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Linux Security: Implement Identity Management
In this lab, you’ll practice managing user identities in the Linux environment. When you’re finished, you’ll have the ability to give users and groups access to a Linux system in a secure manner, as well as modify their permissions.
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Challenge
Get Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know.
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Add and Customize User Accounts in Linux
To start the lab, you will learn how to add and customize user accounts and attributes in Linux.
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Secure User Authentication in Linux
You will learn secure user authentication to a Linux system through password authentication using SSH key-based Authentication
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Add and Customize User Groups in Linux
This was mentioned earlier in challenge 2, and here you will learn how to work with groups.
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Control Group Access to Directories and Files
To finish this lab (almost!), you will learn how to restrict access to directories and files based on ownership and group membership.
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The Last Challenge
Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.
What's a lab?
Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.
Provided environment for hands-on practice
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Guided walkthrough
Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!
Did you know?
On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.