Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video we'll cover managing users and groups in Linux using an Ubuntu or Rocky Linux system, but this will work for other distros as well.
#terminal #usermanagement #linux #rockylinux #ubuntu
https://itvraag.nl

Timestamp:
0:00 Intro
0:22 Linux user & group management
1:08 My setup, Ubuntu & Rocky
1:30 Managing users with /etc/passwd
2:44 User ID definition
3:45 Account start shell/cmd
4:15 passwd manual
4:21 add user
4:37 passwords inside shadow file
5:46 managing groups with /etc/group
6:58 add group
7:08 id account
7:16 delete user with home dir

Related video:
Bash #1 - basic concepts: youtu.be/C-HwzPVLo1c
Bash #9 - Fish: youtu.be/N_dR2deb_KE

Used commands:
hostnamectl
which $SHELL
cat /etc/passwd
man 5 passwd
sudo adduser itvraag
sudo cat /etc/shadow
cat /etc/group
sudo usermod -aG sudo itvraag
cat /etc/group | grep sudo
sudo addgroup marketing
sudo deluser itvraag --remove-home