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Linux: User mgmt

Marcos Aurélio Silvério edited this page Sep 22, 2020 · 2 revisions

Add user:

useradd -m -d <home path> -g <group> -p <password> -s <shell> <username>

Check user information:

getent passwd <username>

Change user password:

passwd <username>

Add user to a group:

usermod -a -G <group name> <username> # <- without removing from other groups

usermod -G <group name> <username> # <- add user to a new group list

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