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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Rating
(43)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Mar 1, 2016
Duration
4h 20m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 1m
Introduction to Linux User and Group Management and the Associated Certification
Listing Users and Services 5m Welcome to LFCS: Linux User and Group Management 5m
Managing Login Scripts
Home Directory Templates 5m Investigating the Execution Order 6m Login Scripts in CentOS 7 4m Summary and What's Next 5m System Login Scripts 5m
Creating and Managing Local Users in CentOS 7
Account Defaults 7m Creating User Accounts 9m Introducing Accounts and the id Command 5m Managing User Passwords 8m Modify and Delete Accounts 7m Password Age Data 8m Summary and What's Next 9m
Managing Local Groups in CentOS 7
Creating Local Groups 7m Group Passwords 2m Making Use of the SGID Permission 10m Manage Group Membership 6m Summary and What's Next 4m
Using PAM to Control User Access
Adding Login Time Restrictions 8m Automating Home Directory Creation at User Login 8m Implementing Password Policies 7m Restricting or Limiting Access to Resources 9m Say Hello to PAM 4m Summary and What's Next 5m
Implementing OpenLDAP Directories on CentOS 7
Adding Users and Groups 6m Configuring OpenLDAP 9m Creating the Directory Tree 5m Installing OpenLDAP and Firewall Configuration 5m Summary and What's Next 4m What We Will Cover 1m
Implementing OpenLDAP Authentication in CentOS 7
Installing the OpenLDAP Client 8m Listing Users and Groups 5m OpenLDAP Clients 1m Searching LDAP Users 8m Summary and What's Next 2m
Implementing Kerberos Authentication
Adding Additional Hosts 8m Adding Kerberos Principals 6m Configuring NTP 8m Configuring the Kerberos Services 9m Enabling Kerberos Authentication 5m Kerberos Authentication 2m The All Important Summary 9m
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Course info
Rating
(43)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Mar 1, 2016
Duration
4h 20m
Description

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.

About the author
Andrew Mallett
About the author

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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Course Overview
Hi everyone, and welcome. My name is Andrew Mallett and I'd like to introduce you to my course, CentOS Enterprise Linux 7 User and Group Management. Now I'm the owner of The Urban Penguin within the UK, and I train and consult in Linux administration, and I dabble just a little in development. With the use of Linux on the increase it is your time to book your seat in the front row for the best job opportunities. Learning Linux now has never been so promising with the increased focus with the Azure Cloud. Working through this course you will learn how to manage CentOS 7 users and groups throughout their lifetime. Some of the major topics that we will look at include, Pluggable Authentication Module, or PAM, looking at LDAP, or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol directories, and Kerberos-based authentication. By the end of this course you will be able to manage local and directory-based users and groups and set up different authentication mechanisms. Before beginning this course, you should have already sat the CentOS Enterprise Linux 7 Essentials course or have similar knowledge.

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