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Learn Linux, 302 (Mixed environments): Authentication and authorization
In preparation for taking the Linux Professional Institute Certification exam LPI-302
for systems administrators, learn how to set up and store passwords, integrate Samba with
LDAP, and use ACLs to protect your Linux installation.
Learn Linux, 302 (Mixed environments): Trivial Database files
Samba uses Trivial Database files to store both persistent and
temporary data as part of its job integrating file and print sharing between Linux and Windows.
In preparation for the Linux Professional Institute Certification exam LPI-302,
learn all about the Samba Trivial Database (TDB) format that Samba uses to store information,
how to look inside TDB files, and how to back them up.
Learn Linux, 101: Manage printers and printing
Learn how to manage print queues and user print jobs on Linux using CUPS and the
LPD compatibility interface. Use the material in this tutorial to study for the LPI 102
exam for Linux system administrator certification or to learn for fun.
Learn Linux, 101: Mail transfer agent (MTA) basics
Learn how to configure mail aliases and mail forwarding for the sendmail
program on Linux. Learn about some alternative mail transfer agents. Use the
material in this tutorial to study for the LPI 102 exam for Linux system
administrator certification or to learn for fun.
Learn Linux, 101: System logging
Learn how to configure the syslog daemon on your Linux system and how to send log
output to a central log server or accept log output as a central log server. Learn about
the systemd journal subsystem and rsyslog and syslog-ng as alternative logging systems.
Use the material in this tutorial to study for the LPI 102 exam for Linux system
administrator certification or to learn for fun.
Learn Linux, 101: Maintain system time
Learn how to set your Linux system clock and synchronize your time with an
Internet NTP time server. You can use the material in this tutorial to study for the LPI
102 exam for Linux system administrator certification or to learn for fun.
Learn Linux, 101: Localisation and internationalisation
Learn how to use locale and time zone settings to put your Linux system
in the right time and place. You can use the material in this tutorial to
study for the LPI 102 exam for Linux system administrator certification or to
learn for fun.
Introduction to Bash shell redirections
Redirection is the ability to redirect the input and output of various commands to and from files or devices. We are going to see how redirecting works in Bash: the default shell in the majority of Linux distributions.
How to manage ACLs on Linux
ACLs are a second level of discretionary permissions, that may override the standard ugo/rwx ones. When used correctly they can grant you a better granularity in setting access to a file or a directory, for example by giving or denying access to a specific user that is neither the file owner, nor in the group owner.
LPIs Inspiring New Promo ReBranding Video
LPI has released an inspiring new video as part of its rebranding exercise.
Editor's note: this is a direct link to the youtube video.
Editor's note: this is a direct link to the youtube video.
Learn Linux, 101: Use basic SQL commands
Learn how to query databases and manipulate data by using basic SQL commands. You can use the material in this tutorial to study for the LPI 102 exam for Linux system administrator certification, or to learn for fun.
Learn Linux, 101: Manage disk quotas
Learn to set and check disk quotas on your Linux filesystems to prevent individual users from using more space than allowed and to prevent whole filesystems from filling up unexpectedly. You can use the material in this tutorial to study for the LPI 101 exam for Linux system administrator certification, or just to learn about quotas.
Learn Linux, 101: Maintain the integrity of filesystems
Learn how to check the integrity of your Linux filesystems, monitor free
space, and fix simple problems. Use the material in this tutorial to study for
the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) 101 exam for Linux system administrator
certification -- or just to check your filesystems and keep them in good
working order, especially after a system crash or power loss.
Linux, 101: Customize or write simple scripts
Learn how to customize existing scripts or write simple new bash scripts using standard shell syntax, looping and control structures, and tests for success or failure. You can use the material in this tutorial to study for the LPI 102 exam for Linux system administrator certification, or to learn for fun.
Learn how to use the vi editor
Learn how to use the vi editor, found on almost every UNIX and Linux system. You
can use the material in this tutorial to study for the LPI 101 exam for Linux system
administrator certification, or just to learn for fun.
Learn Linux, 101: Customize and use the shell environment
Learn how to customize your Linux shell environment and write simple bash functions. You can use the material in this tutorial to study for the LPI 102 exam for Linux system administrator certification, or to learn for fun.
Learn Linux, 101: A roadmap for LPIC-1
Use this roadmap to find IBM developerWorks articles that will help you
learn and review basic Linux tasks. And if you're also pursuing professional
certification as a Linux system administrator, these articles can help you
study for the Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) exam 101 and
exam 102. This roadmap is organized according to the 43 objectives in the 101
and 102 exams, which you are required to pass for LPI level 1
certification.
