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This lesson covers user accounts.

Objectives and Skills

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

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Activities

  1. Complete the tutorial IBM: Learn Linux, 101: Manage user and group accounts and related system files

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