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title: i got my rhct
date: 2010-09-13
keywords: [linux, redhat, rhtc]
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I got my [RHCT], woot!

![rhct logo](2010-09-13.i_got_my_rhct.webp "shadow man")

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I long ago disabled comments on on a previous itteration of this blog,
but did have some discourse that was worth sharing:

>Hi David, Many Congratulations for this achievement. Well done! I am
also working towards this certification by self-study. I have Redhat
Linux ES 5 installed on my vmware application of the laptop. But, I am
limited to whatever information is available on the google wrt RHCT
certification. Do you have any suggestions for me. Thanks for your time.
-Ashwin *-- ASHWINPAWAR*

Hi Ashwinpawar, I'm not allowed to discuss the exam due to the NDA,
the best recommendation I can give you is to cover every item in the
prep guide: http://www.redhat.com/certification/rhce/prep_guide/ I was
lucky enough to do the RH131 course, and the instructor recommended the
prep guide to guide our pre-exam preparation. Good luck :) -Dave *--
davidmarsh*

This tool might help as well: http://trouble-maker.sourceforge.net/ *--
davidmarsh*

> Hi David, Thanks a lot for your reply. Thanks for pointing me to
prep-guide and the trouble-maker link, this is indeed of great help. Do
you think attending an instructor led training for RHCT will increase
the probability of passing the test ? Thanks again for your time. I
really appreciate it. -Ashwin *-- ASHWINPAWAR*

The training defiantly helped me. I don't do RHEL work day to day, and
was missing a lot of areas around NFS, autofs, file ACLs and specific
rpm and grub options. I guess it depends how confident you are, how much
you already know and how much money your are willing to use either way.
I was lucky enough that my employer footed the bill for the training,
so it was a no brainer for me. It would increase you chance of passing,
but would you pass anyway? It depends on your current knowledge. *--
davidmarsh*

>Thanks a ton. Whatever you suggested, makes sense. I checked the
RHCT ILT here in UK, and it's quite an expansive affair. Therefore I
guess I need to take a sensible decision in this regard. I think you
gave me lot of insight and I am very grateful to you. Regards, -Ashwin
*-- ASHWINPAWAR*

[RHCT]: https://rhtapps.redhat.com/verify?certId=110-411-519