How to Create and Delete a User on Debian 9 | Linux Today

How to Create and Delete a User on Debian 9

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Jun 14, 2018

In this tutorial, we will show you how to create and delete a user on Debian 9. In the initial server setup, there is only one user account created and that is ???root??? user account. This root user has the highest privileges and has access to all files and commands on the system. But having too many privileges and running as root user is not always recommended and if you are not careful enough it can have destructive consequences for your system.

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