Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Prepare for Red Hat Hands-on Certifications
Chapter 2: Virtual Machines and Automated Installations
Chapter 3: Fundamental Command Line Skills
Chapter 4: RHCSA-Level Security Options
Chapter 5: The Boot Process
Chapter 6: Linux File System Administration
Chapter 7: Package Management
Chapter 8: User Administration
Chapter 9: RHCSA-Level System Administration Tasks
Chapter 10: A Security Primer
Chapter 11: System Services and SELinux
Chapter 12: RHCE-Level Administrative Tasks
Chapter 13: Network Services: DNS, SMTP, iSCSI and NTP
Chapter 14: The Apache Web Server
Chapter 15: The Samba File Server
Chapter 16: NFS Secured with Kerberos
Chapter 17: The MariaDB Server
Appendix A: Prepare a System for the Sample Exams
Appendix B: RHCSA Exam 1
Appendix C: RHCSA Exam 2
Appendix D: RHCE Exam 1
Appendix E: RHCE Exam 2
Appendix F: About the CD
Index

About the Author

Michael Jang, (RHCE, LPIC-2, UCP, Linux+, MCP), author of the popular RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam RH302) and about 20 other professional technology titles, is currently a full-time writer, specializing in operating systems and networks. His experience with computers goes back to the days of jumbled punch cards. He has written other books on Linux certification, including LPIC-1 in Depth, Mike Meyers Linux+ Certification Passport, and Sair GNU/Linux Installation and Configuration Exam Cram. His other Linux books include Linux Annoyances for Geeks, Linux Patch Management, and Mastering Fedora Core Linux 5. He has also written or contributed to books on Microsoft operating systems, including MCSE Guide to Microsoft Windows 98 and Mastering Windows XP Professional, Second Edition.



Alessandro Orsaria (London, England) is an IT Infrastructure Architect with more than 15 years of experience with Linux systems. He is currently employed by a global equity hedge fund and has authored articles for Linux Magazine and Linux Journal. Alessandro is Red Hat RHCE and RHCA certified and has a double Cisco CCIE certification in Routing & Switching and Datacenter. He holds an MBA from Imperial College of London and a degree in Physics.