LPIC-102 Exam: What You Need to Know

This exam is the second required to obtain the LPI LPIC-1 certificate.

This exam tends to be denser and more complex than the exam 101 and covers a good part of Linux system administration.

Exam 102 tests basic skills in six topics:

Topic 105: Shell, Shell Script and Data Management: In this topic the exam candidate needs to know how to customize the Shell environment, write small scripts and also perform small operations to insert, modify, delete and search data in MySQL. It represents 17% of the exam.

Topic 106: User Interface: In this topic it is necessary to know how to install and configure the X11 graphical interface, configure a window manager and basic accessibility knowledge. It represents 8% of the exam.

Topic 107: Administrative Tasks: Here the candidate needs to demonstrate proficiency in managing user accounts and groups, automating administrative tasks, and dealing with system internationalization. It represents 20% of the exam.

Topic 108: Essential System Services: In this topic it is necessary to demonstrate the ability to maintain system time, configure the LOG system, configure an email sending system and manage printers. It represents 17% of the exam.

Topic 109: Networking Fundamentals and Services: This is the most complex topic of the exam and requires good knowledge of networking and TCP/IP stack protocols, as well as configuring network interfaces, routing table, diagnostic tools, DNS client and also good knowledge of IPv6. It represents 23% of the exam.

Topic 110: Security and Cryptography: The last topic requires the candidate to demonstrate skills in auditing and configuring Linux security best practices, secure connections with SSH and data encryption with GnuPG. It represents 15% of the exam.

This exam does not intend to ask double interpretation or tricky questions, but its difficulty level is higher than the exam 101.

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