User Management

Here is a list that will help us to better understand and deal with user management.

Command

Description

sudo

Execute command as a different user.

su

The su utility requests appropriate user credentials via PAM and switches to that user ID (the default user is the superuser). A shell is then executed.

useradd

Creates a new user or update default new user information.

userdel

Deletes a user account and related files.

usermod

Modifies a user account.

addgroup

Adds a group to the system.

delgroup

Removes a group from the system.

passwd

Changes user password.

cat /etc/shadow

to see passwords and users

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