User account
The person who user the computer called local user
Super user system user normal user
(root) services standard user
0 1-999 1000-60000
User datais
/root –super user home directory
/home- normal user home directory
File of user account information
/etc/passwd-all user information
/etc/shadow-all user account password information
Command for manage user accounts
To make user account:- useradd username \adduser username
Passwd user name set all detais
Set password
To create full name user accout
Usermod -c pankaj pandi pankaj
To rename user account
Usermod –l newname oldname
To change shell user account
Usermod –s /sbin/nologin username
Usermod –s /bin/bash username
To delete user account
Userdel username
Group Management
Linux, a group is a collection of users. The main purpose of the groups is to
define a set of privileges like read, write, or execute permission for a given
resource that can be shared among the users within the group
Linux Groups
There are two types of groups that a user can belong to:
Primary or login group – is the group that is assigned to the files
that are created by the user. Usually, the name of the primary group is
the same as the name of the user. Each user must belong to exactly
one primary group.
Secondary or supplementary group - used to grant certain
privileges to a set of users. A user can be a member of zero or more
secondary groups.
Super group system group normal Group
Root group services group standard group
0 1-999 1000-60000
File of group information
/etc/group-all group information
/etc/gshadow-all groups password & policy information
To create group
Groupadd groupname
To rename group
Groupmod -n newname oldname
To change group id
Groupmod -g 2100 groupname
To add user in group
Usermod -G groupname username
To delete group
Groupdel groupname
To remove user from group
Gpasswd -d username groupname
To add new user to existing group
Useradd –G existinggroup newuser
To add single user to many group
Usermod -G 1stgroup,2nd Group username
To add user in primay group
Usermod -g groupname username
