On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 00:40 -0300, Fernando Lozano wrote: > Hi Taki, > I manage windows / linux networks as an almost daily task, and my > employees feel very relieved by my MSCE certifications. But I don't see > they asking for it, and most people who work with me don't have this. My > employees just expect a Samba admin to know how to manage Windows > clients (and even a few Windows legacy servers) but most linux people > (at least people under 30 years old) don't know windows network admin at > all. So I think the LPI exams should test for specific Windows-client > and server issues (like automatic web proxy configuration, WINS, DHCP, > DynDNS, and domain membership, say to have a windows member server to > host a legacy windows app while it's being rewritten from ASP/SQL Server > to PHP/MySQL). Samba admins should also be proeficient in Windows .bat > scripts to write login scripts.
Er, um, unfortunately, these things would change with Windows versions. But I see your point. > I'd add also knowledge of interoperability tools, say for administering > a Linux server from a windows host (for example putty, winscp, Xming and > 7-zip) and general knowledge about F/OSS apps for Windows like gimp and > OOo. Using the windows port of gpg is also something I'd test. I think those concepts should be left to other exams, like desktop and security. But that's just my opinion. -- Bryan P.S. Are we really set on a "Samba" only exam? I think we should be focusing on a "Network Filesystem" exam in the first round. I think NFS should be addressed alongside Samba if we're talking an enterprise-level exam. Most enterprises rely on NFS as much as Samba, because they have UNIX/Linux clients as well as Windows. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------- The existence of Linux has far more to do with the breakup of AT&T's monopoly than anything Microsoft has ever done. _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
