Linux Commands to manage Local Accounts - useradd, usermod, chage & passwd | Linux Today

Linux Commands to manage Local Accounts – useradd, usermod, chage & passwd

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Pradeep Kumar
Feb 12, 2016

User administration is one of the important task of Linux system administrator. Local accounts or users in Linux like operating system is managed by useradd, usermod, userdel, chage and passwd commands.

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Pradeep Kumar

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