Linux User Account Management

User account management cheat sheet

sudo useradd joshua  # create user
sudo useradd -m -d /home/customhome joshua # create user with custom home directory
sudo useradd -s /bin/bash joshua # create user with shell


# Password:
sudo passwd joshua # Set password for joshua
sudo passwd -l joshua # Locks account
sudo passwd -u joshua # Unlocks account

#User Modify
sudo usermod -aG developers joshua # adds joshua to developers group
sudo usermod -d /home/newhomedir joshua # Gives joshua new home directory
sudo usermod -aG sudo joshua # adds joshua to sudo group

# Change Shell
sudo usermod -s /bin/bash joshua

# Delete user account
sudo userdel -r joshua # -r deletes their home directory as well.

# Switch users
su - joshua

# List users groups
groups