federico-j
2/16/2011 - 1:36 AM

Basic user operations on a Linux box

Basic user operations on a Linux box

# add user to linux and create home directory (remember to change SHELL in /etc/passwd)
adduser USER

# set password
passwd USER

# add to extra groups, no change on primary
addgroup USER GROUP

# list groups a user belongs to
groups USER1 USER2

# delete user and home directory
deluser --remove-home USER

# create a group
addgroup GROUP