Linux Server Hacks, Volume Two; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; How to Use This Book; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; How to Contact Us; Safari® Enabled; Got a Hack?; 1. Linux Authentication; 1. Disable User Accounts Instantly; 1.2.2. Disabling Accounts on Systems That Use Distributed Authentication; 2. Edit Your Password File for Greater Access Control; 3. Deny All Access in One Second or Less; 4. Customize Authentication with PAMs; 1.5.2. Per-Application/Service PAM Configuration Files; 1.5.3. PAMs Used by the login Process. and 1.5.4. Configuration and More Configuration1.5.5. What if PAM Configuration Files Are Missing?; 1.5.6. See Also; 5. Authenticate Linux Users with a Windows Domain Controller; 1.6.2. Critical Samba Configuration for Using Windows Authentication; 1.6.3. Updating /etc/nsswitch.conf; 1.6.4. Integrating the pam_winbind.so PAM into System Authentication; 1.6.5. Starting the winbindd Daemon; 1.6.6. Joining the Domain; 1.6.7. Testing Window.
Summary
This handy reference offers 100 completely new server management tips and techniques designed to improve your productivity and sharpen your administrative skills. Each hack represents a clever way to accomplish a specific task, saving you countless hours of searching for the right answer. And you don't have to be a system administrator with hundreds of boxen to get something useful from this book as many of the hacks apply equally well to a single system or a home network. Whether they help you recover lost data, collect information from distributed clients, or synchronize administrative envir.
