Difference between revisions of "Usermod"
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You may need to start a new login shell after adding user: <code>su - USERNAME</code> | You may need to start a new login shell after adding user: <code>su - USERNAME</code> | ||
| − | <code>sudo usermod -l newusername oldusername</code> change user name | + | <code>sudo [[usermod -l]] newusername oldusername</code> change user name |
== Related commands == | == Related commands == | ||
Revision as of 13:37, 28 December 2023
usermod command included in passwd package: https://linux.die.net/man/8/usermod
Add an additional secondary group:
sudo usermod -aG sudo YOUR_USERNAMEusermod -a -G YOUR_GROUP YOUR_USERNAME
Change primary group for user:
usermod -g yournewprimarygroupname yourusername
usermod -s /usr/sbin/nologin myuser ssh and scp will fail
You may need to start a new login shell after adding user: su - USERNAME
sudo usermod -l newusername oldusername change user name
Related commands
passwdgroups- Passwordless sudo
visudo,sudoers- macOS:
sudo dseditgroup -o edit -a $username_to_add -t user admin
See also
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