Managing Linux can become a challenge if you don’t have some way of distributing credentials. There are several options: joining Active Directory domain and using shared credentials for both Linux and Windows, using other LDAP implementation to authenticate or distribute users/groups using Configuration Management tools. In the final part of Linux DSC series we will take a look at last two resources – nxUser and nxGroup– that should help us manage user and groups on Linux systems. We will also take a look at few debugging techniques that should help you identify a reason why given configuration fails.
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