Linux System and Network Administration Bootcamp
LinuxCertified,Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer weekend Linux system administration bootcamp on April 18th - 19th, 2015 in South Bay (CA). This workshop is designed for busy information technology professionals and is designed to cover the most important Linux administration areas.
Linux shell Sticky Bit usage and examples
Before we talk about what is a Sticky bit let's start by explaining why do we need it. For example we have a directory /var/share somewhere on the filesystem with a full access for all permission groups that is owner, group and any, thus all permission bits are set to "on".
Linux Certification Is It Worth The Effort?
We get asked about Linux certification frequently. Candidates generally want to know if it is worth their time and effort to pursue a certification. In my opinion, the answer changes on a case-by-case basis.
Linux Professional Institute Hosts Exam Labs at SUSECon 2013
(Sacramento, CA, USA: October 23, 2013) The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI: http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification
organization, will offer its popular LPIC-1 certification exams at
SUSECon 2013, November 12-15, 2013, at the Coronado Springs Resort in
Lake Buena Vista, Florida (http://www.susecon.com/). Both LPIC-1 exams
will be available free of charge to paid conference attendees through
the SUSECon scholarship program.
Back to School with Linux Education: LPI Academy
(Sacramento, CA, USA: September 4, 2013) - The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization, announced the launch of LPI Academy, a Linux education program for accredited degree / diploma-granting academic institutions, high schools, middle schools, and government training programs. The LPI Academy will assist educators to prepare students and employees for careers in Linux and Open Source technology (http://www.lpi.org/partnerships/academy).
DetaCloud joins Linux Professional Institute's Corporate Member Program
(Sacramento and Portland, OR, USA: August 27, 2013) - The Linux
Professional Institute (LPI: http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier
Linux certification organization, announced that DetaCloud
(http://www.detacloud.com), a provider of enterprise cloud solutions
built on OpenStack?, has joined LPI's Corporate Membership Program.
DetaCloud will collaborate with LPI on accelerating Open Source Cloud
technologies adoption and experiential training.
Linux Professional Institute Hosts Exam Labs at Ohio LinuxFest 2013
The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization, announced promotional exam labs for their Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) at Ohio LinuxFest 2013 on Sunday September 15, 2013.
Linux Course for Beginners
This two-day introduction to Linux broadens attendees horizons with a detailed overview of the operating system. Attendees learn how to effectively use a Linux system as a valuable tool. They get familiar with the architecture and various components of the operating system, learn both graphical and command line tools, and learn to do basic networking. August 10th - 11th, 2013 .
Linux Professional Institute Announces Corporate Membership Program
Sacramento, CA, USA: July 31, 2013 - The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI: http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification
organization, announced a Corporate Membership Program for partner
organizations interested in promoting growth opportunities in Linux and
Open Source Software. The program enables partner organizations to
directly develop and recruit Linux and Open Source talent through
targeted multi-media, product promotions and other educational resources
provided to LPI alumni and other Open Source professionals.
Organizations such as Cloudera (http://wwww.cloudera.com), Dice
(http://www.dice.com), Medialinx IT-Academy
(http://www.medialinx-academy.de), oDesk (http://www.oDesk.com), Open Source Software Institute (http://oss-institute.org), Rackspace
(http://www.rackspace.com) and uCertify (http://www.ucertify.com) have
recently joined this new initiative.
Is LPI certification losing ground? Linux Career Skills Watch update
The Linux Career IT Skills Watch brings to you the updated statistics, which refer to the period between May and Jun 2013. The results of LinuxCareer.com research reflect up to date, approximate IT skills demand leaning towards the Linux and Unix environment. The biggest drop was made by the LPI certification, which seems to be losing ground in comparison to other major certification providers. The reason for this could be the generic nature of the LPI certification, which does not appear to be very appealing for many employers right now.
Linux Professional Institute announces HP Hellas as a Training Partner
(Sacramento, CA, USA - Athens, Greece: July 23, 2013) The Linux
Professional Institute (LPI: http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier
Linux certification organization, announced that its affiliate,
LPI-Greece (http://www.lpi.org.gr/) recently signed HP Hellas
(http://www8.hp.com/gr/el/home.html) as an LPI Approved Training Partner
in Greece. HP Hellas is a subsidiary of HP in Europe, Middle East and
Africa.
