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	==Introduction==		==Introduction==
−	Oops.  This file was truncated on upload.  It'll be reuploaded in the next day or so.  In the meanwhile, if you are preparing for a beta exam, also brush up on Samba 4, FreeIPA 3.2 and Kerberos 5.	+
		+	A complete description of the [[LPIC-3|LPIC-3 certification program]] can be found [[LPIC-3|here]].
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	==Version Information==		==Version Information==
−	These objectives are version 1.0.0rc1.  Objective renumbering will need to be done.	+	These objectives are version 1.0.0.
		+
		+	They were partially formed from content in the [[LPIC-3_301_Objectives|301]] and [[LPIC-3_302_Objectives|302]] exams.  This is also a [[LPIC2AndLPIC3SummaryVersion3To4|summary and detailed information]] on the changes from those objectives to version 1 of these objectives.
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	==Addenda==		==Addenda==
−	===''Version Update Addendum (Apr 1st, 2013)''===	+	===''Version Release (Oct 1st, 2013)''===
−	* released version 1.0.0rc1.	+	* released version 1.0.0
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	The following translations of the objectives are available on this wiki:		The following translations of the objectives are available on this wiki:
−	* [[LPIC-301|English]].	+	* [[LPIC-3_300_Objectives_V1|English]]
−	* [[LPIC-301(ES)|Spanish]].	+	* [[LPIC-3_300_Objectives_V1(FR)|French]]
−	* [[LPIC-301(FR)|French]]	+	* [[LPIC-3_300_Objectives_V1(ES)|Spanish]]
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	==Objectives==		==Objectives==
−	===''Topic 301: Concepts, Architecture and Design''===	+	===''Topic 390: OpenLDAP Configuration''===
−	====<span style="color:navy">301.1 LDAP Concepts and Architecture</span>====	+	====<span style="color:navy">390.1 OpenLDAP Replication (weight: 3)</span>====
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−	Candidates should be familiar with LDAP and X.500 concepts	+	Candidates should be familiar with the server replication available with OpenLDAP.
	|}		|}
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	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''		'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
−	* LDAP and X.500 technical specification.	+	* Replication concepts
−	* Attribute definitions.	+	* Configure OpenLDAP replication
−	* Directory namespaces.	+	* Analyze replication log files
−	* Distinguished names.	+	* Understand replica hubs
−	* LDAP Data Interchange Format.	+	* LDAP referrals
−	* Meta-directories.	+	* LDAP sync replication
−	* Changetype operations.	+
	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''		'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
−	* LDIF	+	* master / slave server
−	* Meta-directory	+	* multi-master replication
−	* changetype	+	* consumer
−	* X.500	+	* replica hub
−	* /var/lib/ldap/*	+	* one-shot mode
		+	* referral
		+	* syncrepl
		+	* pull-based / push-based synchronization
		+	* refreshOnly and refreshAndPersist
		+	* replog
	<br />		<br />
−	====<span style="color:navy">301.2 Directory Design</span>====	+	====<span style="color:navy">390.2 Securing the Directory (weight: 3)</span>====
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
		+
		+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should be able to configure encrypted access to the LDAP directory, and restrict access at the firewall level.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Securing the directory with SSL and TLS
		+	* Firewall considerations
		+	* Unauthenticated access methods
		+	* User / password authentication methods
		+	* Maintanence of SASL user DB
		+	* Client / server certificates
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+
		+	* SSL / TLS
		+	* Security Strength Factors (SSF)
		+	* SASL
		+	* proxy authorization
		+	* StartTLS
		+	* iptables
		+
		+	<br />
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">390.3 OpenLDAP Server Performance Tuning (weight: 2)</span>====
	{|		{|
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−	Candidates should be able to design an implement an LDAP directory, while planning an appropriate Directory Information Tree to avoid redundancy. Candidates should have an understanding of the types of data which are appropriate for storage in an LDAP directory.	+	Candidates should be capable of measuring the performance of an LDAP server, and tuning configuration directives.
	|}		|}
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	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''		'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
−	* Define LDAP directory content.	+	* Measure OpenLDAP performance
−	* Organize directory.	+	* Tune software configuration to increase performance
−	* Planning appropriate Directory Information Trees.	+	* Understand indexes
	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''		'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
−	* Class of Service	+	* index
−	* Directory Information Tree	+	* DB_CONFIG
−	* Distinguished name	+
−	* Container	+
	<br />		<br />
−	====<span style="color:navy">301.3 Schemas</span>====	+	===''Topic 391: OpenLDAP as an Authentication Backend''===
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">391.1 LDAP Integration with PAM and NSS (weight: 2)</span>====
