INTEGRATING LINUX AND MICROSOFT COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed for the enterprise-level Linux professional and
represents the highest level of professional, distribution-neutral Linux
certification within the industry.
LPIC-3 300 covers administering Linux enterprise-wide with an emphasis on mixed
environments.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN
* Configure and troubleshoot OpenLDAP.
* Use OpenLDAP as an authentication backend.
* Manage software packages.
* Use Samba
- Share configuration
- User and group management
- Domain integration
- Name services
- with Linux and Windows clients
INTEGRATING LINUX AND MICROSOFT COURSE DETAILS
* Who will benefit:
Enterprise-level Linux professionals.
* Prerequisites:
Delegates must have an active LPIC-2 certification to receive LPIC-3
certification, but the LPIC-2 and LPIC-3 exams may be taken in any order.
* Duration
5 days
INTEGRATING UNIX AND MICROSOFT COURSE CONTENTS
* OPENLDAP CONFIGURATION
* OpenLDAP replication
Replication concepts, OpenLDAP replication, replication log files, replica
hubs, LDAP referrals, LDAP sync replication.
* Securing the Directory
Securing the directory with SSL and TLS, Firewall considerations,
Unauthenticated access methods, User/password authentication methods,
Maintanence of SASL user DB, certificates.
* OpenLDAP Server Performance Tuning
Measure OpenLDAP performance, Tune software configuration to increase
performance, indexes.
* OPENLDAP AS AN AUTHENTICATION BACKEND LDAP
* Integration with PAM and NSS
Configure PAM to use LDAP for authentication, NSS to retrieve information
from LDAP and PAM modules in UNIX.
* Integrating LDAP with Active Directory and Kerberos
Kerberos integration with LDAP, Cross platform authentication, Single sign-on
concepts, Integration and compatibility limitations between OpenLDAP and
Active Directory.
* SAMBA BASICS
* Samba Concepts and Architecture
Samba daemons and components, key issues regarding heterogeneous network,
Identify key TCP/UDP ports used with SMB/CIFS, Knowledge of Samba3 and Samba4
differences.
* Configure Samba
Samba server configuration file structure, variables and configuration
parameters, Troubleshoot and debug configuration problems.
* Regular Samba Maintenance
Monitor and interact with running Samba daemons, Perform regular backups of
Samba configuration and state data.
* Troubleshooting Samba
Samba logging, Backup TDB files, Restore TDB files, Identify TDB file
corruption, Edit / list TDB file content.
* Internationalization
Internationalization character codes and code pages, differences in the name
space between Windows and Linux/Unix with respect to share, names,
user/group/computer naming in a non-English environment.
* SAMBA SHARE CONFIGURATION
* Linux File System and Share/Service Permissions
File / directory permission control, Samba interaction with Linux file system
permissions and ACLs, Use Samba VFS to store Windows ACLs.
* Print Services
Printer sharing, integration between Samba and CUPS, Manage Windows print
drivers and configure downloading of print drivers, security concerns with
printer sharing.
* SAMBA USER AND GROUP MANAGEMENT
* Managing User Accounts and Groups
User and group accounts, mappings, user account management tools, smbpasswd,
file/directory ownership of objects.
* Authentication, Authorization and Winbind
Local password database, password synchronization, passdb backends, Convert
between passdb backends, Integrate Samba with LDAP, Winbind service, PAM and
NSS.
* SAMBA DOMAIN INTEGRATION
* Samba as a PDC and BDC
Domain membership and trust relationships, Create and maintain a PDC and BDC
with Samba3/4, Add computers to an existing domain, logon scripts, roaming
profiles, system policies.
* Samba4 as an AD compatible Domain
Samba 4 as an AD DC, smbclient, how Samba integrates with AD services: DNS,
Kerberos, NTP, LDAP.
* Configure Samba as a Domain Member Server
Joining Samba to NT4 and AD domains, obtain a TGT from a KDC.
* SAMBA NAME SERVICES
* NetBIOS and WINS
WINS concepts, NetBIOS concepts, local master browser, domain master browser,
Samba as a WINS server, name resolution, WINS replication, NetBIOS browsing
and browser elections, NETBIOS name types.
* Active Directory Name Resolution
DNS for Samba4 as an AD Domain Controller, DNS forwarding with the internal
DNS server of Samba4.
* WORKING WITH LINUX AND WINDOWS CLIENTS
* CIFS Integration
SMB/CIFS concepts, remote CIFS shares from a Linux client, securely storing
CIFS credentials, features and benefits of CIFS, permissions and file
ownership of remote CIFS shares.
* Working with Windows Clients
browse lists and SMB clients from Windows, Share file/print resources from
Windows, the smbclient program, the Windows net utility.