Clearing the Screen

Posted by on 2011/10/19 No comments

While working inside a shell, over time you will start to see a bunch of text cluttering the screen. For me, trying to view multiple outputs of different commands is distracting. For an example: If you list all the directory …

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How to delete a user

Posted by on 2011/10/16 No comments

One of the easiest user administration commands in Linux is the “userdel” command. This command will remove the user’s account from the system. The reason why this command is simple to use is because there are only two options. These …

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Changing users password with passwd

Posted by on 2011/10/16 No comments

An alternate and more commonly used command to change a user’s password is the passwd. This command will basically update the user’s authentication tokens. Here is a sample of how easy the passwd command is. [root@127.0.0.1 ~]# passwd temp_user Changing …

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Modifying a User

Posted by on 2011/10/15 No comments

After learning how to create a user with the useradd command, what happens if you notice a mistake or later down the road you decide to modify a user? In order to modify a user, you will need to use …

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Create a New User

Posted by on 2011/10/14 No comments

To create a new user or update default new user information, you will need to use the useradd command. Example: useradd camp1 When using the useradd command, there are a few options available which will allow you to customize the …

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