Gain the essential skills and hands-on expertise required to pass the LPIC-3 300 certification exam. This book provides the insight for you to confidently install, manage and troubleshoot OpenLDAP, Samba, and FreeIPA. Helping you to get started from scratch, this guide is divided into three comprehensive sections covering everything you'll need to prepare for the exam.

Part 1 focuses on OpenLDAP and topics including securing the directory, integration with PAM and replication. Part 2 covers Samba and teaches you about Samba architecture, using different back ends, print services, and deploying Samba as a stand-alone server, PDC, and Active Directory Domain Controller. Finally, Part 3 explains how to manage FreeIPA and how to integrate it with Active Directory.

Practical LPIC-3 300 is the perfect study guide for anyone interested in the LPIC-3 300 certification exam, OpenLDAP, Samba, or FreeIPA.

What You'll Learn

• Integrate LDAP with PAM and NSS, and with Active Directory and Kerberos
• Manage OpenLDAP replication and server performance tuning
• Use Samba as a PDC and BDC
• Configure Samba as a domain member server in an existing NT domain
• Use Samba as an AD Compatible Domain Controller
• Replicate, manage, and integrate FreeIPA

Who This Book Is For

This book is for anyone who is preparing for the LPIC-3 300 exam, or those interested in learning about OpenLDAP and Samba in general. 

Table of Contents

Part I: OpenLDAP

Chapter 1: Starting with OpenLDAP

Chapter 2: Securing the Directory

Chapter 3: LDAP Integration with PAM and NSS

Chapter 4: Integrating LDAP with Active Directory and Kerberos

Chapter 5: OpenLDAP Replication

Chapter 6: OpenLDAP Server Performance Tuning

Part II: Samba

Chapter 7: Starting with Samba

Chapter 8: Samba Concepts and Architecture, Configuring Samba, and Internationalization

Chapter 9: Regular Samba Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Chapter 10: File Services in Samba

Chapter 11: Linux File System and Share and Service Permissions

Chapter 12: Print Services

Chapter 13: Managing User Accounts and Groups

Chapter 14: Authentication, Authorization, and Winbind

Chapter 15: Samba as a PDC and BDC

Chapter 16: Configuring Samba as a Domain Member Server in an Existing NT Domain

Chapter 17: Samba 4 as an AD Compatible Domain Controller

Chapter 18: Configuring Samba as a Domain Member Server in an Existing Active Directory Domain

Chapter 19: NetBIOS and WINS

Chapter 20: Active Directory Name Resolution

Chapter 21: CIFS Integration

Chapter 22: Working with Windows Clients

Part III: FreeIPA

Chapter 23: Starting with FreeIPA

Chapter 24: FreeIPA Replication: Adding Clients to the Domain

Chapter 25: FreeIPA Entity Management

Chapter 26: FreeIPA AD Integration

Chapter 27: Network File System

About the Author

Antonio Vazquez is an IT professional who has been working with Linux for more than a decade. He studied computer engineering at university in Spain, and he currently holds many IT certifications from the main vendors in the industry. At present, he works for a public institution and is in charge of almost a thousand Linux servers spread across the country, providing web services, FTP services, file services, virtualization, and more. He is also the author of Learn CentOS Linux Network Services (Apress, 2016).