Linux Professional Institute joins the European e-Skills Association
(Sacramento, CA, USA: July 9, 2013) The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI: http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification organization, announced
it has become a member of the European e-Skills Association (EeSA:
http://eskillsassociation.eu/). EeSA supports the development of
e-skills and digital literacy in Europe in partnership with the European
Commission, public authorities across Europe, SMEs and other
stakeholders. LPI joins the following other EeSA members: the Council of
European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS), Cisco, CompTIA,
ECDL Foundation, The European CIO Association, EXIN, HP, Microsoft and
Oracle.
Linux Professional Institute Hosts Exam Lab at openSUSE 2013 Conference
(Sacramento, CA, USA - Thessaloniki, Greece: July 3, 2013) - The Linux
Professional Institute (LPI: http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification organization, announced promotional exam labs for their Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) at openSUSE 2013 Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece (http://conference.opensuse.org/) on July 20, 2013.
Linux System and Network Administration Bootcamp
LinuxCertified,Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer weekend Linux system administration bootcamp on June 29th - 30th, 2013 in South Bay (CA). This workshop is designed for busy information technology professionals and is designed to cover the most important Linux administration areas.
Linux Professional Institute revises objectives for LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 Linux certification programs
(Sacramento, USA: June 18, 2013) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI:
http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification
organization, announced it has completed an extensive review and update
of the exam objectives for their LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 certification
programs. The new exams for LPIC-2 will be available November 1, 2013
in English and LPIC-3 will be available October 1, 2013 in English.
Other language for both certification programs TBA.
Linux Professional Institute Hosts Exam Lab at EuroPython 2013
(Sacramento, CA, USA: June 11, 2013) The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI: http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification
organization, announced a promotional exam lab for their Linux
Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) at EuroPython 2013
(https://ep2013.europython.eu/). LPI's affiliate, LPI-Italy
(http://www.lpi-italia.org) is hosting the exam lab and is a
certification sponsor of EuroPython 2013.
Linux Professional Institute partners with Big Data Cloud
(Sacramento, CA, USA: June 4, 2013) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI: http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification organization, announced a partnership initiative with Big Data Cloud (http://www.bigdatacloud.com/) -- a not-for-profit organization evangelizing the new technology movement regarding Big Data and the Cloud. The partnership initiative will promote events and other educational resources for LPI alumni on topics related to Big Data and the Cloud. Big Data Cloud hosts annual events and monthly meetups and has over 2700+ members. It is founded and operated by Third Eye Consulting Services & Solutions LLC (http://thirdeyecss.com/).
Linux Professional Institute Hosts Exam Labs at SouthEast LinuxFest 2013
(Sacramento, CA, USA: May 23, 2013) The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI: http://www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification
organization, announced promotional exam labs for their Linux
Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) at the SouthEast LinuxFest
(SELF: http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org/) at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.,
June 9th at the Blake Hotel in Charlotte, NC. In addition, during SELF,
Darrell Flewell, LPI CFO, will deliver a presentation on "Preparing For
A Fantastic Career In Linux and Open Source" at 2:45 p.m., Saturday,
June 8th in the Linode room of the Blake Hotel.
Configuring Gmail as a Sendmail email relay
In this configuration tutorial we will guide you through the process of configuring sendmail to be an email relay for your gmail or google apps account. This allows you to send email from your bash scripts, hosted website or from command line using mail command. Other examples where you can utilize this setting is for a notification purposes such or failed backups etc. Sendmail is just one of many utilities which can be configured to rely on gmail account where the others include postfix, exim , ssmpt etc. In this tutorial we will use sendmail for this task.
Jobs Initiative at the Linux Professional Institute
Sacramento, CA, USA: May 2, 2013) The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization
(http://www.lpi.org), announced a partnership program with oDesk?
(http://www.oDesk.com), the world's largest online workplace, to promote
workforce development initiatives for Linux and Open Source
professionals. This partnership will connect Open Source talent through
oDesk's job marketplace platform and enable LPIC candidates to display
their official LPIC badges on their oDesk? profiles.
Linux Professional Institute Launches Linux Essentials at
(Sacramento, CA, USA: April 16, 2013) The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI: http:/www.lpi.org), the world's premier Linux certification
organization, announced that its affiliate LPI-Spain
(http://www.lpi.org.es/) will be participating in the first “Tech
Learning Day“ hosted by PUE (Proyecto Universidad Empresa/University
Enterprise Project: http://www.pue.es/lpi), May 7th in Madrid, Spain at
the NH Eurobuilding Hotel.
Dedoimedo with: A Beard and a Pipe
Guest Writer Dedoimedo shares his wisdom and gives excellent advice for those interested in pursuing a Linux career. The 'hard work ethic' does pay off. Read why.
