With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide, Fifth Edition covers what you need to know — and shows you how to prepare — for this challenging exam.

* 100% complete coverage of all objectives for exam RH302
* Exam Readiness Checklist at the front of the book — you're ready for the exam when all objectives on the list are checked off
* Inside the Exam sections in every chapter highlight key exam topics covered
* Real-world exercises modeled after hands-on exam scenarios
* Two complete lab-based exams simulate the format, tone, topics, and difficulty of the real exam
* Bonus content (available for download) includes installation screen review, basic instructions for using VMware and Xen as testbeds, and paper and pencil versions of the lab exams

Covers all RH302 exam topics, including:

* Hardware installation and configuration
* The boot process
* Linux filesystem administration
* Package management and Kickstart
* User and group administration
* System administration tools
* Kernel services and configuration
* Apache and Squid
* Network file sharing services (NFS, FTP, and Samba)
* Domain Name System (DNS)
* E-mail (servers and clients)
* Extended Internet Services Daemon (xinetd), the Secure package, and DHCP
* The X Window System
* Firewalls, SELinux, and troubleshooting