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User & Group Management

Create, modify, and delete users and groups in Linux.

2025-09-16
users, groups, linux

Create new user

sudo useradd username

Create user with home directory

sudo useradd -m username

Create user with specific shell

sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash username

Set user password

sudo passwd username

Delete user

sudo userdel username

Delete user and home directory

sudo userdel -r username

Modify user

Add user to sudo group:

sudo usermod -aG sudo username

Add user to multiple groups

sudo usermod -aG group1,group2 username

Change user's home directory

sudo usermod -d /new/home/path username

Change user's shell

sudo usermod -s /bin/zsh username

Lock user account

sudo usermod -L username

Unlock user account

sudo usermod -U username

Create new group

sudo groupadd mygroup

Delete group

sudo groupdel mygroup

View user's groups

groups username

View current user's groups

groups

List all users

cat /etc/passwd

List all groups

cat /etc/group

View user information

id username

Switch to another user

su - username

Run command as another user

sudo -u username command

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