User/Group Management



Ability to control users and groups


Users:
useradd - Add new user
system-config-users   ---> Add new user in GUI mode

Tasks :

a. create a new user named "helpdesk"

useradd helpdesk

b. Set password for user "helpdesk"

passwd helpdesk
Changing password for user helpdesk
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully


usermod

userdel


Groups:

groupadd - Add new Group

Task :




Managing Groups:

/etc/group
/etc/gshadow
groupadd
groupdel
groupmod


Understanding /etc/passwd



Files & Directories related to Users & Group


Understanding /etc/shadow