Linux - 5

Linux - 5

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User/Group Administration commands

useradd : create a new user account _# only root user can execute this command

passwd : changes a user's password_ #old password is first requested then new password is requested twice for confirmation

chage : It is used to see user related "threshold details" such as user disable time etc.

/ To change the password, we have to

groupadd : To create a new group_ # only root user can execute this command

groupadd gn ( group name ) - to add group name

usermod : changes user attributes _#only root user can execute this command

usermod –g group users - to add user to group

id : It will show the user details such has his primary group and his secondary groups

lid : display user's groups or group's users _#only root user can execute this command

/ _ if we want to see how many user are there in particular group

lid -g group

su : to switch user. To come out from the user press ctrl +d logout or exit

  • visudo we can give all access to user also

sudo : execute a commands are another user

userdel : remove a user account _#only root user can execute this command

groupdel : delete group _#only root user can execute this command

Useradd username(kusuma)

In home-kusuma will be added as user

In etc-it will add shadow, passwd, group