Linux User Management

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Add new user

su

useradd hslakhan

passwd

visudo (to add to /etc/sudoers - or see which sudo grp like wheel)

usermod -G

wheel hslakhan

Add new group

Sudo groupadd group 1

Usermod –G group 1,group2

hslakhan

Tail /etc/groups

hslakhan> newgrp group1

(change primary group)

Delete User

userdel hslakhan

rm -rf

/home/hslakhan

OR userdel -r hslakhan

Become other user

su hslakhan

sudo su hslakhan (no passwd needed)

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