Linux Administration/Administrative Tasks/User Accounts
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This lesson covers user accounts.
Objectives and Skills[edit | edit source]
Objectives and skills for the user accounts portion of Linux+ certification include:[1]
- Manage user and group accounts and related system files
- Add, modify and remove users and groups
- Manage user/group info in password/group databases
- Create and manage special purpose and limited accounts
- The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
- /etc/passwd
- /etc/shadow
- /etc/group
- /etc/skel
- chage
- getent
- groupadd
- groupdel
- groupmod
- passwd
- useradd
- userdel
- usermod
Readings[edit | edit source]
Multimedia[edit | edit source]
Activities[edit | edit source]
- Complete the tutorial IBM: Learn Linux, 101: Manage user and group accounts and related system files