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Chapter 6. Users and Groups
User and Group Administrative Applications
man chage
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man gpasswd
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man groupadd
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man grpck
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man groupdel
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man groupmod
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man pwck
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man pwconv
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man pwunconv
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man useradd
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man userdel
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man usermod
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Configuration Files
man 5 group
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man 5 passwd
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man 5 shadow
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the system.
6.6.2. Related Books
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Introduction to System Administration; Red Hat, Inc. — This companion
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manual provides an overview of concepts and techniques of system administration. The chapter
titled Managing User Accounts and Resource Access has great information pertaining to user and
group account management.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide; Red Hat, Inc. — This companion manual
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contains more information on managing users and groups as well as advanced permission configu-
ration using ACLs. Refer to the chapters titled User and Group Configuration and Access Control
Lists for details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Guide; Red Hat, Inc. — This companion manual provides
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security-related aspects of user accounts, namely choosing strong passwords.
— A command to modify password aging policies and account expiration.
— A command to administer the
— A command to add groups.
— A command to verify the
— A command to remove groups.
— A command to modify group membership.
— A command to verify the
— A tool to convert standard passwords to shadow passwords.
— A tool to convert shadow passwords to standard passwords.
— A command to add users.
— A command to remove users.
— A command to modify users.
— The file containing group information for the system.
— The file containing user information for the system.
— The file containing passwords and account expiration information for
/etc/group
file.
/etc/group
and
/etc/passwd /etc/shadow
file.
files.
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