>I'm halfway through my CSA certification on the Solaris end. I
>unfortunately botched the second exam... as my former coworker said,
>"who the hell uses WebNFS anyways, and why is it on the test if no one
>ever uses it?"
[snip]
>hates cert exams, they involve a lot of evil trivia...
Oh hell, they're all like that. When I got my RHCE I was tested on things I have *never* seen in the real world - not before the prep, not after the exam. I couldn't pass the RHCE test now if I took it again, unless I took a couple of weeks to prep like last time.

I also think that testing a sysadmin and not allowing any references - no books, no man pages, etc - is unrealistic. I have never known a (good) admin who doesn't keep references handy.

I tend to agree with the statement that you can judge the quality of an admin by their bookshelves.

Same with the CISSP - mainframe security? How likely am I to need to know that?

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