Learn how to administer and manage users, user accounts, user groups, permissions, privileges, and access-related settings in Linux.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know
- User and group overview
- User account data file
- User password data file
- Group accounts and group password files
- Convert to Shadow Suite
- Increase password hash strength
- Test passwords for strength
- Change default password policies
- Change global user account defaults
- Individual user account settings
- Create and delete users
- Modify users
- Manage user passwords
- Switch users
- Elevate privileges using sudo
- Manage groups
- Elevate privileges by switching groups
- Manage users and groups graphically
- Next steps
Taught by
Grant McWilliams
