docs/doc/source/planning/kubernetes/local-and-ldap-linux-user-accounts.rst
Ron Stone f125a8b892 Remove spurious escapes (r8,dsR8)
This change addresses a long-standing issue in rST documentation imported from XML.
That import process added backslash escapes in front of various characters. The three
most common being '(', ')', and '_'.
These instances are removed.

Signed-off-by: Ron Stone <ronald.stone@windriver.com>
Change-Id: Id43a9337ffcd505ccbdf072d7b29afdb5d2c997e
2023-03-01 11:19:04 +00:00

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.. _local-and-ldap-linux-user-accounts:
==============================
Local LDAP Linux User Accounts
==============================
You can manage regular Linux (shadow) user accounts on any host in the
cluster using standard Linux commands.
.. _local-and-ldap-linux-user-accounts-ul-zrv-zwf-mmb:
- Local Linux user accounts should NOT be configured, only use local |LDAP|
accounts for internal system purposes that would usually not be created by
an end-user.
- Password changes are not enforced automatically on the first login, and
they are not propagated by the system (only for 'sysadmin').
- **If the administrator wants to provision additional access to the system,
it is better to configure local |LDAP| Linux accounts.**
- |LDAP| accounts are centrally managed; changes made on any host are
propagated automatically to all hosts on the cluster.
- |LDAP| user accounts behave as any local user account. They can be added
to the sudoers list and can acquire OpenStack administration credentials.
- The initial password must be changed immediately upon the first login.
- Login sessions are logged out automatically after about 15 minutes of
inactivity.
- The accounts block following five consecutive unsuccessful login
attempts. They unblock automatically after a period of about five minutes.
- All authentication attempts are recorded on the file ``/var/log/auth.log``
of the target host.
.. note::
For security reasons, it is recommended that ONLY admin level users be
allowed to |SSH| to the nodes of the |prod|. Non-admin level users should
strictly use remote |CLIs| or remote web GUIs.
Operational complexity:
.. _local-and-ldap-linux-user-accounts-ul-bsv-zwf-mmb:
- Passwords aging is automatically configured.
- |LDAP| user accounts (operator, admin) are available by default on
newly deployed hosts. For increased security, the admin and operator
accounts must be used from the console ports of the hosts; no |SSH| access
is allowed.
- |prod| includes a script for creating |LDAP| Linux accounts with built-in
Keystone user support. It provides an interactive method for setting up
|LDAP| Linux user accounts with access to OpenStack commands. You can
assign a limited shell or a bash shell.