CentOS Enterprise Linux 7 User and Group Management

by Andrew Mallett

Not only will you learn how to manage local users and groups, you will also learn how to install and configure OpenLDAP Directories and Kerberos Authentication.

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What you'll learn

Being able to manage local users and groups fits into the realm of the system administrator, but if you are going to take these users and groups seriously, then you will also need to know how to work with OpenLDAP. The course starts gently introducing you to the idea of the local user and groups and their storage databases before moving on to enterprise solutions with LDAP directories and Kerberos authentication.

Table of contents

Course Overview
1min
Introduction to Linux User and Group Management and the Associated Certification
10mins
Managing Login Scripts
25mins
Creating and Managing Local Users in CentOS 7
53mins
Managing Local Groups in CentOS 7
29mins
Using PAM to Control User Access
41mins
Implementing OpenLDAP Directories on CentOS 7
30mins
Implementing OpenLDAP Authentication in CentOS 7
24mins
Implementing Kerberos Authentication
47mins

About the author

Andrew Mallett

Andrew is an all around Linux professional with in depth knowledge of the OS and this is supported with scripting in bash, perl, python and ruby and application development in C, C++ and Java. Having worked for many years in training, Andrew has developed automated course build systems after endless time wasted on Friday nights. The first build system he built was aptly named "Friday nights." This has inspired his interest in all things deployment related. He has authored training courses on M... more

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