Chapter 1. Managing Users and Groups
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Creating a user account
- Creating user accounts in batch mode
- Creating a group
- Adding group members
- Deleting a user account
- Managing file permissions
- Getting root privileges with sudo
- Setting resource limits with limits.conf
- Setting up public key authentication
- Securing user accounts
Introduction
In this chapter, you will see how to add new users to the Ubuntu server, update existing users, and set permissions for users. You will get to know the default setting for new users and how to change them. Also, you will take a look at secure shell (SSH) access and securing user profiles.
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