Question

i use the linux system

and show me the command?

1. Add a user
2. Set the user password
3. Show that the user has been added and password set by taking a screen shot of the contents of the passwd file where your user is defined and uploading it to this assignment.
4. Create a group
5. Add the user to the group
6. Show that the group has been created by uploading a screen shot of the group file where your group is define.
7. Switch to the user you created and show that you are logged in as that user. Screen shot this and upload it.

Answer 1

Below are the commands with syntax and examples.

1)Add a user

Syntax :

adduser <userNAme>

Ex:

adduser user1

2) Set the user password

Syntax :

passwd <username>

Ex:

passwd password1

The /etc/shadow file stores contain the password information for the user account. So to view you can use below command

$ sudo cat /etc/shadow

3) Create a group

sudo groupadd queries // create a group  called queries

4)Add user to group

useradd -g queries Jay //Add a new user called Jay to group called queries

To view group you have created , use below command

cat /etc/group

5)Switch to user

Syntax:

su username // su means substitute user

ex: su Jay

6)To see the logged user, use below command

whoami