In this tutorial you will learn how to create and delete users on Ubuntu Server using useradd and userdel commands and also to check the new user values.
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# Create and delete a user on Ubuntu Server # Create a new user # -m Create the user's home directory if it does not exist # -s The name of the user's login shell # -g The group name or number of the user's initial login group # -c It is generally a short description of the login, and is currently used as the field for the user's full name sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash -g www-data -c "Liviu Balan" liviu.balan # User account information vi /etc/passwd # Change user ID sudo su liviu.balan # Check home dir cd ~/ pwd # Check default group groups exit # Delete a user account and related files # -r Files in the user's home directory will be removed along with the home directory itself and the user's mail spool # -f This option forces the removal of the user account, even if the user is still logged in sudo userdel -rf liviu.balan |