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21 changes: 10 additions & 11 deletions docs/books/admin_guide/06-users.md
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Expand Up @@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ The files related to users/groups are:
* /etc/shadow
* /etc/group
* /etc/gshadow
* /etc/default/
* /etc/skel/
* /etc/default/useradd
* /etc/login.defs
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!!! Note

Each line in the `/etc/group` file corresponds to a group. Users whose group is their main group are not listed at this level. This membership information is in fact already provided by the `/etc/passwd` file...
Each line in the `/etc/group` file corresponds to a group. Users whose group is their primary group are not listed at this level. This membership information is in fact already provided by the `/etc/passwd` file...

### `/etc/gshadow` file

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* 1: Login;
* 2: Password;
* 3: UID;
* 4: GID of the main group;
* 4: GID of the primary group;
* 5: Comments;
* 6: Home directory;
* 7: Shell (`/bin/bash`, `/bin/nologin`, ...).
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| Option | Description |
| --------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
|`-u UID` | `UID` of the user to create. |
|`-g GID` | `GID` of the main group. |
|`-g GID` | `GID` of the primary group. |
|`-d directory` | Home directory. |
|`-s shell` | Shell. |
|`-c` | Add a comment. |
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The last directory is created by the `useradd` command, which takes the opportunity to copy the files from `/etc/skel` into it.

**A user can belong to several groups in addition to their main group.**
**A user can belong to several groups in addition to their primary group.**

For secondary groups, the `-G` option must be used.
For supplementary groups, the `-G` option must be used.

Example:

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The `usermod` command acts as a modification and not as an addition.

For a user invited to a group by this command and already positioned as a guest in other secondary groups, it will be necessary to indicate in the group management command all the groups to which he belongs otherwise he will disappear from them.
For a user invited to a group by this command and already positioned as a guest in other supplementary groups, it will be necessary to indicate in the group management command all the groups to which he belongs otherwise he will disappear from them.

The *-a* option changes this behavior.

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* 1: Login.
* 2: Password (`x` if defined in `/etc/shadow`).
* 3: UID.
* 4: GID of the main group.
* 4: GID of the primary group.
* 5: Comment.
* 6: Home directory.
* 7: Shell.
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All files necessarily belong to one user and one group.

The main group of the user creating the file is, by default, the group that owns the file.
The primary group of the user creating the file is, by default, the group that owns the file.

### Modification commands

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$ sudo chown albert:GroupA file
```

In the following example the group assigned will be the main group of the specified user.
In the following example the group assigned will be the primary group of the specified user.

```
$ sudo chown albert: file
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After using this command, the files will be created with the `GID` of its subgroup.

The command `newgrp` without parameters reassigns the main group.
The command `newgrp` without parameters reassigns the primary group.

## Securing

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