Creating Users and Groups from the Command Line

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

Create the Required Groups

Run the following commands:

sudo groupadd management

sudo groupadd sales

sudo groupadd operations

Add Members to the Appropriate Groups

Add jen to all groups.

for i in management sales operations ; do sudo usermod -a -G $i jen; done

Add william to all groups.

for i in management sales operations ; do sudo usermod -a -G $i william; done

Add the users matt, sam, anne, and danny to the sales group.

for i in matt sam anne danny; do sudo usermod -a -G sales $i; done

Add the users kate and bruce to the operations group.

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/group
```
or
```
for i in jen william matt sam anne danny kate bruce; do groups $i; done
```

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Creating Users and Groups from the Command Line

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