- User administration is one of the main task you need to do in Linux environment like any other OS administration.
- Here we have covered all the commands which are required/present on the Linux to do the same.
Examples:
1. useradd / adduser – To add the user
| $ useradd mike |
2. userdel – To delete the user
| $ userdel mike |
3. passwd – To manage the user password
| $ passwd mike |
4. usermod – To change the user attributes
| $ usermod -s /bin/ksh mike |
5. users – To see the currently logged in users
| $ users |
6. id – Print the user and group IDs of a user
| $ id $ id -a mike |
7. finger – To get the information about the users
| $ finger mike |
8. pinky – Its a lightweight finger like command
| $ pinky mike |
9. pwconv – To convert to and from shadow passwords
| $ pwconv |
10. chfn – To change the finger information
| $ chfn -f “Mike Jackson” mike |
11. chsh – To change login shell
| $ chsh ksh |
12. crypt – To encrypt the passwords
| $ crypt |
13. groupadd – To add the new group
| $ groupadd IT |
14. groupdel – To delete the new groups
| $ groupdel IT |
15. groupmod – To modify the new groups
| $ groupmod -g 1002 IT |
