Linux & the Command Line / Users and permissions
Lesson 14 of 30
Managing users
adduser creates accounts, passwd changes passwords, and deluser removes them. Lock accounts nobody uses.
Key points
- sudo adduser name
- sudo passwd name
- sudo usermod -L name locks an account
sudo adduser sara
sudo usermod -aG sudo saraQuiz · +10 XP
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