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Andrew McGill wrote:This course material relates to the Linux Professionals Institute's LPI 102 examination (release 2). This course is intended to provide you with the basic skills required for operating and administering Linux systems. This document is a set of training notes for the course.

At every good training course the student should come away with some paper in his hand, to file in the company filing cabinet. A really excellent course will include some knowledge and practical ability in the student's head as well. We hope to achieve at least the first with these notes. The second is up to the instructor.

Goal of this course

This course aims to equip you with the knowledge to be able to pass the LPI 102 examination (release 2). We hope that in the course of doing this course you will acquire the skills that go with an understanding of how Linux works.

Target audience

This course is aimed at ...

People who have already written the LPIC 101 exam, as part of the LPIC Level 1 certification.
- People who wish to write the LPIC 102 exam, as part of the LPIC Level 1 certification.
- People who are familiar with Linux and wish to acquire more advanced skills and fill the gaps in their understanding.
- People who want to run network servers on Linux.