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LPI exam prep: Network client management

Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2) topic 210

David Mertz (mertz@gnosis.cx), Developer, Gnosis Software, Inc.
David Mertz thinks that artificial languages are perfectly natural, but natural languages seem a bit artificial. You can reach David at mertz@gnosis.cx; you can investigate all aspects of his life at his personal Web page. Check out his book, Text Processing in Python. Suggestions and recommendations on past or future columns are welcome.

Summary:  In this tutorial, the fifth in a series of seven tutorials covering intermediate network administration on Linux, David Mertz continues preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2) Exam 202. By following this tutorial, you will examine several protocols' centralized configuration of network settings on clients within a network. DHCP is widely used to establish basic handshaking to clients machines such as assigning IP addresses. At a higher level, NIS and (more often) LDAP are used for arbitrary shared information among machines on a network. This tutorial also discusses PAM, which is a flexible, networked, user authentication system.

17 May 2012 - In response to author request, updated broken links. In About this tutorial, updated URL "detailed objectives list" link text. In Resources, updated URLs for 1) "LPIC Professional Certifications" link, 2) "LDAP is RFC 2251" link, and 3) "Linux-PAM System Administrators' Guide" link.

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Date:  17 May 2012 (Published 24 May 2006)
Level:  Intermediate PDF:  A4 and Letter (327 KB | 19 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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