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Creating Users and Groups from the Command Line
In this hands-on lab, we will practice adding users and groups from the command line. Creating, managing, and removing users and groups is a fundamental skill in Linux system administration.

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Challenge
Create the Required Users
Note: Please wait 1-2 minutes after starting the lab to enable all the lab resources to provision.
- Run the following command:
for i in jen william matt sam anne danny kate bruce; do sudo useradd -m $i; done
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Challenge
Create the Required Groups
- Run the following commands:
sudo groupadd management
sudo groupadd sales
sudo groupadd operations
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Challenge
Add Members to the Appropriate Groups
- Add
jen
to all groups.
for i in management sales operations ; do sudo usermod -a -G $i jen; done
- Add
william
to all groups.
for i in management sales operations ; do sudo usermod -a -G $i william; done
- Add the users
matt
,sam
,anne
, anddanny
to thesales
group.
for i in matt sam anne danny; do sudo usermod -a -G sales $i; done
- Add the users
kate
andbruce
to theoperations
group.
for i in kate bruce; do sudo usermod -a -G operations $i; done
- Run one of the following commands to verify that group membership has been configured correctly for all users:
tail -n3 /etc/group
or
``` for i in jen william matt sam anne danny kate bruce; do groups $i; done ```
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