Users and Groups
Create a new user with Home Directory
useradd -m -d /home/<username> <username>
Add user to sudoers group
usermod -aG sudo <username>
Set Default shell for a user
usermod --shell /bin/bash <username>
# OR #
chsh --shell /bin/sh <username>
Delete a user and purge their /home/
Use the -r
(--remove
) option to force userdel
to remove the user’s home directory and mail spool
userdel -r <username>
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