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Ubuntu Linux Administration: User and Group Management

If you manage a shared access Linux server, you'll need to work with user and group accounts. This course will teach you the fundamental skills in managing local identities in Linux.

Andrew Mallett - Pluralsight course - Ubuntu Linux Administration: User and Group Management
by Andrew Mallett

What you'll learn

Managing users and groups in Linux enables you to protect resources on your system. In this course, Ubuntu Linux Administration: User and Group Management, you’ll learn to manage local identities in Ubuntu 20.04. First, you’ll explore user accounts and the tools used to manage them. Next, you’ll discover passwords and authentication. Finally, you’ll learn how to enable additional features using Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of local identity management needed to manage users and groups in Linux.

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Andrew Mallett - Pluralsight course - Ubuntu Linux Administration: User and Group Management
Andrew Mallett

Andrew is a committed evangelist of the Linux Operating System and the concept of community and freedom that it provides. He has worked as a technical trainer since 1995 and has taught throughout the world, including Australia, the US, Germany and Eastern Europe. Andrew started teaching Linux in 2004 when Novell acquired SUSE and has been a long time supporter of Novell and provides SYSOP support the the Certifed Novell Instructor community on Linux. Andrew founded theurbanpenguin and has been submitting video training material to his YouTube channel since 2009 and currently has over 8,500 subscribers and 1.6 Million views. Andrew has had two publications with Packt: Citrix Access Gateway VPX Essentials (2012) and Citrix XenApp (2013).

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