[clue-talk] LPI 2

[chris fedde]

lots of these cert tests tend to be "use linux in a windows network" certs.


On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com> wrote:
> Well, I took a shot at the LPI 2 (201 and 202) this morning without
> really studying much, (at all?) and passed the 201, missed the 202 by a
> couple of questions.
>
> I was surprised to see (or just got unlucky in the question draw) so
> many questions about Samba.  Do people REALLY integrate Linux servers
> into Windows Domains that often as servers?  Yuck.  NFS I get, but
> Samba?  (I can't decide which Internet/pop culture meme to use to
> describe this one... "I think I threw up my mouth a little bit." ... or
> ... "I'ma let you finish, LPI... but Windows Domains and Linux really
> shouldn't mix.")
>
> Postfix was also a sticking point... I'm an exim guy. LOL! That wasn't
> too bad, but I'm sure I missed one of those.  Ahh, the joys of NOT being
> a mail admin anymore and not caring. :-)
>
> And... Squid...? Really? Anyone actually run Squid in a production/work
> environment for anything other than saving bandwidth on a small pipe at
> a small office location?  Squid doesn't make anyone money in the real
> world of Linux admin.  Bandwidth is cheap.  About all I've ever seen it
> used for is to annoy users to block "inappropriate" websites (instead of
> just firing the moron, easily fixed via policy vs. technology)...
>
> Oh well... Not "sour grapes", just found some of the questions to be
> really silly.
>
> Missing stuff:
>
> I guess there's only so much one can put in a Linux test, but not a
> single question on NTP?
>
> Nothing on how to set up serial consoles (seriously?!)?
>
> Only one question on SSH and none at all on ssh-agent?!  (And the SSH
> question was ridiculously easy, hinting that you you were "a security
> conscientious system administrator" if you turned off root logins. LOL!
> Duh. Who the hell uses password-based authentication anymore on a real
> server anyway? Ha.  And then they asked how to turn X11 forwarding on.)
>
> Not sure this thing is very centered on what real Linux admins do every
> day, but ya know... it is what it is.
>
> At least it wasn't RHCE where RedHat would get a shot at indoctrinating
> me into their wacky stuff that only they do!  Haha... maybe I'll take
> those next year.
>
> In all it was a "fun" way to spend the day before Thanksgiving, I guess?
>  ;-)  I'll go memorize a bit more trivial crap about the applications
> they seem to favor (like complete commands with switch options) and fire
> another shot across the LPI 202's bow here in a few weeks, or whenever
> you're allowed to sit for it again.
>
> (My employer pays if you pass.  And my boss wanted another "new
> certification" checked off on some training checkbox somewhere that has
> little to do with my real job at the moment.  This means I just blew
> $160 to fail that puppy.  Oops!  Won't do that again!  Anyone know a
> really hard-core H.323 analysis class/certification test?  That'd be far
> more useful to me, and I'm talking packet-level analysis here... not
> memorization of the protocol stack, which I've already done for the
> Polycom Certified Video Engineer II certification.  Perhaps an advanced
> level video/Cisco thing, if they kept the Cisco'isms out of it?
> GRIN...)
>
> Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, everyone...
>
> --
>  Nate Duehr
>  nate at natetech.com
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