RHEL 8: Managing Users and Groups

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Andrew Mallett

2:05:45

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1 - Course Overview

1. Course Overview.mp4

01:52

2 - Managing Linux Users

1. Linux Users.mp4

04:51

2. Listing Users in Linux.mp4

05:36

3. Understanding User Creation.mp4

05:26

4. Creating Users in Linux.mp4

07:02

5. Modifying and Deleting Users.mp4

05:40

6. Summary and Whats Next.mp4

02:45

3 - Managing User Passwords in Linux

1. Understanding Linux Passwords.mp4

06:27

2. Working with Shadow Data in Linux.mp4

06:08

3. Setting Password Defaults.mp4

03:22

4. Understanding Password Authentication.mp4

04:27

5. Authenticating User Passwords.mp4

07:17

6. Managing User Passwords.mp4

10:17

7. Summary and Whats Next.mp4

02:38

4 - Managing Groups in Linux

1. Managing Linux Groups.mp4

04:02

2. Listing Primary Groups Members.mp4

06:57

3. Appending to Groups.mp4

03:19

4. Understanding Groups Passwords.mp4

02:21

5. Working with Group Passwords and Group Administrators.mp4

04:48

6. Summary and Whats Next.mp4

04:15

5 - Elevating Privileges in Linux

1. Bossing It in Linux.mp4

02:57

2. Using su.mp4

05:05

3. Understanding sudo.mp4

03:37

4. Using sudo.mp4

07:45

5. Maintaining the Editor Variable.mp4

04:23

6. Summary.mp4

02:28

Exercise Files

rhel-8-managing-users-groups-cert.zip

Description

Creating and managing local accounts is a required skill of any Linux administrator. This course will teach you all that you need to know about managing users, groups, and passwords in Linux.

What You'll Learn?

Linux provides you with a root account, but you'll need more accounts than just that as well as elevating to root when required. In this course, RHEL 8: Managing Users and Groups, you’ll learn to manage the lifecycle of user in Linux. First, you’ll explore basic user management. Next, you’ll discover the complexity of password management and chow authentication occurs. Finally, you’ll learn how to allow elevation securely to the root account. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of account management needed to class yourself as a Linux administrator.

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Andrew Mallett

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Andrew is an all around Linux professional with in depth knowledge of the OS and this is supported with scripting in bash, perl, python and ruby and application development in C, C++ and Java. Having worked for many years in training, Andrew has developed automated course build systems after endless time wasted on Friday nights. The first build system he built was aptly named "Friday nights." This has inspired his interest in all things deployment related. He has authored training courses on Microsoft Deployment Toolkit as well as countless bespoke PXE solutions to training organizations. His commitment to the community shows in the amount of content that he has uploaded to his YouTube channel since theurbanpenguin was founded in 2009, as well as more recently helping with the Google / Raspberry Pi CoderDojo project. He also teaches Linux in schools. Over the years Andrew has taught Novell, Microsoft, Lotus Notes, Citrix, Solaris as well as Linux. It is Linux, though, where his love is. Andrew is able to help you understand how the product will fit into your organization and understand the heterogeneous environment we all work in.

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