https://www.slackwiki.com/index.php?title=User_Administration&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.40.0 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:02:06 GMT https://www.slackwiki.com/index.php?title=User_Administration&diff=203&oldid=prev https://www.slackwiki.com/index.php?title=User_Administration&diff=203&oldid=prev <p>Copy from old</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:Tips]]<br /> ==Adding Users==<br /> To ADD users: &lt;code&gt;adduser &lt;i&gt;user&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Deleting Users==<br /> To REMOVE users: &lt;code&gt;userdel &lt;i&gt;baduser&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> The above command will remove the entry matching the username &lt;i&gt;baduser&lt;/i&gt; from the &lt;code&gt;/etc/passwd&lt;/code&gt; file and if you're using the Shadow password format (which you should be), also from the &lt;code&gt;/etc/shadow&lt;/code&gt; file.<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;NOTE: &lt;/b&gt;The &lt;code&gt;/etc/group&lt;/code&gt; file is not modified to avoid removing a group that other users may also belong to. This isn't much of a big deal because you can edit the group file and remove the entry manually.<br /> <br /> &lt;b&gt;Should you wish to remove the user's home directory as well&lt;/b&gt;, add the &lt;code&gt;-r&lt;/code&gt; option to the &lt;code&gt;userdel&lt;/code&gt; command. EXAMPLE: &lt;code&gt;userdel -r &lt;i&gt;baduser&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Changing User's Passwords==<br /> To change users password: &lt;code&gt;passwd &lt;i&gt;user&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Adding User to Group==<br /> If you want to add your user to other groups in the &lt;code&gt;/etc/group&lt;/code&gt; file,<br /> you can simply use the &lt;code&gt;gpasswd&lt;/code&gt; command like this: &lt;code&gt;gpasswd -a user group&lt;/code&gt;</div> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:36:15 GMT Erik https://www.slackwiki.com/Talk:User_Administration