VMLINUX

When adding multiple users in IDM/freeIPA its a pain inputting each user and its time consuming. This script/one liner allows you to enter multiple users at one go and it includes non-interactively specifying a password. The following script allows creating multipe users in IPA and then adding the required attributes as well.

Read more ...

It's possible to get a list of users of active users in IDM/IPA with formatted date and time by running this one liner command. It gets you the list of users with last successsful authentications to IDM/IPA server. Very handy command when it's required for Audit purposes. It will also give you the list of users who last changed password and you can modify it according to your requirements.

Read more ...

It is possible to automatically get a Kerberos Ticket (kinit) generated everytime you login via SSH to a host by editing ".bash_profile". This also applies to a scenario wherin you are using Red Hat IDM/IPA and want to automate "kinit" instead of a user have to manually type in kinit everytime they login.

Read more ...

When using IPA for managing user authentication you can come across this issue of SSH dropping just after a password change. It can be resolved by changing options in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. You need to be ROOT to make this change and restart SSHD service to take effect.

Read more ...