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

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.

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