Centrify Unix Quickstart

Centrify Server Suite Quick Start
This Quick Start provides a brief summary of the steps for installing and getting started with
Centrify software. For more information about any step, see the appropriate chapters in the
Planning and Deployment Guide or Administrators Guide for Linux and UNIX.
1 Run the appropriate setup program for Windows 32-bit or 64-bit on a Windows
administrators workstation.
The setup program simply copies the necessary files to the local Windows computer, so
there are no special permissions required to run the setup program other than permission
to install files on the local computer. Follow the prompts displayed to select the type of
suite to install and which components to install.
2 Open Access Manager to start the Setup Wizard and create the containers for Licenses
and Zones. You can accept the default locations or use create a Centrify organizational
unit for the containers.
3 In Access Manager, create a new zone with the default options. For example, create a
new zone named Demo.

4 In Access Manager, add Active Directory users to the new zone.
Select the new Demo zone.

Right-click, then select Add User to search for and select existing Active Directory
users.
Select Define user UNIX profile and deselect assign roles.
Accept the defaults for all fields.
5 Create a child zone.
Select the Demo zone.

Right-click, then select Create Child Zone.
Type a name for the zone, for example, Child1 and an optional description, then click
Next and Finish to create the new child zone.
6 Assign a role for the users you added to the Demo zone.
User profiles are inherited by child zones, so the users you added to Demo, automatically
have a profile in Child1. To login to a machine, a user requires a profile and a role
assignment. DirectManage provides a default UNIX Login role that you can assign to
enable users to login.
Expand Child Zones, Child1, and Authorization.
Select Role Assignments, right-click, then click Assign Role.

Select the UNIX Login role from the results and click OK.
Click Add AD Account, then search for one of the Active Directory user you added
to the Demo zone. Select this user and click OK.
7 On the UNIX machine, log on as root if you are installing on a computer running Linux
or UNIX, or log on with a valid user account if you are installing on a computer with the
Mac OS X operating system.
If you are installing on Macintosh computers, you dont need to log on as root, but you
need to know the Administrator password to install and join the domain. See the
Administrators Guide for Mac OS X for more information.
8 Run the adcheck program on the computer where you are planning to install the Centrify
agent.
9 Run the install.sh command to check the operating system, disk space, DNS
resolution, network connectivity, Active Directory configuration and other

requirements and install the platform-specific Centrify agent and add-on packages. For
example:
./install.sh
If you want to install using a native package manager or another software distribution
utility, the command line syntax and the agent package name will depend on the
operating system on which you are installing.
When you run the installation script, you can choose the tasks to perform and whether
you want to install the Standard edition, Enterprise edition, or customize the installation
by selecting the specific add-on packages to install.
You can automatically join the domain and restart the local computer. To manually join
the domain after installation, use the adjoin command. In either case, you must specify
the zone to join; for example, if you created the Child1 zone:
adjoin myDomain -z Child1
You created a profile for the user in the Demo zone. That profile is inherited for use in
the child zone, and it is in the child that you assigned the user the UNIX Login role.
10 Verify authentication by logging on to the computer that is joined to the Active Directory
domain by using the Active Directory user account you assigned the UNIX Login role.
Thats it!
From here, if you want to explore further, you can:
Create and assign additional roles to users
Create new child zones

Import existing UNIX users and groups
Override user attributes in child zones
Set group policies for UNIX computers and users

Run reports
Import and manage NIS maps in Active Directory
For more information about any topic, see the Centrify Server Suite documentation set.

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new zone named Demo.

Select the new Demo zone.

5 Create a child zone.

Select the Demo zone.

Select Role Assignments, right-click, then click Assign Role.

resolution, network connectivity, Active Directory configuration and other

Create new child zones

Centrify Server Suite Quick Start

Set group policies for UNIX computers and users

Centrify Server Suite Quick Start

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