Part IV. Administration: Managing Identities


This part details how to manage user accounts, hosts, as well as user groups and host groups. In addition, it details how to assign and view unique UID and GID numbers and how user and group schema works. The following chapter deals with managing services and delegating access to hosts and services. The final chapters provide instruction on how to define Access Control for Identity Management users, how to manage Kerberos flags and principal aliases, and how to integrate with NIS domains and Netgroups.
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