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  • Administrator's Manual

    • Commands
      • Basic Commands
      • File Management
      • Process Management
      • User and Group Management
      • System Information
      • Disk Usage
    • Networking
      • IP Address
      • Subnetting
      • Routing
      • Firewall
      • Network Tools
    • Services
      • Service Management
      • Service Configuration
      • Common Services
    • Monitoring and Logging
      • System Monitoring
      • Log Management
      • Monitoring Tools
      • Log Analysis Tools
    • Shell Scripting
      • Basic Shell Script Structure
      • Variables
      • Control Structures
      • Functions
      • Input and Output
      • Debugging and Error Handling
      • Advanced Topics
    • Configurations Files
      • System Configuration Files
      • Network Configuration Files
      • Service Configuration Files
      • Application Configuration Files
      • Editing Configuration Files
      • Backup and Restore Configuration Files

User and Group Management

adduser (add a new user)

  • creates a new user and prompts for user details
sudo adduser new_user

usermod (modify a user account)

  • adds a user to the group
sudo usermod -aG group_name user_name

passwd (change user password)

  • changes the password for a user
passwd user_name

deluser (delete a user)

  • removes a user from the system
sudo deluser user_name

groupadd (add a new group)

  • creates a new group
sudo groupadd new_group
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