Linux Professional Institute Offers
(Sacramento, CA, USA: April 10, 2013) The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization
(http://www.lpi.org), announced that "beta" exams for their revised
Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) program (LPIC-2 and
LPIC-3 levels) will be available at LinuxTag Berlin 2013 (May 22-25:
http://www.linuxtag.org/2013/en/program/certified-knowledge....).
LinuxTag 2013 also marks the 10th anniversary of "LPI e.V.
(www.lpi-german.de) -- the first representation of LPI in Germany,
Austria and
Switzerland and presently an affiliate of LPI-Central Europe (LPI-CE:
http://www.lpice.eu/). LPI-CE will also offer exams at promotional
pricing for all of LPI's certification program at the event.
Linux Professional Institute Hosts Exam Labs at Texas Linux Fest
(Sacramento, CA, USA: April 8, 2013) The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization
(http://www.lpi.org), announced promotional exam labs for their Linux
Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) at the Texas Linux Fest
(http://2013.texaslinuxfest.org/) at the AT&T Conference Center in
Austin, Texas on May 31, 2013.
Linux System and Network Administration Bootcamp
LinuxCertified,Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer weekend Linux system administration bootcamp on April 20th - 21st, 2013 in South Bay (CA). This workshop is designed for busy information technology professionals and is designed to cover the most important Linux administration areas.
LinuxCertified Announces its next Linux Fundamentals Course
This two-day introduction to Linux broadens attendees horizons with a detailed overview of the operating system. Attendees learn how to effectively use a Linux system as a valuable tool. They get familiar with the architecture and various components of the operating system, learn both graphical and command line tools, and learn to do basic networking. This class is scheduled for April 13th - 14th, 2013 .
Linux Course for Beginners
This two-day introduction to Linux broadens attendees horizons with a detailed overview of the operating system. Attendees learn how to effectively use a Linux system as a valuable tool. They get familiar with the architecture and various components of the operating system, learn both graphical and command line tools, and learn to do basic networking. This class is scheduled for April 13th - 14th, 2013 .
Linux Professional Institute Hosts Exam Labs at FOSSCOMM 2013 Greek Open Source Communities Summit
(Sacramento, CA, USA: March 27, 2013) - The Linux Professional Institute
(LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization
(http://www.lpi.org), announced promotional exam labs for their Linux
Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) at FOSSCOMM 2013 Greek Open
Source Communities Summit in Athens, Greece (http://hua.FOSSCOMM.gr) on
April 21, 2013.
Linux System and Network Administration Bootcamp
LinuxCertified,Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer weekend Linux system administration bootcamp on March 23rd - 24th, 2013 in South Bay (CA). This workshop is designed for busy information technology professionals and is designed to cover the most important Linux administration areas.
Next Generation IT: Linux Essentials and Certified Internet Web Professional
The Linux Professional Institute announced an
innovative partnership initiative to deliver an entry-level technology
certification program to address the workforce development needs of both
employers and aspiring IT professionals. The program will offer a
combined training program in both LPI's Linux Essentials "Certificate of
Achievement" and either the CIW's Internet Business Associate (IBA) or
Network Technology Associate (NTA) certifications. This combined
training and accreditation program will be delivered through CIW's
Certification Testing Centers.
Linux Essentials meets Computer Science Teachers Association K-12 standards
(Los Angeles, CA, USA: February 21, 2013) The Linux Professional
Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization
(http://www.lpi.org), announced that its Linux Essentials program which
measures foundational knowledge in Linux and Open Source Software has
met the requirements of the K-12 Computer Science Standards of the
Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA: http://www.csta.acm.org/).
The CSTA has 41 chapters throughout North America and members in 126
countries worldwide.
LAMP installation of Question2Answer on Ubuntu Linux
Question2Answer (Q2A) is a popular open source Q&A solution, currently in use on thousands sites world-wide in 40 languages. It is built on the standard PHP/MySQL platform, and runs safe and fast. A Q&A engine helps you to create an online community to share knowledge. People with questions quickly get the answers they need. The community dynamic is enriched by commenting, voting, notifications, user points and rankings. In this guide we will show you how to install this popular software on Ubuntu LAMP.
LinuxCertified Announces its next Linux System and Network Administration Bootcamp
LinuxCertified,Inc. a leading provider of Linux training, will offer weekend Linux system administration bootcamp on February 23rd - 24th, 2013 in South Bay (CA). This workshop is designed for busy information technology professionals and is designed to cover the most important Linux administration areas.
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