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−	Candidates should be familiar with schema concepts, and the base schema files included with an OpenLDAP installation.  Candidates should be able to build and maintain a whitepages service.	+	Candidates should be able to configure PAM and NSS to retrieve information from an LDAP directory.
	|}		|}
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	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''		'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
−	* LDAP schema concepts.	+	* Configure PAM to use LDAP for authentication
−	* Create and modify schemas.	+	* Configure NSS to retrieve information from LDAP
−	* Attribute and object class syntax.	+	* Configure PAM modules in various Unix environments
−	* Plan whitepages services.	+
−	* Configure whitepages services.	+
	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''		'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
−	* Distributed schema	+	* PAM
−	* Extended schema	+	* NSS
−	* Object Identifiers	+	* /etc/pam.d/
−	* /etc/ldap/schema/*	+	* /etc/nsswitch.conf
−	* Object class	+
−	* Attribute	+
−	* include directive	+
		+	<br />
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">391.2 Integrating LDAP with Active Directory and Kerberos (weight: 2)</span>====
		+
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
		+
		+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 2
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should be able to integrate LDAP with Active Directory Services.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Kerberos integration with LDAP
		+	* Cross platform authentication
		+	* Single sign-on concepts
		+	* Integration and compatibility limitations between OpenLDAP and Active Directory
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+
		+	* Kerberos
		+	* Active Directory
		+	* single sign-on
		+	* DNS
	<br />		<br />
−	===''Topic 303: Configuration''===	+	===''Topic 392: Samba Basics''===
−	====<span style="color:navy">303.3 LDAP Replication</span>====	+	====<span style="color:navy">392.1 Samba Concepts and Architecture (weight: 2)</span>====
	{|		{|
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	'''Weight'''		'''Weight'''
−	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 4	+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 2
	|-		|-
	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |		| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
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−	Candidates should be familiar with the server replication available with OpenLDAP.	+	Candidates should understand the essential concepts of Samba.  As well, the major differences between Samba3 and Samba4 should be known.
	|}		|}
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	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''		'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
−	* Replication concepts.	+	* Understand the roles of the Samba daemons and components
−	* Configure OpenLDAP replication.	+	* Understand key issues regarding heterogeneous networks
−	* Analyze replication log files.	+	* Identify key TCP/UDP ports used with SMB/CIFS
−	* Understand replica hubs.	+	* Knowledge of Samba3 and Samba4 differences
−	* LDAP referrals.	+
−	* LDAP sync replication.	+
	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''		'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+	* /etc/services
		+	* Samba daemons: smbd, nmbd, samba, winbindd
−	* master / slave server	+	<br />
−	* multi-master replication	+
−	* consumer	+
−	* replica hub	+
−	* one-shot mode	+
−	* referral	+
−	* syncrepl	+
−	* pull-based / push-based synchronization	+
−	* refreshOnly and refreshAndPersist	+
−	* replog	+
−	<br />	+	====<span style="color:navy">392.2 Configure Samba (weight: 4)</span>====
−	====<span style="color:navy">303.4 Securing the Directory</span>====
	{|		{|
	| style="background:#dadada" |		| style="background:#dadada" |
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	'''Weight'''		'''Weight'''
−	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3	+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 4
	|-		|-
	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |		| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
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−	Candidates should be able to configure encrypted access to the LDAP directory, and restrict access at the firewall level.	+	Candidates should be able to configure the Samba daemons for a wide variety of purposes.
	|}		|}
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	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''		'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
−	* Securing the directory with SSL and TLS.	+	* Knowledge of Samba server configuration file structure
−	* Firewall considerations.	+	* Knowledge of Samba variables and configuration parameters
−	* Unauthenticated access methods.	+	* Troubleshoot and debug configuration problems with Samba
−	* User / password authentication methods.	+
−	* Maintanence of SASL user DB.	+
−	* Client / server certificates.	+
−		+
	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''		'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
