Linux: User and Group Management

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Grant McWilliams

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01 - Introduction

01 - Welcome.mp4

00:56

02 - What you should know.mp4

02:13

03 - Get help with commands.mp4

05:15

02 - 1. Linux User Authentication

01 - User and group overview.mp4

03:47

02 - User account file.mp4

05:39

03 - User password file.mp4

04:49

04 - Group accounts and password files.mp4

03:31

05 - About Pluggable Authentication Modules.mp4

05:12

03 - 2. Account Policies

01 - Check password hash algorithms.mp4

03:05

02 - Test password strength.mp4

03:58

03 - Set default password policies.mp4

03:39

04 - Edit global account defaults.mp4

01:46

05 - Configure user account aging.mp4

04:55

04 - 3. Users, Groups, and Passwords

01 - Create and delete users.mp4

05:26

02 - Modify user accounts.mp4

04:04

03 - Create and delete groups.mp4

04:07

04 - Assign users to groups.mp4

02:33

05 - Lock accounts and passwords.mp4

03:41

06 - Force password resets.mp4

01:34

05 - 4. Elevating Privileges

01 - Become the super user.mp4

05:49

02 - Elevate group privileges.mp4

04:00

03 - Elevate privileges using sudo.mp4

03:21

04 - Manage sudo users.mp4

05:00

06 - Conclusion

01 - Next steps.mp4

00:47

Description

Linux servers often contain thousands of users and user files. It's easier to maintain users if they are contained in groups, but only if the limitations of groups are understood and managed properly. In this course, instructor Grant McWilliams shows you how to manage Linux users and groups using command-line tools.

Learn about Linux user authentication and account policies. Find out how to create, modify, and delete both user and group accounts, as well as assign users to groups, lock accounts and passwords, and force password resets. Explore elevating privileges using group passwords, changing to the super user, and honing your management skills with sudo as you get ready for your next steps as a Linux system administrator.

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Grant McWilliams is a computer consultant, public speaker, technical writer, professor and software developer specializing in Linux and Open Source. He's been a college professor for 20 years teaching at Bellevue College, Shoreline Community College and Edmonds Community College. He's also provided custom training and curriculum for Boeing, Panasonic, Thales and many other fortune 500 corporations. His training focuses entirely on open source and Linux technologies. His consulting company - Sound Linux Training and Consulting has been in business for 26 years in various forms and specializes in creating custom solutions using open source technologies. These have included Linux based in-flight entertainment systems, massively scaled Xen hypervisor near-embedded platforms as well as cloud, virtual and physical security scanning and penetration testing appliances. His public speaking engagements include Linuxcon (New Orleans 2013), Xen User Summit (NYC 2014) and LinuxFest Northwest (Bellingham WA 2004-2011). His technical writing/editing achievements have included writing documentation and manpages for Citrix Xenserver via the Xenapi Admin Project and technical editor for No Starch Press on the book Wicked Cool Shell Scripts. Specialties: Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Xen Cloud Platform/Xenserver, Linux, BASH, Saltstack, SELinux, PHP, Python, System Design, Technical writing, curriculum creation, Instructor Led Training

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