Unit 1: Introduction to directory
services
- What is a directory ?
- LDAP: models, schema and attributes
Unit 2: The LDAP naming
model
- Directory information trees and Distinguished Names
- X.500 and "internet" naming suffiexes
- Planning the directory hierarchy
Unit 3:
Red Hat Directory Server basic configuration
- Installation and setup of Red Hat Directory Server
- Using the Red Hat console
- Using logging to monitor Red Hat Directory Server activity
- Backing up and resotring the directory
- Basic performance tuning with indexes
Unit 4: Searching and
modifying the LDAP directory
- Using command-line utilities to search the directory
- Search filter syntax
- Updating the directory
Unit 5: Red Hat
Directory Server authintication and security
- Configuring TLS security
- Using access control insturctions (ACIs)
- ACIs and the Red Hat console
Unit 6:
Linux user authentication with NSS and PAM
- Understanding authentifation and authorization
- Name service switch (NSS)
- Advanced pluggable authentication modules (PAM) configuration
Unit 7: Centralized user
authentication with LDAP
- Central account management with LDAP
- Using migration scripts to migrate existing data into a LDAP
server
- LDAP user authentication
Unit 8: Kerberos and
LDAP
- Introduction to Kerberos
- Configuring the Kerberos key distribution center (KDC) and
clients
- Configuring LDAP to support Kerberos
Unit 9: Directory
referrals and replication
- Referrals and replication
- Single master configuration
- Multiple master configuration
- Planning for directory server availiability
Unit 10: Cross-platform
centralized identity management
- Syncronizing Red Hat Directory Server with Active Directory
- Managing user with Windbind and LDAP
- Mapping attributes between Linux and Microsoft Windows
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