Notepad/enter/Coding Tips (Classical)/Terminal Tips/System Client/Linux/Distributions/KDE/Users.md

As a linux user, we know the difference between a user having root privileges and users without. This is an important thing to understand. Sudo for the win.

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There are 3 kinds of users on linux.

1. Super user
2. System user
3. Normal user

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Adding Users

Adding a user:

useradd usernamehere

Additional useradd flags:

#creates a home directory for the user 'joe'
useradd joe -m

#creates a default shell for the user 
useradd joe -m -s

#using the bash as default shell for user
useradd joe -m -s /bin/bash/ 

#adds user to the default user group 
useradd joe -g users 

#adds comments to the user 
useradd joe -c "this dude sucks"

Putting it all together, making a user profile for Joe.

sudo useradd joe -m -s /bin/bash -g users -c "this dude sucks"

Many more flags are available but go to man for additional info.

Setting a password for Joe.

sudo passwd joe

Removing Users

Removing a user:

userdel joe 

Misc User stuff

View all users:

cat /etc/passwd