Errata

LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell

Errata for LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell

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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

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Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
Printed
Page 1
towards bottom

Chapter 7, The X Window System (Topic 1.1.10)
should be
Chapter 7, The X Window System (Topic 1.110)

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007
Printed
Page 5
4th paragraph, 7th line

competant
should be
competent

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007
Printed
Page 24
Tip

Remove the tip that says:
As of the release 2 LPI Exams, knowlege of both Debian (Objective 5) and RPM
(Objective 6) are no longer required. Instead, you are given a choice of
which package manager you wish to be tested on.

It is no longer true!
> In May 2005 LPI announced the merging of RPM and DPKG Package Management
> Exam Questions into a single form. Traditionally, separate exam forms on
> Exam 101 for LPIC-1 gave exam candidates a choice between RPM and DPKG
> package management. However, due to reasons of community consensus on
> required Linux knowledge and internal efficiencies it was announced that as
> of October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01) exam candidates will be required to know
> both forms of package management in order to successfully complete their
> LPIC-1.

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007
Printed
Page 40
end of the 3rd line

which will prompt ld.soto look
should be
which will prompt ld.so to look

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007
Printed
Page 68
minor technical mistake

Under "Styles can be in these forms" (top of page), the
"A number all lines"
should be:
"a number all lines"

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007
Printed
Page 69
minor technical mistake

Under "Frequently used options,
"A Named Character"
should be:
"a Named Character"

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007
Printed
Page 69
minor technical mistake

Under "Frequently used options,
"O Octal (the default)"
should be:
"o Octal (the default)"

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007
Printed
Page 515
Last two paragraphs on the page

chkconfig service off
...invoke /etc/init.d/servicestop
should be
chkconfig service off
...invoke /etc/init.d/service stop

and

chkchfong service on
...run /etc/init.d/servicestart
should be
chkchfong service on
...run /etc/init.d/service start

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007
Printed
Page 548
bottom of the page

# dd if=/dev/zero of=/file bs=1k count=100# losetup -e des /dev/loop0 /file

Should be two seperate lines:

# dd if=/dev/zero of=/file bs=1k count=100
# losetup -e des /dev/loop0 /file

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007
Printed
Page 558
2nd, 3rd and 4th parameter

-mreserved_block_percentage
-uuser
-ggroup

should all have a space:

-m reserved_block_percentage
-u user
-g group

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007
Printed
Page 560
Middle of the page

# blockdev --rereadpt /dev/hdc# pvcreate /dev/hdc

should be two seperate lines:

# blockdev --rereadpt /dev/hdc
# pvcreate /dev/hdc

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007
Printed
Page 662
Question 10

the make modules install command
should be
the make modules_install command

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007
Printed
Page 669
question 49

/etc/samba.smb.conf
should be
/etc/samba/smb.conf

 Anonymous    Sep 01, 2007