Книга: Fedora™ Unleashed, 2008 edition

Reference

Reference

? http://howtos.linux.com/howtos/User-Authentication-HOWTO/index.shtml — The User-Authentication HOWTO describes how user and group information is stored and used for authentication.

? http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Shadow-Password-HOWTO.html — The Shadow-Password HOWTO delves into the murky depths of shadow passwords and even discusses why you might not want to use them.

? http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Security-HOWTO.html — A must-read HOWTO, the Security HOWTO is a good overview of security issues. Especially applicable to this chapter are sections on creating accounts, file permissions, and password security.

? http://www.secinf.net/unix_security/Linux_Administrators_Security_Guide/— A general guide, the Linux System Administrator's Security Guide has interesting sections on limiting and monitoring users.

? http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Path.html — How can one know the true path? The Path HOWTO sheds light on this issue. You need to understand paths if you want to guide the users to their data and applications.

? http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/ — The SUperuser DO command is a powerful and elegant way to delegate authority to regular users for specific commands.

? http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/index.html — The Pluggable Authentication Modules suite contains complex and highly useful applications that provide additional security and logging for passwords. PAM is installed by default in Fedora. It is not necessary to understand the intricacies of PAM to use it effectively.

? http://localhost/localdomain/ — Your Fedora system contains man and info pages on just about everything covered here. Use man -k to search on a keyword.

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