How to Manage Users and Groups in Linux via Terminal

      How to Manage Users and Groups in Linux via Terminal

 
1)
Add new group named "school"

            anusree@anusree-VirtualBox:~$ sudo groupadd school

2)
List the group that created in above step.

           anusree@anusree-VirtualBox:~$ cat /etc/group

3)
Add two users named "students" and "staffs"

             anusree@anusree-VirtualBox:~$ sudo useradd -m students
             anusree@anusree-VirtualBox:~$ sudo useradd -m staffs
  

-m option is used for crate the home directory at the time of user is created.

4)
List the users that created in the above step.

             anusree@anusree-VirtualBox:~$ cat /etc/passwd

5)
Then, add the existing users "students" and "staffs" to the group "school".

               anusree@anusree-VirtualBox:~$ sudo adduser students school
               Adding user `students' to group `school' ...
               Adding user students to group school
               Done.
               anusree@anusree-VirtualBox:~$ sudo adduser staffs school
               Adding user `staffs' to group `school' ...
               Adding user staffs to group school
               Done.
                anusree@anusree-VirtualBox:~$

After adding users to the group then list the name of groups then we can see the changes..

6)
Delete the user.

              anusree@anusree-VirtualBox:~$ sudo userdel -r students         
              anusree@anusree-VirtualBox:~$ sudo userdel -r staffs

 -r option is used for delete the user with its home directory 

7)
Delete the group.

             anusree@anusree-VirtualBox:~$ sudo groupdel school