Linux+ Security: Manage Local Users

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Linux+ Security: Manage Local Users

In this lab you’ll gain hands-on experience in managing and configuring local user accounts in a Linux environment. Participants will learn essential commands and techniques for creating, modifying, and managing user accounts.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 28, 2025

Duration

1h 0m

Challenge

List User Accounts

To start the lab, you will learn about the various commands that can be used to list user accounts in Linux.
Challenge

Manage New User Accounts

In this challenge, you will create new user accounts using both default and non-default settings. Additionally, you will modify the default setting of the user account.
Challenge

Modify and Delete User Accounts

You will create user and group accounts, as well as modify existing user accounts by adding primary and supplementary groups.
Challenge

Create a User with a Specific UID and GID

This is a short one, and you will quickly learn how to specify IDs when creating a user and a group.
Challenge

Manage User Password Expiration and Aging

To finish this lab, you will implement password aging policies for a user account using the chage command.

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