LPI Linux Essentials Study Guide, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 13Creating Users and Groups

Objectives:

•   5.2 Creating Users and Groups

 Linux is a multiuser OS, meaning that a single Linux computer can support many users, each with a unique account. With this capability comes the need to manage users’ accounts, and this chapter covers the procedures you’ll use to do so.

The chapter begins with information on how to create accounts. With the accounts created, you then need to know how to modify those accounts and, when necessary, delete them. Finally, groups are similar to accounts in many ways, ...