On Thursday 15 June 2006 15:05, John H Terpstra wrote: > > It's going to be rather easy to "throw the kitchen sink in" > > rather quickly. We want to _avoid_ that. > > Correct. A Samba certification exam should validate that the > candidate understands the essentials of Windows networking - not > all of how to condifugre a windows desktop client. But it is > necessary to for a Samba admin to know his/her way around the > network configuration tools for the Microsoft Windows server and > workstation products. > > Another essential is a knowledge of MS Windows (server and client) > network diagnostic tools and procedures. If we fail to examine > these then in effect we assume that it is OK to issue a drivers' > license to a candidate who can make only left-handed turns.
John, These are very valid points and in real life a Samba admin must know Windows networking well. Hopefully the market will understand this and know to look for evidence of competency in both fields. But as I said elsewhere, I can't see how testing those Windows competencies falls within LPI's mandate. As a solution we could work off the assumption that an LPIC3 candidate already knows Windows networking, and create items based on that assumption. If the candidate doesn't know his Windows, he is unlikely to be able to answer the item correctly. This is somewhat similar to the assumption in LPIC2 that the candidate has/can successfully pass LPIC1. The LPI promotional materials/web site can explicitly state "we recommend that this certificate be supplemented with a suitable certification in Windows networking as provided by that vendor". -- If only me, you and dead people understand hex, how many people understand hex? Alan McKinnon alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
