Linux Pocket Guide

Working with User Accounts

useradd	Create a new account
userdel	Delete an account
usermod	Modify an account
passwd	Change a password
chfn	Change a user’s personal information
chsh	Change a user’s shell

The Fedora installer prompts you to create two accounts, one for the superuser and one for an ordinary user (presumably yourself). But you might want to create other accounts, too.

Creating users is an important job not to be taken lightly. Every account is a potential avenue for an intruder to enter your system, so every user should have a strong, hard-to-guess password, and should change it regularly.