2026-04-19
Linux
LPIC-1
LPIC-1 104.5 — Manage File Permissions and Ownership
chmod, chown, chgrp, umask, SUID, SGID, sticky bit, octal and symbolic permission notation. LPIC-1 exam topic 104.5.
Exam weight: 3 — LPIC-1 v5, Exam 101
What You Need to Know Manage access permissions on regular files, special files, …
2026-04-19
Linux
LPIC-1
LPIC-1 104.6 — Create and Change Hard and Symbolic Links
ln, ln -s, inode, link count, hard and symbolic links, ls -li, broken links. LPIC-1 exam topic 104.6.
Exam weight: 2 — LPIC-1 v5, Exam 101
What You Need to Know Create hard and symbolic links with ln. Distinguish them …
2026-04-19
Linux
LPIC-1
LPIC-1 104.7 — Find System Files and Place Files in the Correct Location
FHS directory hierarchy, find, locate, updatedb, which, type, whereis. LPIC-1 exam topic 104.7.
Exam weight: 2 — LPIC-1 v5, Exam 101
What You Need to Know Understand where files belong according to FHS. Find files …
2026-04-19
Linux
LPIC-1
LPIC-1 105.1 — Aliases, Functions, and Special Variables (Part 3)
Alias quoting, dynamic vs static expansion, Bash functions, special variables $? $$ $!, functions in scripts, function inside alias. LPIC-1 exam topic 105.1.
Exam weight: 4 — LPIC-1 v5, Exam 102 | Part 3 of 105.1
Aliases — Advanced Usage Quotes and Variables Inside an Alias …
2026-04-19
Linux
LPIC-1
LPIC-1 105.1 — Customize and Use the Shell Environment
Shell types, startup files, environment variables, aliases, functions, source, /etc/skel. LPIC-1 exam topic 105.1.
Exam weight: 4 — LPIC-1 v5, Exam 102
What You Need to Know Set environment variables such as PATH at login and when …
2026-04-19
Linux
LPIC-1
LPIC-1 105.1 — Shell Variables and Environment (Part 2)
Local and global variables, export, env, common environment variables, aliases, functions, /etc/skel. LPIC-1 exam topic 105.1.
Exam weight: 4 — LPIC-1 v5, Exam 102 | Part 2 of 105.1
Shell Types — Quick Reference Bash reads different …
2026-04-19
Linux
LPIC-1
LPIC-1 105.2 Lesson 1 — Customize or Write Simple Scripts
Shebang, source and subshell, variables, arrays, arithmetic, echo/printf, test, if/case, for/while/until, read/seq/exec, command chains, mail, script permissions. LPIC-1 exam topic 105.2, lesson 1.
Exam weight: 4 — LPIC-1 v5, Exam 102
What You Need to Know From the official LPIC-1 objectives:
Apply standard sh …
2026-04-19
Linux
LPIC-1
LPIC-1 105.2 Lesson 2 — Customize or Write Simple Scripts
Full test flags, file comparison, logical modifiers, nocasematch, sync.sh with mapfile, read/seq/exec, command chains, mail, SUID. LPIC-1 exam topic 105.2, lesson 2.
Exam weight: 4 — LPIC-1 v5, Exam 102
What You Need to Know Apply standard sh syntax: loops and conditionals. Use …
2026-04-16
Linux
LPIC-1
LPIC-1 102.1 — Design Hard Disk Layout
Disk partitions, mount points, /boot, EFI System Partition, /home, /var, swap and LVM basics. LPIC-1 exam topic 102.1.
Exam weight: 2 — LPIC-1 v5, Exam 101
What you need to know Allocate filesystems and swap across separate partitions or …
2026-04-16
Linux
LPIC-1
LPIC-1 102.3 — Manage Shared Libraries
Shared libraries, naming conventions, ldconfig, /etc/ld.so.conf, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, ldd. LPIC-1 exam topic 102.3.
Exam weight: 1 — LPIC-1 v5, Exam 101
What you need to know Identify the shared libraries a program depends on. Know the …