GNU / Linux Olympics for Future Admins

    On the site of ITplanet announced the competition "Linux Administration" , which will begin in the fall. This is a kind of IT Olympiad for students from Russian regions who dream of finding a job in a large company. Qualifying rounds of the competition will be held in Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Tyumen, Tomsk, Khabarovsk, and the winners will receive places for practical training in the partner companies of the Olympiad.

    In the first round, from October 21 to October 31, 2009, registered participants of this competition must pass an online test: 30 questions on knowledge of the Linux platform. Each participant is given one attempt and 45 minutes of time.

    Themes of questions of the first round
    • GNU / Linux History and Legal Issues
    • GNU / Linux Command Line Interface
    • File systems
    • IP network and its configuration
    • GNU / Linux Security Levels
    • Linux kernel
    • Basic services and their use
    • XWindow System GUI and its configuration

    Students can now familiarize themselves with sample assignments on the official website. By the way, the linux.org.ru forum has already expressed outrage that the test items are posted in the RAR archive, and inside the document is in Word.Document.8 format. However, the organizers quickly fixed this absurdity and repacked it to standard gzip.

    Another strange point is that Microsoft is among the organizers of the Olympiad. It looks very strange, but the explanation is simple: MS is involved in the next stage of the IT Olympiad, which is dedicated to Windows Server 2008. By the way, then there will be another stage in “1C: Accounting”.

    If we return to the competition for Linux admins, then here after the first round of the total number of applicants choose up to 25 students for the final. The final will be held on the basis of the co-organizers of the Olympics in a timely manner (see schedule ). Here, the student needs to configure the proxy server for specific operating conditions. The base system of Slackware Linux 12.1 is preinstalled by default, all necessary additional packages will be available.

    The main thematic issues of the second round
    • Configuring and testing network interfaces (IPv4 protocol)
    • Proxy settings

    Additional Tasks
    • Configuring disk quotas and file system mount options
    • Configuring a firewall for a given access discipline
    • Configuring remote control via the command line and web interface
    • Configuring a firewall for a given access discipline
    • Configure a local mail server

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