Related Ubuntu Commands
You use these commands to manage user accounts in Ubuntu:
• ac
—A user account-statistics command
• change
—Sets or modifies user password expiration policies
• chfn
—Creates or modifies user finger information in /etc/passwd
• chgrp
—Modifies group memberships
• chmod
—Changes file permissions
• chown
—Changes file ownerships
• chpasswd
—Batch command to modify user passwords
• chsh
—Modifies a user’s shell
• groups
—Displays existing group memberships
• logname
—Displays a user’s login name
• newusers
—Batches user management command
• passwd
—Creates or modifies user passwords
• su
—Executes shell or command as another user
• sudo
—Manages selected user execution permissions
• useradd
—Creates, modifies, or manages users
• usermod ...
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