DPKG vs. RPM in LPIC 101 exam

[Dan Cooper]

 > The LSB doesn't specify a way for a network interface to be configured,
 > thats a pretty distribution specific task. But, you are telling me that
 > someone could get an LPI certification with out knowing how to
 > reconfigure a NIC? I think it refelects poorly on the LPI that a
 > certified individual could be hired that would be lost when told to
 > "reconfigure eth0 on that box to use dhcp"...

It would surely be impossible to learn about every aspect of every major
distribution, but how many dists dont have ifconfig? If you are referring to
the various setup gui's different dists have (i.e. netconfig in slack) then
i think the aim of the LPI is to train people how to do this at a much lower
level and make use of distribution-wide tools such as ifconfig.

The one thing I dont understand is why BIND-4 is included in 102 - how often
are the objectives updated? To my knowledge they were last updated about a
year ago and how many people were running BIND-4 a year ago?

Dan Cooper
http://www.lpiforums.com


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