−	* SSL / TLS	+	* smb.conf
−	* Security Strength Factors (SSF)	+	* smb.conf parameters
−	* SASL	+	* smb.conf variables
−	* proxy authorization	+	* testparm
−	* StartTLS	+	* secrets.tdb
−	* iptables	+
	<br />		<br />
−	====<span style="color:navy">303.5 LDAP Server Performance Tuning</span>====	+	====<span style="color:navy">392.3 Regular Samba Maintenance (weight: 2)</span>====
	{|		{|
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	'''Weight'''		'''Weight'''
		+
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−	Candidates should be capable of measuring the performance of an LDAP server, and tuning configuration directives	+	Candidates should know about the various tools and utilities that are part of a Samba installation.
	|}		|}
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	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''		'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
−	* Measure LDAP performance.	+	* Monitor and interact with running Samba daemons
−	* Tune software configuration to increase performance.	+	* Perform regular backups of Samba configuration and state data
−	* Understand indexes.	+
	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''		'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
−	* index	+	* smbcontrol
−	* DB_CONFIG	+	* smbstatus
		+	* tdbbackup
	<br />		<br />
		+	====<span style="color:navy">392.4 Troubleshooting Samba (weight: 2)</span>====
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
−	===''Topic 305: Integration and Migration''===	+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 2
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should understand the structure of trivial database files and know how troubleshoot problems.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Configure Samba logging
		+	* Backup TDB files
		+	* Restore TDB files
		+	* Identify TDB file corruption
		+	* Edit / list TDB file content
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+
		+	* /var/log/samba/
		+	* log level
		+	* debuglevel
		+	* smbpasswd
		+	* pdbedit
		+	* secrets.tdb
		+	* tdbbackup
		+	* tdbdump
		+	* tdbrestore
		+	* tdbtool
		+
		+	<br />
−	====<span style="color:navy">305.1 LDAP Integration with PAM and NSS</span>====	+	====<span style="color:navy">392.5 Internationalization (weight: 1)</span>====
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−	Candidates should be able to configure PAM and NSS to retrieve information from an LDAP directory.	+	Candidates should be able to work with internationalization character codes and code pages.
	|}		|}
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	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''		'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
−	* Configure PAM to use LDAP for authentication.	+	* Understand internationalization character codes and code pages
−	* Configure NSS to retrieve information from LDAP.	+	* Understand the difference in the name space between Windows and Linux/Unix with respect to share, file and directory names in a non-English environment
−	* Configure PAM modules in various Unix environments.	+	* Understand the difference in the name space between Windows and Linux/Unix with respect to user and group naming in a non-English environment
		+	* Understand the difference in the name space between Windows and Linux/Unix with respect to computer naming in a non-English environment
	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''		'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
−	* PAM	+	* internationalization
−	* NSS	+	* character codes
−	* /etc/pam.d/*	+	* code pages
−	* /etc/nsswitch.conf	+	* smb.conf
		+	* dos charset, display charset and unix charset
	<br />		<br />
−	====<span style="color:navy">305.3 Integrating LDAP with Unix Services</span>====	+	===''Topic 393: Samba Share Configuration''===
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">393.1 File Services (weight: 4)</span>====
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	|-		|-
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−	Candidates should be able to integrate LDAP authentication with a number of common Unix services.	+	Candidates should be able to create and configure file shares in a mixed environment.
	|}		|}
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	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''		'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
−	* Integrate SSH with LDAP.	+	* Create and configure file sharing
−	* Integrate FTP with LDAP.	+	* Plan file service migration
−	* Integrate HTTP with LDAP.	+	* Limit access to IPC$
−	* Integrate FreeRADIUS with LDAP.	+	* Create scripts for user and group handling of file shares
−	* Integrate print services with LDAP.	+	* Samba share access configuration parameters
−	* Integrate with Kerberos.	+
−	* Plan LDAP schema structure for email services.	+
−	* Create email attributes in LDAP.	+
−	* Integrate Postfix with LDAP.	+
−	* Integrate Sendmail with LDAP.	+
	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''		'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
−	* sshd.conf	+	* smb.conf
−	* ftp	+	* [homes]
−	* httpd.conf	+	* smbcquotas
−	* radiusd.conf	+	* smbsh
		+	* browseable, writeable, valid users, write list, read list, read only and guest ok
		+	* IPC$
