Linux Professional Institute offers a Certification program that is vendor non-specific and recognized as a world wide leader in certification programs. This training course is designed to provide you with:

* weekly class with Certified Instructor (5 weeks)
* movies to watch that have voice
* Manual with Training Provided
* unlimited email support

Students will be able to view instructor's screen and talk with the instructor during class time from home or work.

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LPI 102 Certification Perparation Outline for the Course

Topic 105--Linux Kernel
Identifying kernel versions.
Types of kernels.
Modules and modules directories.
Module utilities.
Obtaining and Patching a Linux Kernel.
Configuring the Linux kernel.
Compiling the Linux kernel.

Topic 106--Boot, Initialization, Shutdown, and Runlevels
Booting the system.
Boot loaders.
Kernel parameters.
GRUB shell.
"init" process.
Boot logs.
System logs.
Runlevels.
"init.d" and "rc" directories.
Configuring "S" and "K" links.
"inittab" file.
Viewing and changing runlevels.
Shutting down and rebooting.
Creating a bootup/rescue floppy.

Topic 107--Printing
CUPS
CUPS web-based configuration.
CUPS configuration files.
Printer installation via command-line.
Print filters.
File conversion.
Printing from command-line.
Print queues and print spools.

Topic 108--Documentation
"man" pages.
"man" page search commands.
"man" page locations.
"man" page configuration files.
"info" pages.
"Other" documentation.
Documentation on web.
The Linux Documentation Project.
Usenet newsgroups.
Mailing lists.
Miscellaneous websites.
Notifying users about system issues.

Topic 109--Shells, Scripting, Programming, and Compiling
bash
Environment variables.
Configuration files.
Setting shell options from the command-line.
Aliases.
Functions.
Shell scripts.

Topic 111--Administrative Tasks
Managing user and group accounts.
Tuning the user environment.
Configuring and using system log files.
Automating system administration tasks.
Maintaining an effective data backup strategy.
Maintaining system time.

Topic 112--Networking Fundamentals
Fundamentals of TCP/IP.
TCP/IP configuration and troubleshooting.
Configuring Linux as a PPP client.

Topic 113--Networking Services
Operating and configuring Mail Transfer Agents.
Operating and configuring Apache.
NFS and Samba.
Setting up and configuring basic DNS services.
Setting up Secure Shell (SSH).

Topic 114--Security
Performing security administration tasks.
Setting up host security.
Setting up user level security.