Study Guide required for RHCSA preparation

[z_haseeb]

I am new in Linux. I want to appear in RHCSA Exam. I surf the Redhat web site and got the below list which cover the RHCSA Exam. The list is below for reference. My question is that can i get any book/study guide which can cover all the below listed topics...


1.Understand and Use Essential Tools
2.Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax
3.Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.)
4.Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text
5.Access remote systems using ssh and VNC
6.Log in and switch users in multi-user runlevels
7.Archive, compress, unpack and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2
8.Create and edit text files
9.Create, delete, copy and move files and directories
10.Create hard and soft links
11.List, set and change standard ugo/rwx permissions
12.Locate, read and use system documentation including man, info, and files in /usr/share/doc .
13.[Note: Red Hat may use applications during the exam that are not included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the purpose of evaluating candidate's abilities to meet this objective.]
14.Operate Running Systems
15.Boot, reboot, and shut down a system normally
16.Boot systems into different runlevels manually
17.Use single-user mode to gain access to a system
18.Identify CPU/memory intensive processes, adjust process priority with renice, and kill processes
19.Locate and interpret system log files
20.Access a virtual machine's console
21.Start and stop virtual machines
22.Start, stop and check the status of network services
23.Configure Local Storage
24.List, create, delete and set partition type for primary, extended, and logical partitions
25.Create and remove physical volumes, assign physical volumes to volume groups, create and delete logical volumes
26.Create and configure LUKS-encrypted partitions and logical volumes to prompt for password and mount a decrypted file system at boot
27.Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by Universally Unique ID (UUID) or label
28.Add new partitions, logical volumes and swap to a system non-destructively
29.Create and Configure File Systems
30.Create, mount, unmount and use ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems
31.Mount, unmount and use LUKS-encrypted file systems
32.Mount and unmount CIFS and NFS network file systems
33.Configure systems to mount ext4, LUKS-encrypted and network file systems automatically
34.Extend existing unencrypted ext4-formatted logical volumes
35.Create and configure set-GID directories for collaboration
36.Create and manage Access Control Lists (ACLs)
37.Diagnose and correct file permission problems
38.Deploy, Configure and Maintain Systems
39.Configure networking and hostname resolution statically or dynamically
40.Schedule tasks using cron
41.Configure systems to boot into a specific runlevel automatically
42.Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux automatically using Kickstart
43.Configure a physical machine to host virtual guests
44.Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems as virtual guests
45.Configure systems to launch virtual machines at boot
46.Configure network services to start automatically at boot
47.Configure a system to run a default configuration HTTP server
48.Configure a system to run a default configuration FTP server
49.Install and update software packages from Red Hat Network, a remote repository, or from the local filesystem
50.Update the kernel package appropriately to ensure a bootable system
51.Modify the system bootloader
52.Manage Users and Groups
53.Create, delete, and modify local user accounts
54.Change passwords and adjust password aging for local user accounts
55.Create, delete and modify local groups and group memberships
56.Configure a system to use an existing LDAP directory service for user and group information
57.Manage Security
58.Configure firewall settings using system-config-firewall or iptables
59.Set enforcing and permissive modes for SELinux
60.List and identify SELinux file and process context
61.Restore default file contexts
62.Use boolean settings to modify system SELinux settings
63.Diagnose and address routine SELinux policy violations

[meton_magis]

Amazon.com: RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam RH302) (Certification Press) (978007226454: Michael Jang: Books

this is for RHEL5, but most of the information should transfer well. It is considered THE guide on the RHCE exam at the time, and I would completely agree based on first hand knowledge.

There is a 6th released announced, but no date on when it'll come out. Also, I saw a book by Pearson specifically for the RHCSA, but I've never heard anything about it, and it's not released until April 30th, but Pearson books tend to be pretty good IMO.

[hunter_thom]

Amazon.com: Hands-on Guide to the Red Hat(R) Exams: RHCSA™ and RHCE(R) Cert Guide and Lab Manual (Certification Guide) (9780321767950): Damian Tommasino: Books

Expected to be released 4/30, but before that it was expected on 4/20.

However, I happen to have a company-sponsored safaribooksonline account, where this book has been released as a rough cuts (incomplete) book.

The book looks great to me. But I would definitely recommend reading through the older RH302 book:

Amazon.com: RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam RH302) (Certification Press) (978007226454: Michael Jang: Books

Both great books, although I've only read part of the newer one.