[email protected] wrote on 12/05/2011 06:20:09 PM:

> From: Alessandro Selli <[email protected]>
> To: "This is the lpi-examdev mailing list." <[email protected]>
> Date: 12/05/2011 06:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [lpi-examdev] connection monitoring in LPIC-1
> Sent by: [email protected]
> 
> Guillaume Allegre ha scritto:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Reviewing the LPIC 101 and LPIC 102 detailed objectives, I'm very
> > surprised to see there is none of the commands used to monitor users 
> > connections : who, w, last, lastb, lastlog
> > and related files : /var/run/utmp, /var/log/lastlog, /var/log/
> wtmp, /var/log/btmp
> >
> > I think there should be short section for this topic, just after
> > "Manage user and group accounts and related system files".
>   Interesting.  If there is some exam topic that implicitly inludes 
> these files and commands, I think it should be formulated in a way 
> that makes it more clear that it includes them.  The most pertinent 
> topic I could find after a quick search is the "Troubleshooting 
> environment configurations" one, exam 202, which includes a "Login 
> process" key knowledge area.  However, I think that knowledge of 
> these files and commands should be expected of any system admin 
> beyond the need to troubleshoot a system's configuration.

The old topic 111 used to include logrotate and the config for that 
mentioned utmp and wtmp. See 
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/tutorials/l-lpic1111/section4.html
 
> > By the way, on the reference Detailed objectives, there used to be
> a numbering
> > for each topic (ex. 107.1 for the quoted one). I see that they 
> disappeared on
> > http://www.lpi.org/linux-certifications/programs/lpic-1/exam-101/ 
> (or exam-102/).
> > I found them very useful to follow the progression during 
> trainings. I would like to
> > see them again with the upcoming version ;-)
> 
>   I back this request!  :-)

This is essential in my view. We organize the developerWorks material by 
topic number. I recall discussion about making sure this stayed consistent 
across releases to help with just such organization. It needs to go back 
ASAP.

Ian Shields Ph.D.
Software Developer : dW Software Engineering
IBM Corp
Research Triangle Park, NC
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