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    1. The useradd command creates a new user account with a home directory and private group. The account is inactive until a password is set. 2. The usermod command modifies existing user accounts, allowing changes such as the username, home directory, login shell, groups, locking/unlocking the account and setting an expiry date. 3. The userdel command removes a user account, either leaving or deleting the home directory. The groupadd and groupmod commands similarly manage groups.

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    1. The useradd command creates a new user account with a home directory and private group. The account is inactive until a password is set. 2. The usermod command modifies existing user accounts, allowing changes such as the username, home directory, login shell, groups, locking/unlocking the account and setting an expiry date. 3. The userdel command removes a user account, either leaving or deleting the home directory. The groupadd and groupmod commands similarly manage groups.

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    1. The useradd command creates a new user account with a home directory and private group. The account is inactive until a password is set. 2. The usermod command modifies existing user accounts, allowing changes such as the username, home directory, login shell, groups, locking/unlocking the account and setting an expiry date. 3. The userdel command removes a user account, either leaving or deleting the home directory. The groupadd and groupmod commands similarly manage groups.

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    1. The useradd command creates a new user account with a home directory and private group. The account is inactive until a password is set. 2. The usermod command modifies existing user accounts, allowing changes such as the username, home directory, login shell, groups, locking/unlocking the account and setting an expiry date. 3. The userdel command removes a user account, either leaving or deleting the home directory. The groupadd and groupmod commands similarly manage groups.

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    Creating User and Groups

    Adding a new User

    The useradd username command creates a new user named username. It sets up the
    user's home directory and account information and creates a private group for the user named
    username. At this point, the account does not have a valid password set, and the user cannot log in until a password
    is set.

    Modifying Existing Users from the Command Line

    • The usermod command.

    Some common options include:

    usermod options: Usage


    -c, --comment COMMENT Add the user's real name to the comment field.
    -g, --gid GROUP Specify the primary group for the user account.
    -G, --groups GROUPS Specify a comma-separated list of supplementary groups for
    the user account.
    -a, --append Used with the -G option to add the supplementary groups
    to the user's current set of group memberships instead of
    replacing the set of supplementary groups with a new set.
    -d, --home HOME_DIR Specify a particular home directory for the user account.
    -m, --move-home Move the user's home directory to a new location. Must be
    used with the -d option.
    -s, --shell SHELL Specify a particular login shell for the user account.
    -L, --lock Lock the user account.
    -U, --unlock Unlock the user account.

    Deleting Users from the Command Line

    • The userdel username command removes the details of username from /etc/passwd, but
    leaves the user's home directory intact.
    • The userdel -r username command removes

    1. You can use the #id command to check the information about the currently logged-in user.

    # id
    uid=1000(user01) gid=1000(user01) groups=1000(user01)
    context=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023

    To view basic information about another user, pass the username to the id command as an
    argument.

    # id user02
    uid=1002(user02) gid=1001(user02) groups=1001(user02)
    context=unconfined_u:unconfined_r:unconfined_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023
    2. Adding a user

    The syntax for useradd command

    # useradd [options] user

    # useradd username

     Creating a different directory for the user

    # useradd -d /data/projects username

     Create a User with a Specific User ID

    # useradd -u 1002 username

     Create a User with a Specific Group ID

    # useradd -u 1005 -g groupname username

     Add a User with Custom Comments

    # useradd -c "I am user 5" username

     Create a User Login Shell in Linux

    # useradd -s /sbin/nologin username

     Add a User with Home Directory, Shell, Custom Comment, and UID/GID

    # useradd -m -d /var/www/username -s /bin/bash -c "Apache user" -u 1006 -g 1006 username

    3. Setting up a password for the user


    # passwd username

    Changing password for user user01.


    New password: xyz
    BAD PASSWORD: The password fails the dictionary check - it is based on a dictionary word
    Retype new password: zyz
    passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

    4. Adding a group
    The syntax for groupadd command

    # groupadd [options] group

     Create a new group

    # groupadd groupname

     Create a new group with a specific group ID


    # groupadd -g 1010 groupname

     Creating a System Group

    # groupadd -r mysystemgroup

     Setting up password for the group while creation

    #groupadd -p 123123 groupname

    5. Modify User Accounts with Usermod Command

    The syntax for usermod command


    # usermod [options] username

     Change user name

    # usermod -l new_username old_username

     Change the home directory of user

    # usermod -d new_home_dir user_name

    A better way to change the user's home directory is to use the -m option with -d. This way, it will
    create a new home directory if it doesn’t exist. It will also move the content of the old home directory
    to the new home directory with correct file permissions and ownership.

    # usermod -md new_home_dir user_name

     Change the login shell of the user

    # usermod -s /bin/zsh username

     Change the default user group

    # usermod -g new_default_group_name username

     Add the user to other groups

    # usermod -aG group_name username

     Lock and unlock the user account

    # usermod -L username - Lock Account

    # usermod -U username - Unlock Account

     Set an expiry date for the user account

    # usermod -e 2020-04-01 username

     Change the UID of a user

    # usermod -u UID username

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