LPI Linux Certification/Manage User And Group Accounts And Related System Files

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Detailed Objectives

(LPIC-1 Version 5.0)

Weight: 5

Description:
Candidates should be able to add, remove, suspend and change user accounts.

Key Knowledge Areas:

Add, modify and remove users and groups.
Manage user/group info in password/group databases.
Create and manage special purpose and limited accounts.

The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:

/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow
/etc/group
/etc/skel
chage
groupadd
groupdel
groupmod
passwd
useradd
userdel
usermod

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