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User Administration: 1.1 Creating User in Linux

This document discusses user administration in Linux, including commands to add, modify, and delete users from the system. It provides examples of how to add a user at the command line using useradd, specifying options like the user's shell, home directory, and UID. It also describes how to add a user using the graphical user interface user manager. For deleting users, it outlines using the userdel command at the command line and removing a user from the GUI user manager, with an option to also delete the user's home directory.

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User Administration: 1.1 Creating User in Linux

This document discusses user administration in Linux, including commands to add, modify, and delete users from the system. It provides examples of how to add a user at the command line using useradd, specifying options like the user's shell, home directory, and UID. It also describes how to add a user using the graphical user interface user manager. For deleting users, it outlines using the userdel command at the command line and removing a user from the GUI user manager, with an option to also delete the user's home directory.

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1.

User Administration
User and Group management are one of the key role of System and Network
Administration. In this section I will discuss about basic commands to administer
users/Group.

1.1 Creating user in Linux


1.1.1 Adding user using console based command
Basic Syntax:
useradd [options] <username>

Example 1 Adding user Moneeb


useradd Moneeb

Example 2 Adding user moneeb with nologin as shell. We add this type of user usually for
ftp or any other services where user login is not required.
useradd -s /sbin/nologin moneeb
Similarly, you can use other options to customize different parameters during user
creation. Additional Options to customizing different parameters can be found in
following table.
-c <comment> Change the comment field. This field is often used for Full
Name.
-d <home dir> Change the home directory
-e <expire date> Set date on which the account will expire and be disabled.
-g <group> Change the initial login group (initial group have same name as
of user.
-G <group,[…]> A comma separated list of supplementary groups for the user.
-l <login name> Change the login name
-s <shell> Change the shell.
-u <uid> Change the UID.
-L Lock the password
-U unlock the password.

1.1.2 Adding user using GUI based User Manager


Step 1: Go to SystemAdministrationUsers and Groups
Step 2: If you are logged in to GUI with normal user, you will be asked for root password.
Just provide root credential.

Step 3: Click to Add user Button.

Step 4: Fill all the details of the used to be added and click to ok.
1.2 Deleting existing user
1.2.1 Deleting user using console based command
Basic Syntax:
userdel [options] <username>

Example 6 Deleting user


userdel dipika
1.3.1.1

Note: use -r option to delete home directory of the user when user is deleted. Normally
home directory of the user does not deleted when you delete the user. It is sometime
important to save data of particular user even though the user is not required.

1.2.2 Deleting user using GUI User Manager


Step 1: Select the user you want to delete from list and click to delete button.
Step 2: Following Dialog box appears for conformation. You may select or deselect
“delete reewa’s home directory and mail spool and then click to Yes button to conform.

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