Difference between revisions of "Usermod"

Latest revision as of 13:41, 28 December 2023

Add an additional secondary group:

Change primary group for user:

usermod -g yournewprimarygroupname yourusername

usermod -s /usr/sbin/nologin myuser
ssh and scp will fail

You may need to start a new login shell after adding user: su - USERNAME

sudo usermod -l newusername oldusername change user name

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+{{lowercase}}
+<code>[[usermod]]</code> command included in <code>[[Passwd (package)|passwd]]</code> package: https://linux.die.net/man/8/usermod
+Add an additional secondary group:
+* <code>sudo usermod -aG sudo YOUR_USERNAME</code>
+* <code>usermod -a -G YOUR_GROUP YOUR_USERNAME</code>
- sudo usermod -aG sudo <username>
+Change primary group for user:
+  [[usermod -g]] yournewprimarygroupname yourusername
-  usermod -a -G YOUR_GROUP YOUR_USERNAME
   usermod -s /usr/sbin/nologin myuser
   [[ssh]] and [[scp]] will fail
+* <code>[[groups]]</code>
+* <code>[[groups]] USERNAME</code>
- [[groups]] USERNAME
+You may need to start a new login shell after adding user: <code>su - USERNAME</code>
+<code>sudo [[usermod -l]] newusername oldusername</code> change user name
 == Related commands ==
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 * <code>[[groups]]</code>
 * [[Passwordless sudo]]
+* <code>[[visudo]]</code>, <code>[[sudoers]]</code>
+* [[macOS]]: <code>sudo [[dseditgroup]] -o edit -a $username_to_add -t user admin</code>
 == See also ==
+* {{usermod}}
 * {{Linux Commands privileges}}
+[[Category:Linux]]