even any Database knowledge. I mean the difference is between the knowlege you need to have to provide a service. For Samba, apache, or DNS ... you need to know only some parameters and directorys to make it work. This is the Part LPI asks you to know. "To make a basic configuration" of that services. For mysql you need to have further Database administration knowlege. There you can�t say we�re asking candidates to make "basic configuration" of mysql or Oracle. You need to know more than basic know How to make and keep a RDBMS running for daily buisness. For my point of you is this the reason Greets Christian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amish Munshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [lpi-examdev]Database in LPI > Greetings, > > Database have a small % of use? I am actually stunned with that > info. Linux is used on major webhosting services, most of them > provide MySQL as the default database. All distributions carry > atleast MySQL and Postgresql with them. Agreed that it is not > configured by the system admin usually. Anyways, thanks for the > comment. Will accept it. > > Amish K. Munshi. > > > On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 02:44:19 -0700, "Tcat Houser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Greetings from a really silent lurker. > > > > Personally, I see your query... And even as a person with a passion with > > DataBases, I suspect it comes down to % of use. Pretty much everyone > > needs samba (SMB) to live in todays enviroment... apache can at least be > > used for a small intranet without much effort. Sorry to say at least in > > my experience, DB doesn't have a 'small-step' entry. I would appear in my > > recent reading that FileMaker Pro is the first option (open source or $$) > > that gives the term relational to a DB that has been created for a > > productivy worker and not an engineer. Just what I'm seeing.... anyone > > care to enlighten me otherwise? > > > > Tcat > > On 6/5/2004 1:45:15 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I was wondering why any database related questions are never > > > asked in Linux certification exams. Neither RHCE nor LPI has > > > MySQL or Postgres as a part of the syllabus. > > > The only argument I can assume is that they are not linux they > > > are free softwares but not linux. If that is the case then why > > > have apache, samba a part of the exams? > > > I am just a curious person trying to make sense of the > > > situation. This is neither a complaint nor a suggestion, just a > > > request for comment. > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free > > > _______________________________________________ > > > lpi-examdev mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
