Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Conventions
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Access to Oracle Support for Accessibility
  • Diversity and Inclusion
• 1 Authentication Configuration
  • About Authentication
  • About Local Oracle Linux Authentication
    • Configuring Local Access
    • Configuring Fingerprint Reader Authentication
    • Configuring Smart Card Authentication
  • About IPA Authentication
    • Configuring IPA Authentication
  • About LDAP Authentication
    • About LDAP Data Interchange Format
    • Configuring an LDAP Server
    • Replacing the Default Certificates
    • Creating and Distributing Self-signed CA Certificates
    • Initializing an Organization in LDAP
    • Adding an Automount Map to LDAP
    • Adding a Group to LDAP
    • Adding a User to LDAP
    • Adding Users to a Group in LDAP
    • Enabling LDAP Authentication
      • Configuring an LDAP Client to use SSSD
      • Configuring an LDAP Client to Use Automount Maps
  • About NIS Authentication
    • About NIS Maps
    • Configuring an NIS Server
    • Adding User Accounts to NIS
    • Enabling NIS Authentication
      • Configuring an NIS Client to Use Automount Maps
  • About Kerberos Authentication
    • Configuring a Kerberos Server
    • Configuring a Kerberos Client
    • Enabling Kerberos Authentication
  • About Pluggable Authentication Modules
  • About the System Security Services Daemon
    • Configuring an SSSD Server
  • About Winbind Authentication
    • Enabling Winbind Authentication
• 2 Local Account Configuration
  • About User and Group Configuration
  • Changing Default Settings for User Accounts
  • Creating User Accounts
    • About umask and the setgid and Restricted Deletion Bits
  • Locking an Account
  • Modifying or Deleting User Accounts
  • Creating Groups
  • Modifying or Deleting Groups
  • Configuring Password Aging
  • Granting sudo Access to Users