How to Create UserID, Password and group in Linux

 Creating username password and group in linux server.

Simple way to create a username, password and group in the Linux server.

 

UserID Creation

Creating the new userID in the Linux server.

Let’s see the basics on how to create the user ID in Linux.

# useradd jcarol

• useradd username : command to add the user ID

 

Password update/Change

Let’s see the basics on how to update the password for an user ID in Linux.

# passwd jcarol

• passwd username : command to change or update the password
• (Type the new password and retype the same password to update the tokens for user ID)

 

Group creation

Let’s see the basics on how to create a group in Linux.

# groupadd fin_users

• groupadd groupname : command to create a new user group in the Linux server