First off, RedHat couldn't pay me enough to run their distro. on any critical server of mine.

Maybe not, but I bet your cert helped get you out of what was most likely a shit hole job with a shit hole manager! Although rumor has it you miss the place...

Secondly, having received the RHCE a year or two back, I think it's a joke. You don't need to know RedHat specific stuff, you don't need to know > teir GUIs either, although, if you don't know the configs, the GUIs will help a bit. I mean, who wants to bust open X and a GUI just to add a damn user? I passed the RHCE with a fairly high percentage<think it was 96-97>, > for not knowing 'RedHat', though I've been runing Linux since the mid 90s.

Oh...you're so much better than everyone else mr. 90+%...should we all share how we did on the test or were you just trying to make yourself feel big?

If you can get your way around a Linux box, you should be fine. They base it on 'getting the job done', not how you do it. Whether you use useradd >to add a user, or the GUI, as long as it gets done. Whether you use the >redhat-config-apache/whatever tool to configure apache, or edit the config >files... as long as it's done and working to the specs they provide. If >all else fails, read the man page, or use find to find the config >files,RedHat puts some of them in weird places. =]

I agree with you that redhat specific knowledge wasn't really required to pass the test and that I don't remember using a GUI to config anything either. Knowing Linux in general, know where config files are located, how to configure services, and how to read man pages on what you are fuzzy on does go along way. You are a bitter little man aren't you?! ----------------------------------------- This e-mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above. It may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail and any attachment(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and delete the message and any attachment(s) from your system.