		+	* mount, smbmount
		+	<br />
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">393.2 Linux File System and Share/Service Permissions (weight: 3)</span>====
		+
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
		+
		+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should understand file permissions on a Linux file system in a mixed environment.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Knowledge of file / directory permission control
		+	* Understand how Samba interacts with Linux file system permissions and ACLs
		+	* Use Samba VFS to store Windows ACLs
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+
		+	* smb.conf
		+	* chmod, chown
		+	* create mask, directory mask, force create mode, force directory mode
		+	* smbcacls
		+	* getfacl, setfacl
		+	* vfs_acl_xattr, vfs_acl_tdb and vfs objects
		+	<br />
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">393.3 Print Services (weight: 2)</span>====
		+
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
		+
		+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 2
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should be able to create and manage print shares in a mixed environment.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Create and configure printer sharing
		+	* Configure integration between Samba and CUPS
		+	* Manage Windows print drivers and configure downloading of print drivers
		+	* Configure [print$]
		+	* Understand security concerns with printer sharing
		+	* Uploading printer drivers for Point'n'Print driver installation using 'Add Print Driver Wizard' in Windows
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+
		+	* smb.conf
		+	* [print$]
		+	* CUPS
	* cupsd.conf		* cupsd.conf
−	* ldap.conf	+	* /var/spool/samba/
−	* Postfix	+	* smbspool
−	* Sendmail	+	* rpcclient
−	* schema	+	* net
−	* SASL	+	<br />
−	* POP	+
−	* IMAP	+	===''Topic 394: Samba User and Group Management''===
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">394.1 Managing User Accounts and Groups (weight: 4)</span>====
		+
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
		+
		+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 4
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should be able to manage user and group accounts in a mixed environment.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Manager user and group accounts
		+	* Understand user and group mapping
		+	* Knowledge of user account management tools
		+	* Use of the smbpasswd program
		+	* Force ownership of file and directory objects
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+	* pdbedit
		+	* smb.conf
		+	* samba-tool user (with subcommands)
		+	* samba-tool group (with subcommands)
		+	* smbpasswd
		+	* /etc/passwd
		+	* /etc/group
		+	* force user, force group
		+	* idmap
	<br />		<br />
−	====<span style="color:navy">305.5 Integrating LDAP with Active Directory and Kerberos</span>====	+	====<span style="color:navy">394.2 Authentication, Authorization and Winbind (weight: 5)</span>====
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	|-		|-
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−	Candidates should be able to integrate LDAP with Active Directory Services.	+	Candidates should understand the various authentication mechanisms and configure access control.  Candidates should be able to install and configure the Winbind service.
	|}		|}
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	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''		'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
−	* Kerberos integration with LDAP.	+	* Setup a local password database
−	* Cross platform authentication.	+	* Perform password synchronization
−	* Single sign-on concepts.	+	* Knowledge of different passdb backends
−	* Integration and compatibility limitations between OpenLDAP and Active Directory.	+	* Convert between Samba passdb backends
		+	* Integrate Samba with LDAP
		+	* Configure Winbind service
		+	* Configure PAM and NSS
	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''		'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
−	* Kerberos	+	* smb.conf
−	* Active Directory	+	* smbpasswd, tdbsam, ldapsam
−	* single sign-on	+	* passdb backend
−	* DNS	+	* libnss_winbind
		+	* libpam_winbind
		+	* libpam_smbpass
		+	* wbinfo
		+	* getent
		+	* SID and foreign SID
		+	* /etc/passwd
		+	* /etc/group
		+
		+	<br />
		+
		+	===''Topic 395: Samba Domain Integration''===
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">395.1 Samba as a PDC and BDC (weight: 3)</span>====
		+
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
		+
		+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should be able to setup and maintain primary and backup domain controllers.  Candidates should be able to manage Windows/Linux client access to the NT-Style domains.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Understand and configure domain membership and trust relationships
		+	* Create and maintain a primary domain controller with Samba3 and Samba4
		+	* Create and maintain a backup domain controller with Samba3 and Samba4
		+	* Add computers to an existing domain
		+	* Configure logon scripts
		+	* Configure roaming profiles
		+	* Configure system policies
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+
