Users:

[root@master ~]# ls -l
[root@master ~]# ps aux
[root@master ~]# useradd --help
[root@master ~]# useradd abeer
[root@master ~]# passwd abeer
[root@master ~]# useradd -G admin -u 1005 -s /usr/sbin/nologin abeer
[root@master ~]# useradd -c "ahmed hosni" -e 2016-12-31 -s /bin/csh ahmed
To verify:
[root@master ~]# id
[root@master ~]# id abeer
[root@master ~]# id -u abeer (UID for abeer)
[root@master ~]# tail -n 1 /etc/passwd
username:password:UID:GID:GECOS:/home/dir:shell
note:
GECOS field is arbitrary text, which usually includes the user's real name.
[root@master ~]# tail -n 1 /etc/shadow
name:password:1astchange:minage:maxage:warning:inactive:expire:b1ank

The number 1 indicates an MD5 hash. The number 6 appears when a SHA-512 hash is
used.
[root@master ~]# authconfig --passalgo=<descrypt|bigcrypt|md5|sha256|sha512> (to
change the hashing type)

note:
!! indicates that the user has no password
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Groups:
-Primary group is the user Private Group (UPG).
[root@master ~]# groupadd sales
[root@master ~]# groupadd -g 1005 admin

To verify:
[root@master ~]# id
[root@master ~]# id abeer
[root@master ~]# grep sales /etc/group
groupname:password:GID:list,of,users,in,this,group

[root@master ~]# groupmod -g 2000 admin

[root@master ~]# groupadd old
[root@master ~]# groupmod -n new old (rename a group)
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Switching users with su:
[root@master ~]# su abeer
[abeer@master root]$ exit
exit
[root@master ~]# su - abeer
[abeer@master ~]$
[abeer@master ~]$ su
[abeer@master ~]$ su -
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Running commands as root with sudo:
[root@master ~]# vim /etc/sudoers
abeer ALL=(ALL) ALL
%sales ALL=(ALL) ALL

[abeer@master ~]$ sudo passwd ahmed

[abeer@master ~]$ sudo passwd -l ahmed
To verify:
[root@master ~]# tail -f /var/log/secure
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Modify users:
[root@master ~]# usermod -L abeer (lock the user)
[root@master ~]# usermod -U abeer (unlock the user)
[root@master ~]# usermod -G sales abeer (overwrite secondary group)
[root@master ~]# usermod -aG admin abeer (append to secondary group)
or:
[root@master ~]# vim /etc/group
To verify:
[root@master ~]# id abeer
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Delete users:
[root@master ~]# userdel abeer
[root@master ~]# userdel -r test (removes home directory)
Note:
In RHEL7 the useradd command assigns new users the first free UID number available
in the range starting from UID 1000 or above.
[root@master ~]#useradd abeer
[root@master ~]# ls /home/ -l
drwx------. 5 abeer abeer 4096 Jun 21 21:36 abeer
[root@master ~]#userdel abeer
[root@master ~]#useradd ahmed
[root@master ~]# ls /home/ -l
drwx------. 5 ahmed ahmed 74 Jun 23 05:00 abeer
drwx------. 3 ahmed ahmed 74 Jun 23 02:55 ahmed
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Delete groups:
[root@master ~]# groupdel admin
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UID ranges:
UID 0 is always assigned to the superuser account, root.
UID 1-200 is a range of "system users" assigned statically to system processes by
Red Hat.
UID 201-999 is a range of "system users" used by system processes that do not own
files on the file system.
UID 1000+ is the range available for assignment to regular users.

To change the default:

[root@master ~]# vim /etc/login.defs
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Password aging:
[root@master ~]# chage -l abeer (list info about the user)
[root@master ~]# chage -E 2017-1-1 abeer (expire the user on the specified
address)
[root@master ~]# chage -m 1 abeer (set minimum number of days before
password change)
[root@master ~]# chage -M 120 abeer (set maximim number of days before
password change)
[root@master ~]# passwd -x 90 abeer (the password will expire after 90 days)
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Create a default file or directoy in the user's home directory:
[root@master ~]# touch /etc/skel/new_file
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GUI tool to manage users and groups:
[root@master ~]# yum install system-config-users
[root@master ~]# system-config-users
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Best wishes:
Abeer :)