Komandat e perdoruesit ne Linux

Adding a new user (useradd)

Modifying aexisting un ser (usermod)

Deleting a user (userdel)

User's passwd passwd

Where user and group information is

stored

Switch User su

Every user who has access to a Linux system needs a login and a password. Each user must belong to a
primary group and for security or access purposes can belong to several secondary groups.
In order to create new logins, modify or delete users, you must already be logged in as root. The root login
is the highest level and only certain individuals should have access to the root account.

useradd - Adding a new user

Options:

-d home directory
-s starting program (shell)
-p password
-g (primary group assigned to the users)
-G (Other groups the user belongs to)
-m (Create the user's home directory

Example: To add a new user with

a primary group of users

a second group mgmt
starting shell /bin/bash
password of xxxx
home directory of roger
create home directory
a login name of roger

useradd -gusers -Gmgmt -s/bin/shell -pxxxx -d/home/roger -m roger

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usermod - Modifying existing user

Options:

-d home directory

-s starting program (shell)

-p password
-g (primary group assigned to the users)
-G (Other groups the user belongs to)

Example: To add the group 'others' to the user roger

usermod -Gothers roger
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userdel - Deleting a user

Options:

-r (remove home directory)

Example: To remove the user 'roger' and his home directory

userdel -r roger
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passwd - User's Password

Options:

user's name (Only required if you are root and want to change another user's password)

Example: To change the password for the account you are currently logged in as...
passwd
Enter existing password
Enter new password
Enter new password again (to validate)
Example: To change the password for the user 'roger' (only you are logged in as root)...
passwd roger
Enter existing password (can be either roger's password or root's password)
Enter new password
Enter new password again (to validate)
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Where user and group information stored

User names and primary groups are stored in /etc/passwd. This file can be directly edited using the 'vi'
editor, although this is not recommended. Format of the file is...

User (name normally all lower case)

Password (encrypted - only contains the letter 'x')
User ID (a unique number of each user)
Primary Group ID
Comment (Normally the person's full name)
Home directory (normally /home/<user name>
Default shell (normally /bin/bash)

Each field is separated by a colon.

Passwords for each user are stored in /etc/shadow. This file should only be changed using the passwd
command.
Group information is stored in /etc/group. This file can be directly edited using the 'vi' editor. Format of the
file is...

Group name
Group password (hardly ever used)
Group ID
User names (separated by commas)

Each field is separated by a colon.

Default files
When a new user is created, the default files and directories that are created are stored in /etc/skel.
This directory can be modified to fit your needs. Modifications only effect new users and does not change
anything for existing users.
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su - Switch User
To switch to another user, use the su command. This is most commonly used to switch to the root account.
Example: To switch to root account...
su
Enter root's passwd
Example: To switch to the user 'roger'...
su roger
Enter roger's or root's passwd

To return to original user, enter

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