Book excerpt: Gain the essential skills and hands-on expertise required to pass the LPIC-3 300 certification exam. This book provides the insight for you to confidently install, manage and troubleshoot OpenLDAP, Samba, and FreeIPA. Helping you to get started from scratch, this guide is divided into three comprehensive sections covering everything you'll need to prepare for the exam. Part 1 focuses on OpenLDAP and topics including securing the directory, integration with PAM and replication. Part 2 covers Samba and teaches you about Samba architecture, using different back ends, print services, and deploying Samba as a stand-alone server, PDC, and Active Directory Domain Controller. Finally, Part 3 explains how to manage FreeIPA and how to integrate it with Active Directory. Practical LPIC-3 300 is the perfect study guide for anyone interested in the LPIC-3 300 certification exam, OpenLDAP, Samba, or FreeIPA. What You'll Learn Integrate LDAP with PAM and NSS, and with Active Directory and Kerberos Manage OpenLDAP replication and server performance tuning Use Samba as a PDC and BDC Configure Samba as a domain member server in an existing NT domain Use Samba as an AD Compatible Domain Controller Replicate, manage, and integrate FreeIPA Who This Book Is For This book is for anyone who is preparing for the LPIC-3 300 exam, or those interested in learning about OpenLDAP and Samba in general.