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Oracle Linux Training Station

Create Users and Groups

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When administering a Linux system, you will eventually need to create users and groups, whether for a particular software installation or to perform a specific task. As for groups, it’s a great way to control directory access.

Objectives

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

  • Create a new user and explore the user’s home directory
  • Create a new group and add a user to the group
  • Utilize the user private group scheme and implement write access to a directory
  • Administer the sudo command for granting root privileges

Prerequisites

  • Minimum of a single Oracle Linux system

  • Each system should have Oracle Linux installed and configured with:

    • A non-root user account with sudo access
    • Access to the Internet