Learn how to manage users and groups using command-line tools in Linux as a system administrator.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know
- Get help with commands
- Reconfigure or migrate CentOS
- User and group overview
- User account file
- User password file
- Group accounts and password files
- About Pluggable Authentication Modules
- Check password hash algorithms
- Test password strength
- Set default password policies
- Edit global account defaults
- Configure user account aging
- Create and delete users
- Modify user accounts
- Create and delete groups
- Assign users to groups
- Lock accounts and passwords
- Force password resets
- Become the super user
- Elevate group privileges
- Elevate privileges using sudo
- Manage sudo users
- Next steps
Taught by
Grant McWilliams
