Authentication and authorization are very important things to have in a data center environment. While there are many Directory Access services that can do the job, OpenLDAP is a popular open-source one. In this lab, we’ll go over changing user passwords and manipulating LDAP entries.
Learning Objectives
Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
- Change the password for the bbanner user.
First, we need to do an
ldapsearchto get all the required information. Then we can runldappasswdto change thebbanneruser’s password.- Change the login shell for the srogers user.
First, we need to do an
ldapsearchto get all the required information. Then we can runldappasswdto change thesrogersuser’s shell.
