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User

  • Add user

    # do all the defaults: create home, select shell, prompt for password.
adduser hawkey

# do nothing
useradd hawkey
useradd -d /home/hawkey -s /bin/bash 

passwd hawkey # change password

  • Delete user

    userdel hawkey
userdel -r hawkey # delete home

  • switch user

    su hawkey
su # root

  • add user to group

    usermod -aG g

  • add sudoer

    # recommend use this!
usermod -aG sudo hawkey

    Or

    visudo # however, this is nano
vim /etc/sudoers

    and append a line:

    hawkey ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

  • Change shell

    chsh -s /bin/bash # but never change shell for root !!!

    Or 

    vi /etc/passwd

    and modify the corresponding line.