Linux Account Authentication

  • Types of Accounts

    • Local accounts
    • Domain/Directory accounts
    • Windows \(\rightarrow\) Active Directory
    • LDAP
    • IDM
    • WinBIND
    • OpenLDAP

  • Active Directory

    • is created and used by Microsoft

  • IDM (Identity Manager)

    • created by RedHat

  • WinBIND

    • used in Linux to communicate with Windows(Samba).
    • it allows Windows Active Directory users to login into Linux machines.

  • OpenLDAP

    • it is a directory service same as above which is open source and used in Linux

  • LDAP

    • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol