Dealing with users in linux command line

24/03/2014 - LINUX

Commands below will help you deal with the current users in the system.


List


cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd

Add


sudo adduser new_username

Delete


sudo userdel username
sudo rm -rf /home/username

Change username


usermod -l new_username old_username

Change password


sudo passwd username

Change details


sudo chfn username