Linux Sysadmin Basics -- User Account Management

Learn how to create new users on Linux (and how to remove Linux users). This video gives you a quick rundown of basic Linux commands like useradd, userdel, and usermod.

As a bonus, you'll learn what actually happens behind the scenes when a new user is created in Linux. We'll look at /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group, and a bunch of other things you might have been too scared to look at until now.

[dannycalise]

Watching your series now.. Appreciate the work you put into these.

[edwardmcduffey]

Thanks for putting in the time to create this lectures and sharing with us Systems Administrators.

[FadaOfLegends]

Right on time! Just finished my class modules and this helped tie everything together! Appreciate you Sir!

[ClaringtonMusic]

Wow it’s 2020 and this is the greatest video I’ve ever seen. I mean the greatest!

[TheGruselmops]

You make the best linux tutorials i know. Want to see more console windows ;)

[Coding-yxpf]

Thanks, Really great stuff. Very useful. To the point and no bullshit. You know a lot. must've spent a great deal of time behind your desk. Looking forward to working through your work. Not easy to find things that actually work and are there to teach. Thanks

[Mo-ollr]

You are awesome!!! Love the way you explain things. And now I shall continue binge watching the rest of this course ><

[yashlakha]

this guy really understands the concept of open is free #knowledge is for everyone

[sharon]

This helped me so much in my self-taught journey

[marcinzpola]

Great tutorial, thanks ;) Greetings from PL

[cr]

Thanks so much for takng the time to put these tutorials together. They're really helping me to get to grips with Linux! :-)

[edgarardon]

thank you! this is very useful practice for my linux essentials cert this saturday!

[hengdam]

all your videos is really helpful. thank for your hard work.

[jokesNgiggles]

this was in fact the greatest video I have ever seen.

[josedejesussanchezverdin]

Thank you very much for the video and taking the time to pass your knowledge! Greetings

[boubeniamohamed]

Hi TutorialLinux,
Thanks for your incredible work.
Please, I would like to know if we must disable or delete the other services accounts listed in /etc/passwd (which are considered as open doors) ?
Thanks !

[TechZoneUK]

Your videos are awesome! Please make more. Keep up the great work!

[hudsond]

Absolutely top notch video. Thank you.

[TheMagickwizard]

Very impressive video. I've worked for companies on and off for many years who add employees and I
have always been curious on how it works out. You're only reference to it corresponding to a company type situation is where you mention you delete the user when the employee quits surprised me.

This has been going on for tutorial after tutorial where no reference is made to real scenario so the
entire vision of what you are doing is lost to those who would learn quicker by scenario.

I have faced this same dilemma where I when I teach a mathematical equation to understand it properly
I show what it is actually used for in the the field. This results in a concentrated thought form where the theory of the equation is balanced by the pragmatic use of it.

First comes the lecture on the equation and then the explanation of the equation. For example, I might give lecture to students on the equations of deceleration and acceleration. The general theory is to explain that you cannot go any faster in space than you have fuel to slow down. I then begin the standard equations to show fuel consumption where the craft is delegated a speed where it can return to base without compromise.

Now, your video is very well done and I admit I did not know that you could delegate to a new employee a default shell. This is something that I found valuable and will be using from now on.

Again, I give you my sincere compliments. I enjoyed this video very much.

As I stated in a previous message to you I enjoy getting all the software in Debian. I think in terms of
downloading free what would cost me thousands of dollars.

[wolfganggermain]

how do I get that bottom bar you have that gives additional stats?