LinuxCommandLibrary

Users & Groups

Create group

$ groupadd [name]
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$ addgroup [name]
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Delete group

$ groupdel [name]
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Rename group

$ groupmod -n [newGroupname] [oldGroupname]
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Create user

$ useradd [name]
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$ adduser [name]
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Delete user

$ userdel [name]
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$ deluser [name]
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Rename user

$ usermod -l [newUsername] [oldUsername]
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Set user password

$ passwd [name]
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Grant sudo privileges to an existing user

$ usermod -a -G sudo [user]
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$ adduser [user] sudo
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User information

$ finger [user]
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Add existing user to group

$ usermod -aG [groupName] [userName]
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$ adduser [userName] [groupName]
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$ gpasswd -a [userName] [groupName]
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Add new user to group

$ useradd -G [group] [user]
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Remove user from group

$ gpasswd -d [user] [group]
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$ deluser [user] [group]
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List all groups

$ getent group
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$ cat /etc/group
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List all users

$ getent passwd
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$ cat /etc/passwd
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Show current user

$ whoami
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Switch user

$ su [user]
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Show logged-in users

$ who
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$ w
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$ users
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Show user ID and groups

$ id [user]
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Show login history

$ last
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