Hi! The discussion at present is about "Is topic X in and topic Y out..." But what I am really missing is a discussion about what skill level the exam is testing. At the TOC meeting in Utrecht it was may understanding that LPIC1 would be testing "Power user" level. So I assume that LPIC2 would test "System Admin".
Let me now try to write a profile of a "Power user": A PU is someone that can operate a Linux machine with skill and knowledge. The PU is able to: 1 Install a machine from DVD/CD media. 2 Understands the need of keeping software up-to-date. 3 Is able to install addidtional software. 4 Understands the graphical interface. 5 Knows how to start and stop the machine. 6 Understands basic security measures. If I now try to classify the discussion topics of the last few days into this profile: 1 install from DVD/CD AND 2 Keep up-to-date AND 3 IS able to install additional SW rpm package management rpm -i. dpkg yum , up2date, ZEN Works, YOU Candidate understands the function of these package management tools. knows how to install SW. knows how to add/change/remove SW repositories. As far as SQL is concerned: Some apps need a database. candidates need to know what a relational database is. How to create one mysql "CREATE DATABASE" or pgsql "createdb". NOT IN: SRPMS, rpm-build, createrepo etc... 4 GUI Candidate can modify appearence of GUI. Understands client/server concepts of X (X-server, Windows manager, display manager, xclient). Understands function of gdm-setup. ssh X forwarding. listening on port 6000. xhost command. NOT IN: x-magic cookie. 5 Start/stop Candidates know how to stop machine. Runlevel 0 and 6. shutdown /reboot / halt commands. Importance of orderly shutdown (buffer cache) NOT IN: Whole inner working of start scripts: /etc/init.d/* /etc/sysconfig/* 6 Basic security Candidate understand basic security concepts. Create system Users. The importance of personal accounts. Password policies. User p/w recovery NOT in: root p/w recovery I do not claim that the above list is complete, but would like to bring the discussion to another plane. What skill level are we testing? After we have estalished this we can measure each skill up to the norm and decide if it is an LPIC1 or 2 question. At present it is hard to decide if SQL is in or out because we have not yet decided on the skill level we are testing. My personal feeling is that a sysadmin should be able to create a database and know how to use a SELECT statement. But maybe a power user should be able to do this because he should be able to install an application that needs a database... Reinier Kleipool Open Source Academy the Netherlands _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
