Hello, I couldn't agree more with you guys, these commands should be included in my opinion too. I'm giving courses internally at our offices to prepare for LPI exams and although these are not mentioned in the guides I've found and use, I mention them since I consider them as basic knowledge for a system administrator.
Kind regards, On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send lpi-examdev mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of lpi-examdev digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: connection monitoring in LPIC-1 (Alessandro Selli) > 2. Re: connection monitoring in LPIC-1 (Ian Shields) > 3. Re: connection monitoring in LPIC-1 (Simone Piccardi) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:20:09 +0100 > From: Alessandro Selli <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [lpi-examdev] connection monitoring in LPIC-1 > To: "This is the lpi-examdev mailing list." <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 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. > > > > 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! :-) > > > Regards, > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:00:02 -0500 > From: Ian Shields <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [lpi-examdev] connection monitoring in LPIC-1 > To: "This is the lpi-examdev mailing list." <[email protected]> > Cc: Ross Brunson <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > < > of0116c1d3.75f5d3b1-on8525795d.008343b2-8525795d.0083d...@us.ibm.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > [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 > [email protected] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/lpi-examdev/attachments/20111205/97332048/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:29:33 +0100 > From: Simone Piccardi <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [lpi-examdev] connection monitoring in LPIC-1 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 06/12/2011 01:00, Ian Shields wrote: > >> 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. > > > They are still there on the wiki: > > http://wiki.lpi.org/wiki/LPIC-1_Objectives > > but I agree that they will be needed in general. > > Simone > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev > > End of lpi-examdev Digest, Vol 55, Issue 2 > ****************************************** > -- *Eric Van Steenbergen* *E-mail: [email protected]* *Skype: erices148*
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