Integrating Linux and Microsoft

Description

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

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.