RH423 Red Hat Enterprise Directory Services and Authentication

    

Summary:
This course is designed to train people with RHCE competency on skills required to manage and deploy the Red Hat Directory Server on and for Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. Gaining an understanding of the basic concepts, configuration, and management of LDAP-based services is central to this course. The course will also look at PAM, the Pluggable Authentication Modules system, and how it is integrated with services that require authentication and authorization.

Duration:
4 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
This course is aimed at senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators and other IT professionals who need to provide enterprise-wide authentication or information services or who desire training in the management of LDAP-based directory services and customization of Linux authentication using the Red Hat Directory Server.

Topics:

• Introduction to Directory Services
• The LDAP Naming Model
• Red Hat Directory Server Basic Configuration
• Red Hat Directory Server Authentication and Security
• Searching and Modifying the LDAP Directory
• Linux User Authentication with NSS and PAM
• Centralized User Authentication with LDAP
• Kerberos and LDAP
• Directory Referrals and Replication
• Authenticating Windows Clients
• Windows Domain Authentication and Linux Clients

Prerequisites:
Students are required to have RHCE-level skills. The RHCE certificate on Red Hat Linux 7.1 or later is recommended but not required. Prerequisite skills can be shown by passing the RHCE Exam or by possessing comparable skills and knowledge.

Last Update: May 23, 2012