LDAP: Managing LDAP Users

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LDAP: Managing LDAP Users

Authentication and authorization are important things to have in a data center environment. While there are many Directory Access services that can do the job, OpenLDAP is a popular open-source one. In this lab, we'll go over adding and deleting users.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 10, 2025

Duration

15m

Challenge

Add the jrupert user using the ldif file provided.

Since the file is in root's home directory, we should elevate to root. Once that's done we can run the ldapadd command required to add the user. To verify, we can run an ldapsearch command to see that the user was added.
Challenge

Delete the bbanner user from LDAP

First, we should verify we have the correct DN for the user. Run an ldapsearch for the bbanner UID to get the DN. Then run ldapmodify to delete the user.

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