Hi everybody, G. Matthew Rice <m...@starnix.com> écrit : > On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Anselm Lingnau > <anselm.lingnau+exam...@linupfront.de> wrote: > > So far this list has been suspiciously silent, but if you go to the LPI wiki > > you will find a page called http://wiki.lpi.org/wiki/LPIC-1_Objectives_V4 . > > In > > Here is the latest draft of the LPIC-1 objectives: > > http://wiki.lpi.org/wiki/LPIC-1_Objectives_V4
So I'm going to break the silence. Let's talk about 101 first. I've already said that a few years ago but the order of the objectives is not logical. The current 103 topic should be covered first because the command line is heavily used in topics 101 and 102. When I said that before, I was told that order was irrelevant and that it's the trainers role to put things back in the correct order. So be it, that's already what I do. But what about people who do self-training? Can they stand back enough to do this by themselves? Book authors have also to put things back in the correct order, which makes it difficult to compare book contents and objectives. Moreover, what's the point in having objectives in an unlogical order? I would suggest to put 103 first and reorder (that implies renumbering) it that way: 103.1 103.8 103.3 103.5 103.6 103.4 103.2 103.7 Basic shell first. Then vi because file management needs files... And it's a good idea to deal with vi soon so that people can use it to take notes. Then file management. Then processes. Then and only then pipes because ps | grep allows for great exercises. At least vi much sooner that now and 103.4 before 103.2 (pipes before filters, that makes sense). Let's get to the details now. In 103.1, . and source would make more sense in 105.2. Is exec really useful (if it is, I would also suggest to move it to 105.2)? In 103.2, is the pr command (designed for matrix printers, which are seldom used today) really useful? I also doubt expand, fmt, join, paste, split and unexpand are heavily used. On the other hand, more and less are useful filters, which are not listed here. In 103.3, xz should be added to the list of compression programs. The title for topic 102, "Linux Installation and Package Management", is not accurate. Linux installation is not dealt with. I still find it hard to deal with shared libraries with people with no knowledge of C programming. Let's face it, most systems administrators nowadays know nothing about C and the POSIX API, which also makes their understanding of the operating system much more superficial. Does the 102.3 subtopic, with only 1 question in the exam, needs to be maintained here? It would make much more sense in 201. Enough for 101, let's move to 102. In 105.1, /etc/bash.bashrc is missing in the awfully long list of bash configuration files (yes, I'm not a bash fan, zsh rocks!). In 106.1, should xhost still be covered given its coarse security? Basic knowledge of xauth should replace it, knowing that ssh -X automatically does everything necessary. In 107.1, vipw is dearly missing... In 109.2, configuration files (/etc/network/interfaces, /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*) should be covered (they are used by ifup, which is in the objectives). 109.4 should immediately follow 109.2 and so /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts and /etc/nsswitch.conf should not be covered in 109.2. In 110.2, shouldn't inetd and xinetd be removed? I think they haven't been used by default on any distribution for quite some time now. Standalone daemons are the default now (even if I still launch my UW IMAP from inetd, but that's me). -- Marc Baudoin Linagora formation - responsable pédagogique http://formation.linagora.com/ La présente transmission contient des informations confidentielles appartenant à Linagora, exclusivement destinées au(x) destinataire(s) identifié(s) ci-dessus. Si vous n'en faites pas partie, toute reproduction, distribution ou divulgation de tout ou partie des informations de cette transmission, ou toute action effectuée sur la base de celles-ci vous sont formellement interdites. Si vous avez reçu cette transmission par erreur, nous vous remercions de nous en avertir et de la détruire de votre système d'information. The present transmission contains privileged and confidential information belonging to Linagora, exclusively intended for the recipient(s) thereabove identified. If you are not one of these aforementioned recipients, any reproduction, distribution, disclosure of said information in whole or in part, as well as any action undertaken on the basis of said information are strictly prohibited. If you received the present transmission by mistake, please inform us and destroy it from your messenging and information systems. _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list lpi-examdev@lpi.org http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