		+	* smb.conf
		+	* security mode
		+	* server role
		+	* domain logons
		+	* domain master
		+	* logon script
		+	* logon path
		+	* NTConfig.pol
		+	* net
		+	* profiles
		+	* add machine script
		+	* profile acls
		+
		+	<br />
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">395.2 Samba4 as an AD compatible Domain Controller (weight: 3)</span>====
		+
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
		+
		+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should be able to configure Samba 4 as an AD Domain Controller.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Configure and test Samba 4 as an AD DC
		+	* Using smbclient to confirm AD operation
		+	* Understand how Samba integrates with AD services: DNS, Kerberos, NTP, LDAP
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+
		+	* smb.conf
		+	* server role
		+	* samba-tool domain (with subcommands)
		+	* samba
		+
		+	<br />
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">395.3 Configure Samba as a Domain Member Server (weight: 3)</span>====
		+
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
		+
		+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should be able to integrate Linux servers into an environment where Active Directory is present.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Joining Samba to an existing NT4 domain
		+	* Joining Samba to an existing AD domain
		+	* Ability to obtain a TGT from a KDC
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+
		+	* smb.conf
		+	* server role
		+	* server security
		+	* net command
		+	* kinit, TGT and REALM
		+
		+	<br />
		+	<br />
		+
		+	===''Topic 396: Samba Name Services''===
		+
		+
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">396.1 NetBIOS and WINS (weight: 3)</span>====
		+
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
		+
		+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should be familiar with NetBIOS/WINS concepts and understand network browsing.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Understand WINS concepts
		+	* Understand NetBIOS concepts
		+	* Understand the role of a local master browser
		+	* Understand the role of a domain master browser
		+	* Understand the role of Samba as a WINS server
		+	* Understand name resolution
		+	* Configure Samba as a WINS server
		+	* Configure WINS replication
		+	* Understand NetBIOS browsing and browser elections
		+	* Understand NETBIOS name types
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+
		+	* smb.conf
		+	* nmblookup
		+	* smbclient
		+	* name resolve order
		+	* lmhosts
		+	* wins support, wins server, wins proxy, dns proxy
		+	* domain master, os level, preferred master
		+
		+	<br />
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">396.2 Active Directory Name Resolution (weight: 2)</span>====
		+
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
		+
		+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 2
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should be familiar with the internal DNS server with Samba4.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Understand and manage DNS for Samba4 as an AD Domain Controller
		+	* DNS forwarding with the internal DNS server of Samba4
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+
		+	* samba-tool dns (with subcommands)
		+	* smb.conf
		+	* dns forwarder
		+	* /etc/resolv.conf
		+	* dig, host
		+
		+	<br />
		+
		+	===''Topic 397: Working with Linux and Windows Clients''===
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">397.1 CIFS Integration (weight: 3)</span>====
		+
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
		+
		+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 3
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should be comfortable working with CIFS in a mixed environment.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Understand SMB/CIFS concepts
		+	* Access and mount remote CIFS shares from a Linux client
		+	* Securely storing CIFS credentials
		+	* Understand features and benefits of CIFS
		+	* Understand permissions and file ownership of remote CIFS shares
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+
		+	* SMB/CIFS
		+	* mount, mount.cifs
		+	* smbclient
		+	* smbget
		+	* smbtar
		+	* smbtree
		+	* findsmb
		+	* smb.conf
		+	* smbcquotas
		+	* /etc/fstab
		+
		+	<br />
		+
		+	====<span style="color:navy">397.2 Working with Windows Clients (weight: 2)</span>====
		+
		+	{|
		+	| style="background:#dadada" |
		+
		+	'''Weight'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" | 2
		+	|-
		+	| style="background:#dadada; padding-right:1em" |
		+
		+	'''Description'''
		+
		+	| style="background:#eaeaea" |
		+
		+	Candidates should be able to interact with remote Windows clients, and configure Windows workstations to access file and print services from Linux servers.
		+
		+	|}
		+
		+	'''Key Knowledge Areas:'''
		+
		+	* Knowledge of Windows clients
		+	* Explore browse lists and SMB clients from Windows
		+	* Share file / print resources from Windows
		+	* Use of the smbclient program
		+	* Use of the Windows net utility
		+
		+	'''The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:'''
		+
		+	* Windows net command
		+	* smbclient
		+	* control panel
		+	* rdesktop
		+	* workgroup
	<br />		<br />

