February 2004
Beginner
200 pages
5h 40m
English
useradd | Create a new account |
userdel | Delete an account |
usermod | Modify an account |
passwd | Change a password |
chfn | Change a user’s personal information |
chsh | Change a user’s shell |
The Fedora installer prompts you to create two accounts, one for the superuser and one for an ordinary user (presumably yourself). But you might want to create other accounts, too.
Creating users is an important job not to be taken lightly. Every account is a potential avenue for an intruder to enter your system, so every user should have a strong, hard-to-guess password, and should change it regularly.