 | Level: Intermediate David Mertz (mertz@gnosis.cx), Developer, Gnosis Software
24 May 2006
Welcome to the next step in studying for the Linux certification exams. This tutorial series serves as a comprehensive study guide so you can take the exams with confidence. And even if you're not preparing for Linux certification at this time, this series helps you build fundamental skills on Linux systems administration.
In this tutorial (the fifth in a series of seven tutorials on exam 202 topics), David Mertz examine several protocols' centralized configuration of network settings on clients within a network. DHCP is widely used to establish basic handshaking to clients machines such as assigning IP addresses. At a higher level, NIS and (more often) LDAP are used for arbitrary shared information among machines on a network. This tutorial also discusses PAM, which is a flexible, networked, user authentication system. This tutorial continues preparing you to take the Linux Professional Institute Intermediate Level Administration (LPIC-2) Exam 202.
Proceed through the tutorials in sequence, or choose your topic of interest, from the entire set of Linux certification tutorials on developerWorks.
In this tutorial
- Configure a DHCP server
- Configure an NIS server
- Configure an LDAP server
- Configure PAM to support authentication
Objectives
By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to install and configure DHCP, NIS, LDAP, and PAM on Linux. The tutorial is organized according to the specific objectives of the LPI exam for this topic. If you're studying for certification -- or simply building a solid foundation in Linux systems administration -- you will be ready to proceed to the next tutorial in the
exam 202 series.
Prerequisites
To get the most from this tutorial, you should have a basic knowledge of
Linux. This tutorial builds on content covered in previous tutorials in
this LPI series, so you may want to first review the tutorials for exam 202.
System requirements
You should have a working Linux system on which to practice the commands covered in this tutorial.
Duration
2 hours
Formats html, pdf
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