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Latest revision as of 19:19, 4 December 2014

Introduction

A complete description of the LPIC-3 certification program can be found here.

Version Information

These objectives are version 1.0.0.

They were partially formed from content in the 301 and 302 exams. This is also a summary and detailed information on the changes from those objectives to version 1 of these objectives.

Addenda

Version Release (Oct 1st, 2013)

• released version 1.0.0

Translations of Objectives

The following translations of the objectives are available on this wiki:

• English
• French
• Spanish

Objectives

Topic 390: OpenLDAP Configuration

390.1 OpenLDAP Replication (weight: 3)

Weight	3
Description	Candidates should be familiar with the server replication available with OpenLDAP.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Replication concepts
• Configure OpenLDAP replication
• Analyze replication log files
• Understand replica hubs
• LDAP referrals
• LDAP sync replication

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• master / slave server
• multi-master replication
• consumer
• replica hub
• one-shot mode
• referral
• syncrepl
• pull-based / push-based synchronization
• refreshOnly and refreshAndPersist
• replog

390.2 Securing the Directory (weight: 3)

Weight	3
Description	Candidates should be able to configure encrypted access to the LDAP directory, and restrict access at the firewall level.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Securing the directory with SSL and TLS
• Firewall considerations
• Unauthenticated access methods
• User / password authentication methods
• Maintanence of SASL user DB
• Client / server certificates

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• SSL / TLS
• Security Strength Factors (SSF)
• SASL
• proxy authorization
• StartTLS
• iptables

390.3 OpenLDAP Server Performance Tuning (weight: 2)

Weight	2
Description	Candidates should be capable of measuring the performance of an LDAP server, and tuning configuration directives.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Measure OpenLDAP performance
• Tune software configuration to increase performance
• Understand indexes

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• index
• DB_CONFIG

Topic 391: OpenLDAP as an Authentication Backend

391.1 LDAP Integration with PAM and NSS (weight: 2)

Weight	2
Description	Candidates should be able to configure PAM and NSS to retrieve information from an LDAP directory.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Configure PAM to use LDAP for authentication
• Configure NSS to retrieve information from LDAP
• Configure PAM modules in various Unix environments

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• PAM
• NSS
• /etc/pam.d/
• /etc/nsswitch.conf

391.2 Integrating LDAP with Active Directory and Kerberos (weight: 2)

Weight	2
Description	Candidates should be able to integrate LDAP with Active Directory Services.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Kerberos integration with LDAP
• Cross platform authentication
• Single sign-on concepts
• Integration and compatibility limitations between OpenLDAP and Active Directory

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• Kerberos
• Active Directory
• single sign-on
• DNS

Topic 392: Samba Basics

392.1 Samba Concepts and Architecture (weight: 2)

Weight	2
Description	Candidates should understand the essential concepts of Samba. As well, the major differences between Samba3 and Samba4 should be known.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand the roles of the Samba daemons and components
• Understand key issues regarding heterogeneous networks
• Identify key TCP/UDP ports used with SMB/CIFS
• Knowledge of Samba3 and Samba4 differences

