Users and Groups

Users and Groups

Users

Creating an user

Creating a new user
```
useradd -m -G [groups] -s login_shell mark
```
- -m Creates the user home directory /home/username
- -G Each group is separated by a comma
- -s Defines the default of the user
Setting a password for the user
```
passwd mark
```

Modify the user

Move the user to a new home

usermod -d /home/newhome -m mark

Modify the user’s name

usermod -l newname oldname

Modify user groups

usermod -a -G group1, group2, group3 user

Group

List all the groups a user belongs to groups <user>

Creating a group

groupadd <group-name>

Once a group is created, use chown and chmod to change access to the desired folder to give it to the group

See Also Chown