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Linux Foundation Cert Prep: User and Group Management (Ubuntu)

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Learn essential user and group management concepts involved in Linux administration, and prepare for the User and Group Management section of the LFCS certification exam.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Users and groups
  • Environment setup
1. Local Users and Groups
  • Create user accounts
  • Modify and delete user accounts
  • Create and modify groups
  • Home folder templating and global environment configuration
  • Configure and monitor user resources
  • Configure permissions to allow group collaboration
  • Granting users and groups sudo access
2. Authentication Tools
  • Explore pluggable authentication modules (PAM)
  • Use LDAP for user authentication
  • Authenticate clients with Kerberos
Conclusion
  • Tools for exploring user logins
  • Next steps

Taught by

Scott Simpson

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