Weight: 3 Description: Candidates should should be able to apply filters to text streams. Key Knowledge Areas: Send text files and output streams through text utility filters to modify the output using standard UNIX commands found in the GNU textutils package Terms and Utilities: cat cut expand fmt head join …
Weight: 4 Description: Candidates should be able to interact with shells and commands using the command line. The objective assumes the Bash shell. Key Knowledge Areas: Use single shell commands and one line command sequences to perform basic tasks on the command line Use and modify the shell environment including …
Weight: 3 Description: Candidates should be able to perform package management using RPM and YUM tools. Key Knowledge Areas: Install, re-install, upgrade and remove packages using RPM and YUM Obtain information on RPM packages such as version, status, dependencies, integrity and signatures Determine what files a package provides, as well …
Weight: 3 Description: Candidates should be able to perform package management using the Debian package tools. Key Knowledge Areas: Install, upgrade and uninstall Debian binary packages Find packages containing specific files or libraries which may or may not be installed Obtain package information like version, content, dependencies, package integrity and …
Weight: 1 Description: Candidates should be able to determine the shared libraries that executable programs depend on and install them when necessary. Key Knowledge Areas: Identify shared libraries Identify the typical locations of system libraries Load shared libraries Terms and Utilities: ldd ldconfig /etc/ld.so.conf LD_LIBRARY_PATH ldd /usr/sbin# ldd /bin/ln so …
Weight: 2 Description: Candidates should be able to select, install and configure a boot manager. Key Knowledge Areas: Providing alternative boot locations and backup boot options Install and configure a boot loader such as GRUB Legacy Perform basic configuration changes for GRUB 2 Interact with the boot loader The following …
Weight: 2 Description: Candidates should be able to design a disk partitioning scheme for a Linux system. Key Knowledge Areas: Allocate filesystems and swap space to separate partitions or disks Tailor the design to the intended use of the system Ensure the /boot partition conforms to the hardware architecture requirements …
Weight: 3 Description: Candidates should be able to manage the SysVinit runlevel or systemd boot target of the system. This objective includes changing to single user mode, shutdown or rebooting the system. Candidates should be able to alert users before switching runlevels / boot targets and properly terminate processes. This …
Weight: 3 Description: Candidates should be able to guide the system through the booting process. Key Knowledge Areas: Provide common commands to the boot loader and options to the kernel at boot time Demonstrate knowledge of the boot sequence from BIOS to boot completion Understanding of SysVinit and systemd Awareness …
Weight: 2 Description: Candidates should be able to determine and configure fundamental system hardware. Key Knowledge Areas: Enable and disable integrated peripherals Configure systems with or without external peripherals such as keyboards Differentiate between the various types of mass storage devices Know the differences between coldplug and hotplug devices Determine …