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• /etc/services
• Samba daemons: smbd, nmbd, samba, winbindd

392.2 Configure Samba (weight: 4)

Weight	4
Description	Candidates should be able to configure the Samba daemons for a wide variety of purposes.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Knowledge of Samba server configuration file structure
• Knowledge of Samba variables and configuration parameters
• Troubleshoot and debug configuration problems with Samba

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• smb.conf
• smb.conf parameters
• smb.conf variables
• testparm
• secrets.tdb

392.3 Regular Samba Maintenance (weight: 2)

Weight	2
Description	Candidates should know about the various tools and utilities that are part of a Samba installation.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Monitor and interact with running Samba daemons
• Perform regular backups of Samba configuration and state data

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• smbcontrol
• smbstatus
• tdbbackup

392.4 Troubleshooting Samba (weight: 2)

Weight	2
Description	Candidates should understand the structure of trivial database files and know how troubleshoot problems.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Configure Samba logging
• Backup TDB files
• Restore TDB files
• Identify TDB file corruption
• Edit / list TDB file content

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• /var/log/samba/
• log level
• debuglevel
• smbpasswd
• pdbedit
• secrets.tdb
• tdbbackup
• tdbdump
• tdbrestore
• tdbtool

392.5 Internationalization (weight: 1)

Weight	1
Description	Candidates should be able to work with internationalization character codes and code pages.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand internationalization character codes and code pages
• Understand the difference in the name space between Windows and Linux/Unix with respect to share, file and directory names in a non-English environment
• Understand the difference in the name space between Windows and Linux/Unix with respect to user and group naming in a non-English environment
• Understand the difference in the name space between Windows and Linux/Unix with respect to computer naming in a non-English environment

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• internationalization
• character codes
• code pages
• smb.conf
• dos charset, display charset and unix charset

Topic 393: Samba Share Configuration

393.1 File Services (weight: 4)

Weight	4
Description	Candidates should be able to create and configure file shares in a mixed environment.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Create and configure file sharing
• Plan file service migration
• Limit access to IPC$
• Create scripts for user and group handling of file shares
• Samba share access configuration parameters

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• smb.conf
• [homes]
• smbcquotas
• smbsh
• browseable, writeable, valid users, write list, read list, read only and guest ok
• IPC$
• mount, smbmount

393.2 Linux File System and Share/Service Permissions (weight: 3)

Weight	3
Description	Candidates should understand file permissions on a Linux file system in a mixed environment.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Knowledge of file / directory permission control
• Understand how Samba interacts with Linux file system permissions and ACLs
• Use Samba VFS to store Windows ACLs

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• smb.conf
• chmod, chown
• create mask, directory mask, force create mode, force directory mode
• smbcacls
• getfacl, setfacl
• vfs_acl_xattr, vfs_acl_tdb and vfs objects

393.3 Print Services (weight: 2)

Weight	2
Description	Candidates should be able to create and manage print shares in a mixed environment.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Create and configure printer sharing
• Configure integration between Samba and CUPS
• Manage Windows print drivers and configure downloading of print drivers
• Configure [print$]
• Understand security concerns with printer sharing
• Uploading printer drivers for Point'n'Print driver installation using 'Add Print Driver Wizard' in Windows

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• smb.conf
• [print$]
• CUPS
• cupsd.conf
• /var/spool/samba/
• smbspool
• rpcclient
• net

Topic 394: Samba User and Group Management

394.1 Managing User Accounts and Groups (weight: 4)

Weight	4
Description	Candidates should be able to manage user and group accounts in a mixed environment.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Manager user and group accounts
• Understand user and group mapping
• Knowledge of user account management tools
• Use of the smbpasswd program
• Force ownership of file and directory objects

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• pdbedit
• smb.conf
• samba-tool user (with subcommands)
• samba-tool group (with subcommands)
• smbpasswd
• /etc/passwd
• /etc/group
• force user, force group
• idmap

394.2 Authentication, Authorization and Winbind (weight: 5)

Weight	5
Description	Candidates should understand the various authentication mechanisms and configure access control. Candidates should be able to install and configure the Winbind service.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Setup a local password database
• Perform password synchronization
• Knowledge of different passdb backends
• Convert between Samba passdb backends
• Integrate Samba with LDAP
• Configure Winbind service
• Configure PAM and NSS

