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Linux: User and Group Management

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Overview

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know
  • Get help with commands
  • Reconfigure or migrate CentOS
1. Linux User Authentication
  • User and group overview
  • User account file
  • User password file
  • Group accounts and password files
  • About Pluggable Authentication Modules
2. Account Policies
  • Check password hash algorithms
  • Test password strength
  • Set default password policies
  • Edit global account defaults
  • Configure user account aging
3. Users, Groups, and Passwords
  • Create and delete users
  • Modify user accounts
  • Create and delete groups
  • Assign users to groups
  • Lock accounts and passwords
  • Force password resets
4. Elevating Privileges
  • Become the super user
  • Elevate group privileges
  • Elevate privileges using sudo
  • Manage sudo users
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Grant McWilliams

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