RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam RH302)

Overview

The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available

With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide, Fifth Edition covers what you need to know--and shows you how to prepare--for this challenging exam.

• 100% complete coverage of all objectives for exam RH302
• Exam Readiness Checklist at the front of the book--you're ready for the exam when all objectives on the list are checked off
• Inside the Exam sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics covered
• Real-world exercises modeled after hands-on exam scenarios
• Two complete lab-based exams simulate the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam
• Bonus content (available for download) includes installation screen review, basic instructions for using VMware and Xen as testbeds, and paper and pencil versions of the lab exams

Covers all RH302 exam topics, including:

• Hardware installation and configuration
• The boot process
• Linux filesystem administration
• Package management and Kickstart
• User and group administration
• System administration tools
• Kernel services and configuration
• Apache and Squid
• Network file sharing services (NFS, FTP, and Samba)
• Domain Name System (DNS)
• E-mail (servers and clients)
• Extended Internet Services Daemon (xinetd), the Secure package, and DHCP
• The X Window System
• Firewalls, SELinux, and troubleshooting

Table of contents

Chapter 1 - RHCE Prerequisites
Chapter 2 - Hardware and Installation
Chapter 3 - The Boot Process
Chapter 4 - Linux Filesystem Administration
Chapter 5 - Package Management
Chapter 6 - User Administration
Chapter 7 - System Administration Tools
Chapter 8 – Kernal Services and Configuration
Chapter 9 - The HTTP Service
Chapter 10 - Network File Sharing Services
Chapter 11 - Domain Name Service
Chapter 12 - Electronic Mail
Chapter 13 - Other Networking Services
Chapter 14 - The X Window System
Chapter 15 - Securing Services
Chapter 16 - Troubleshooting
Glossary

Biographical note

Michael Jang, LCP, MCSE, RHCE is the authorof the previous two bestselling editions of the RHCE Study Guide and several other certification prep books.