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Practical Linux Security Cookbook

By : Michael A Lindner, Tajinder Kalsi
Book Image

Practical Linux Security Cookbook

By: Michael A Lindner, Tajinder Kalsi

Overview of this book

With the growing popularity of Linux, more and more administrators have started moving to the system to create networks or servers for any task. This also makes Linux the first choice for any attacker now. Due to the lack of information about security-related attacks, administrators now face issues in dealing with these attackers as quickly as possible. Learning about the different types of Linux security will help create a more secure Linux system. Whether you are new to Linux administration or experienced, this book will provide you with the skills to make systems more secure. With lots of step-by-step recipes, the book starts by introducing you to various threats to Linux systems. You then get to walk through customizing the Linux kernel and securing local files. Next you will move on to manage user authentication locally and remotely and also mitigate network attacks. Finally, you will learn to patch bash vulnerability and monitor system logs for security. With several screenshots in each example, the book will supply a great learning experience and help you create more secure Linux systems.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Practical Linux Security Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Install and configure a basic LDAP server on Ubuntu


Lightweight Directory Access Protocol or LDAP is a protocol used to manage access to a file and directory hierarchy from some centralized location. The directory is similar to a database; however, it is likely to contain more expressive, attribute-based information. LDAP is mainly used for centralized authentication.

An LDAP server helps to control who has access to the read and update information in the directory.

Getting ready

To install and configure LDAP, we need to first create a Ubuntu server. The current version of the Ubuntu server installation media can be found at http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server.

After downloading it, follow the steps given for the installation of the Ubuntu server.

We need a second system with the Desktop version of Ubuntu installed. This will be used to access your LDAP server through a web interface.

Once this is done, we can proceed with the installation of LDAP.

How to do it…

We shall now start with the process...