Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The usermod command is short for user modification, and, as the name implies, allows you to modify various aspects of a user account. For a Linux ...

With sudo access, on the other hand, you can make just about any changes to user accounts and with usermod, you can do it easily. Instead of editing files, you run commands that modify the files ...

When I need to work with Linux user accounts, I tend to default to the command line. Sure, there are GUIs for this purpose, but I find the command line to be more efficient and effective at this task.

Use "sudo usermod -a -G example_group example_user" to add a user to a group. To add a user to multiple groups at once, separate groups by commas, like "sudo usermod -a -G group1,group2,group3 example ...

If you’re administering a Linux server, chances are you have a lot of user accounts to manage and, along with these, a lot of files and settings to control. Here are some commands and issues that are ...