Ubuntu Linux: User and Group Management
1hIntermediate2017-08-30
Authors

Scott Simpson
Creating Technology Courses as a Senior Staff Author at LinkedIn
Course details
It's important for aspiring system administrators to have a handle on how to work with users accounts and groups to manage access to information. In this course, learn essential user and group management techniques and concepts involved in Linux administration, using Ubuntu. Instructor Scott Simpson explains how to create and modify user accounts and groups, configure and deploy pluggable authentication modules (PAM), and use LDAP for user authentication. He also covers authenticating clients with Kerberos. After reviewing these concepts, you'll be prepared to tackle the User and Group Management section of the LFCS exam.
Learning objectives
Creating, modifying, and deleting user accounts
Creating and modifying groups
Configuring and monitoring user resources
Configuring permissions to allow group collaboration
Working with pluggable authentication modules (PAM)
Managing user and group information with an LDAP directory
Authenticating clients with Kerberos
Learning objectives
Creating, modifying, and deleting user accounts
Creating and modifying groups
Configuring and monitoring user resources
Configuring permissions to allow group collaboration
Working with pluggable authentication modules (PAM)
Managing user and group information with an LDAP directory
Authenticating clients with Kerberos
Skills covered
Ubuntu ServerIdentity and Access ManagementClient Operating SystemsLinuxIT Help DeskServer AdministrationCybersecurityCert PrepNetwork and System AdministrationOpen Source
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - Users and groups
- 03 - Environment setup
1. Local Users and Groups
- 04 - Create user accounts
- 05 - Modify and delete user accounts
- 06 - Create and modify groups
- 07 - Home folder templating and global environment configuration
- 08 - Configure and monitor user resources
- 09 - Configure permissions to allow group collaboration
- 10 - Granting users and groups sudo access
2. Authentication Tools
- 11 - Explore pluggable authentication modules (PAM)
- 12 - Use LDAP for user authentication
- 13 - Authenticate clients with Kerberos
Conclusion
- 14 - Tools for exploring user logins
- 15 - Next steps
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