Ubuntu Linux Unleashed 2021 Edition, 14th Edition

Chapter 13

Managing Users

In This Chapter

▸ User Accounts

▸ Managing Groups

▸ Managing Users

▸ Managing Passwords

▸ Granting System Administrator Privileges to Regular Users

▸ Disk Quotas

▸ Related Ubuntu Commands

▸ References

System administrators would have a boring, but much easier, life without users. In reality, having a system with absolutely no users is impossible, so learning how to effectively manage and administer your users as they work with your system is important. Whether you are creating a single user account or modifying a group that holds hundreds of user accounts, the fundamentals of user administration are the same.

User management and administration includes allocating and managing /home directories, putting in place ...