PerformanceFIT - a Previsor company
HomeIndividuals Register/Logon View CartPrivacyAbout BrainbenchHelp
Individuals
Measure and Develop Your Skills
Certify and Enhance Your Skills
Reach Career Goals with Job Role Certifications
Compare Your Skills to Those of Your Peers
Skills Center
 Looking for a specific test?
  
Looking for Skills By Job Role?
Looking for Skills By Category?
Want to Improve Your Skills?
Why PerformanceFIT?
Assessments and Certifications
for over 600 Skills
Leading Corporate Customers
Over 6 Million Members
A Wealth of Skills Resources
 
Linux Administration (General)
Description:
Our Linux Administration (General) test measures your knowledge of the key issues and concepts of administering in a Linux environment. This is our core Linux Administration test and is focused on the general aspects of Linux that span all Linux variations. Designed for experienced system administrators, this test covers the following topics: Configuration and Administration, Heterogenous Environments, Installation, Kernel Customization, Managing Applications, Networking, Performance and Accounting, and Security.
This test is associated with a Job Role. Please visit the Job Role Center for more details.
Practice Test Sample Test
Enter your promo code (optional)

Get Test
Once you request a test, your Personal Identification Number (PIN) will be stored in your My Plan for easy access. You will have 90 days in which to take the test you requested.
Test Outline
Configuration and Administration
Daemons
Init and Run Levels
Scripting and Automation
Users and Groups
Heterogenous Environments
Interacting with Windows
X Window System
Installation
Booting and Multi-boot
Disk Partitioning, Filesystems, and Quotas
Hardware, Peripherals, and RAID
Setup Issues
Kernel Customization
Configuration
Installation
Patching and Compilation
Managing Applications
Compilation and Installation
Licensing Issues
Troubleshooting
Networking
Domain Name Service
Internetworking
Mail, ssh, FTP, and Other Network Services
NFS and NIS
Remote Printing
Samba
Web Serving and Proxying
Performance and Accounting
Identifying Bottlenecks
Login Accounting
Process Accounting
Security
Authentication
Host-based Security
Netfilter
Network-based Security
Connect With Us
     
Terms and Conditions
Bookmark and Share