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• smb.conf
• smbpasswd, tdbsam, ldapsam
• passdb backend
• libnss_winbind
• libpam_winbind
• libpam_smbpass
• wbinfo
• getent
• SID and foreign SID
• /etc/passwd
• /etc/group

Topic 395: Samba Domain Integration

395.1 Samba as a PDC and BDC (weight: 3)

Weight	3
Description	Candidates should be able to setup and maintain primary and backup domain controllers. Candidates should be able to manage Windows/Linux client access to the NT-Style domains.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand and configure domain membership and trust relationships
• Create and maintain a primary domain controller with Samba3 and Samba4
• Create and maintain a backup domain controller with Samba3 and Samba4
• Add computers to an existing domain
• Configure logon scripts
• Configure roaming profiles
• Configure system policies

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• smb.conf
• security mode
• server role
• domain logons
• domain master
• logon script
• logon path
• NTConfig.pol
• net
• profiles
• add machine script
• profile acls

395.2 Samba4 as an AD compatible Domain Controller (weight: 3)

Weight	3
Description	Candidates should be able to configure Samba 4 as an AD Domain Controller.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Configure and test Samba 4 as an AD DC
• Using smbclient to confirm AD operation
• Understand how Samba integrates with AD services: DNS, Kerberos, NTP, LDAP

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• smb.conf
• server role
• samba-tool domain (with subcommands)
• samba

395.3 Configure Samba as a Domain Member Server (weight: 3)

Weight	3
Description	Candidates should be able to integrate Linux servers into an environment where Active Directory is present.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Joining Samba to an existing NT4 domain
• Joining Samba to an existing AD domain
• Ability to obtain a TGT from a KDC

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• smb.conf
• server role
• server security
• net command
• kinit, TGT and REALM

Topic 396: Samba Name Services

396.1 NetBIOS and WINS (weight: 3)

Weight	3
Description	Candidates should be familiar with NetBIOS/WINS concepts and understand network browsing.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand WINS concepts
• Understand NetBIOS concepts
• Understand the role of a local master browser
• Understand the role of a domain master browser
• Understand the role of Samba as a WINS server
• Understand name resolution
• Configure Samba as a WINS server
• Configure WINS replication
• Understand NetBIOS browsing and browser elections
• Understand NETBIOS name types

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• smb.conf
• nmblookup
• smbclient
• name resolve order
• lmhosts
• wins support, wins server, wins proxy, dns proxy
• domain master, os level, preferred master

396.2 Active Directory Name Resolution (weight: 2)

Weight	2
Description	Candidates should be familiar with the internal DNS server with Samba4.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand and manage DNS for Samba4 as an AD Domain Controller
• DNS forwarding with the internal DNS server of Samba4

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• samba-tool dns (with subcommands)
• smb.conf
• dns forwarder
• /etc/resolv.conf
• dig, host

Topic 397: Working with Linux and Windows Clients

397.1 CIFS Integration (weight: 3)

Weight	3
Description	Candidates should be comfortable working with CIFS in a mixed environment.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Understand SMB/CIFS concepts
• Access and mount remote CIFS shares from a Linux client
• Securely storing CIFS credentials
• Understand features and benefits of CIFS
• Understand permissions and file ownership of remote CIFS shares

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• SMB/CIFS
• mount, mount.cifs
• smbclient
• smbget
• smbtar
• smbtree
• findsmb
• smb.conf
• smbcquotas
• /etc/fstab

397.2 Working with Windows Clients (weight: 2)

Weight	2
Description	Candidates should be able to interact with remote Windows clients, and configure Windows workstations to access file and print services from Linux servers.

Key Knowledge Areas:

• Knowledge of Windows clients
• Explore browse lists and SMB clients from Windows
• Share file / print resources from Windows
• Use of the smbclient program
• Use of the Windows net utility

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

• Windows net command
• smbclient
• control panel
• rdesktop
• workgroup