User Management & Group Management on Linux

User Management & Group Management on Linux

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Create a user and an account

adduser mbubur

Create a Password for user mbubur

passwd mbubur

Adding new user ( mbubur) to the sudo group

usermod -aG sudo mbubur

Switch User from root to mbubur user

su mbubur

Logout from the current user or press "ctrl + d"

exit

Delete User Account

userdel mbubur

Change user login name

usermod -l mbubur devops

Group Management

A group is a collection of users that makes it simple to manage permissions for identical types of work that are allocated to the same group. A group is a collection of users that makes it simple to manage permissions for identical types of work that are assigned to the same group.

Add Group Account

groupadd devops

Check the group account properties

grep devops /etc/group

Checking the group Admin properties

grep devops /etc/gshadow

Add the mbubur to the devops group

gpasswd -a mbubur devops

Add the multiple member to the devops group

gpasswd -M user1 user2 user3

Remove user from the group

gpasswd -d user1 devops

Make user2 as group admin

gpasswd -A user2 devops

For Delete Group

groupdel devops