Ubuntu Linux Administration: User and Group Management

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Andrew Mallett

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1. Course Overview

1. Course Overview.mp4

01:23

2. Understanding User Accounts in Linux

1. Welcome to Managing Users.mp4

06:18

2. User Account Databases and Listing Users.mp4

07:45

3. Using Su to Elevate User Privileges.mp4

07:54

4. Understanding Sudo Configuration.mp4

03:50

5. Using Sudo in Ubuntu 20.04.mp4

11:11

6. Managing PolKit and Recovering from a Sudo Failure.mp4

09:22

7. Summary and Whats Next.mp4

03:59

3. Creating and Managing Users in Linux

1. Welcoming Your Users.mp4

06:49

2. Creating Users with Useradd.mp4

09:28

3. Working with Defaults.mp4

08:27

4. Working with Template Directories.mp4

07:19

5. Understanding Ongoing User Account Maintenance.mp4

04:35

6. Modifying and Removing Users.mp4

08:07

7. Working with GECOS and Finger Data.mp4

08:26

8. Managing Linux Groups.mp4

05:16

9. Summary and Whats Next.mp4

03:13

4. Managing User Passwords and Authentication in Linux

1. Passwords and Authentication in Ubuntu 20.04.mp4

05:03

2. Understanding Shadow Data.mp4

08:54

3. Managing Passwords with Passwd and Chpasswd.mp4

08:21

4. The Password Elements.mp4

08:56

5. Understanding Authentication.mp4

05:51

6. Group Administrators and Passwords.mp4

08:19

7. Summary and Whats Next.mp4

01:43

5. Managing System-wide User Login Scripts

1. Templates and Login Scripts.mp4

03:18

2. The Skeleton Directory.mp4

05:45

3. Understanding Login Shells and the .profile.mp4

05:47

4. Working with Login Shells.mp4

08:02

5. Centralized Login Scripts.mp4

07:55

6. Summary and Whats Next.mp4

02:14

6. Managing Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)

1. What Is PAM.mp4

04:11

2. Working with PAM.mp4

05:41

3. Creating User Home Directories.mp4

06:58

4. Understanding Bad Logins.mp4

04:04

5. Implementing Bad Login Counts.mp4

08:34

6. Summary.mp4

02:21

Description

If you manage a shared access Linux server, you'll need to work with user and group accounts. This course will teach you the fundamental skills in managing local identities in Linux.

What You'll Learn?

Managing users and groups in Linux enables you to protect resources on your system. In this course, Ubuntu Linux Administration: User and Group Management, you’ll learn to manage local identities in Ubuntu 20.04. First, you’ll explore user accounts and the tools used to manage them. Next, you’ll discover passwords and authentication. Finally, you’ll learn how to enable additional features using Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of local identity management needed to manage users and groups in Linux.

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Linux Administration

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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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