Chapter 1. Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux Clients

1.1. Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as an IPA Client

1.1.1. Downloading and Installing the IPA Packages
1.1.2. Configuring Client Authentication
1.1.3. Configuring Kerberos
1.1.4. Configuring Client TLS on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
1.1.5. Configuring System Login
1.1.6. Configuring NFS v4 with Kerberos
1.1.7. Configuring Client SSH Access
1.1.8. Configuring Host-Based Access Control

1.2. Configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 as an IPA Client

1.2.1. Downloading and Installing the IPA Packages
1.2.2. Configuring Client Authentication
1.2.3. Configuring Kerberos
1.2.4. Configuring Client TLS on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
1.2.5. Configuring System Login
1.2.6. Configuring NFS v4 with Kerberos
1.2.7. Configuring Client SSH Access
1.2.8. Configuring Host-Based Access Control

This chapter describes how to configure Red Hat Enterprise Linux as an IPA client. Red Hat Enterprise IPA 1.0 currently supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 as IPA clients.

Note

Before starting the Red Hat Enterprise IPA installation, ensure that you update your system with all the latest packages.

The IPA client installation process requires that an IPA server already exist.