In this hands-on lab, we will practice adding users and groups from the command line. Creating, managing, and removing users and groups is a fundamental skill in Linux system administration.
Learning Objectives
Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
- Create the Required Users
Note: Please wait 1-2 minutes after starting the lab to enable all the lab resources to provision.
- Run the following command:
for i in jen william matt sam anne danny kate bruce; do sudo useradd -m $i; done
- Run the following command:
- Create the Required Groups
- Run the following commands:
sudo groupadd managementsudo groupadd salessudo groupadd operations
- Run the following commands:
- Add Members to the Appropriate Groups
- Add
jento all groups.for i in management sales operations ; do sudo usermod -a -G $i jen; done - Add
williamto all groups.for i in management sales operations ; do sudo usermod -a -G $i william; done - Add the users
matt,sam,anne, anddannyto thesalesgroup.for i in matt sam anne danny; do sudo usermod -a -G sales $i; done - Add the users
kateandbruceto theoperationsgroup.for i in kate bruce; do sudo usermod -a -G operations $i; done Run one of the following commands to verify that group membership has been configured correctly for all users:
tail -n3 /etc/groupor
for i in jen william matt sam anne danny kate bruce; do groups $i; done
- Add
