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| - | ===== Adding Users ===== | + | ===== Adding Users - Debian ===== |
| There are 2 ways to add a user: ''useradd'', and ''adduser''. With the first, you specify the username and all the settings on the command-line. The second walks you through the process, asking you all the necessary questions. | There are 2 ways to add a user: ''useradd'', and ''adduser''. With the first, you specify the username and all the settings on the command-line. The second walks you through the process, asking you all the necessary questions. | ||
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| * Account majordomo is only defined on bud. | * Account majordomo is only defined on bud. | ||
| - | ===== Groups ===== | + | ===== Groups - Debian ===== |
| These groups seem to be important in Debian: | These groups seem to be important in Debian: | ||
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| * "administrative" accounts, which are accounts used for SLUUG business, not individual use | * "administrative" accounts, which are accounts used for SLUUG business, not individual use | ||
| - | ===== Adding Groups ===== | + | ===== Adding Groups - Debian ===== |
| As with users, there are 2 ways to add a group: ''groupadd'', and ''addgroup''. | As with users, there are 2 ways to add a group: ''groupadd'', and ''addgroup''. | ||
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| ===== Adding a new user ===== | ===== Adding a new user ===== | ||
| - | Coordinate account name, UID, GID, etc. with other systems as detailed [[#Adding Users|above in Adding Users]]. | + | Coordinate account name, UID, GID, etc. with other systems as detailed [[#adding_users - debian|above in Adding Users]]. |
| Create the personal group if that is being used. For that, the GID is the same as the UID. | Create the personal group if that is being used. For that, the GID is the same as the UID. | ||
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| passwd -s ACCOUNT_NAME | passwd -s ACCOUNT_NAME | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| + | ===== Other user maintenance ===== | ||
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| + | See the ''listusers'', ''usermod'', and ''userdel'' commands | ||
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