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    Lab Experiment - 6

    AIM To learn how to manage local users and groups in a Linux


    system

    creating, modifying, and deleting users and groups,


    Description
    managing user permissions, and configuring password
    policies

    Pre-Lab
    useradd, passwd, userdel, usermod, chage, chgrp, touch
    Commands

    1. Create a new user named user1. Set a password for user1.


    Verify the creation of user1 by checking the /etc/passwd
    file. Delete the user user1.
    2. Create a new group named group1. Add the existing user
    In Lab user1 to group1. Verify the addition of user1 to group1 by
    checking the /etc/group file. Delete the group group1.
    3. Change the home directory of user1 to /home/newuser1.
    Change the
    login shell of user1 to /bin/bash. Change the full name of user1
    to "User One". Verify the changes by checking the /etc/passwd
    file.

    What command is used to create a new user


    in Linux? How do you create a new group in
    Viva Questions
    Linux?
    What command is used to modify user account
    details? What command is used to configure
    password aging policies?

    1. Set the minimum password age for user1 to 7 days. Set the
    maximum password age for user1 to 90 days. Set a password
    Post Lab
    expiration warning for user1 to 7 days. Verify the password
    aging settings.
    1. Create a New User (user1)

     Create user1:

    sudo useradd user1

     Set a password for user1:

    sudo passwd user1

     Verify creation by checking the /etc/passwd file:

    grep 'user1' /etc/passwd

     Delete the user user1:

    sudo userdel user1

    2. Create a New Group (group1) and Add user1 to it

     Create group1:

    sudo groupadd group1

     Add user1 to group1:

    sudo usermod -aG group1 user1

     Verify the addition by checking the /etc/group file:

    grep 'group1' /etc/group

     Delete the group group1:

    sudo groupdel group1

    3. Modify User Information

     Change the home directory of user1 to /home/newuser1:

    sudo usermod -d /home/newuser1 -m user1

    The -m option moves the content from the old home directory to the new one.

     Change the login shell of user1 to /bin/bash:

    sudo usermod -s /bin/bash user1

     Change the full name of user1 to "User One":

    sudo usermod -c "User One" user1

     Verify the changes by checking the /etc/passwd file:

    grep 'user1' /etc/passwd

    This set of commands will help you manage users and groups effectively in a
    RHEL/CentOS system.
    1. Set the minimum password age for user1 to 7 days. Set the
    maximum password age for user1 to 90 days. Set a password
    Post Lab
    expiration warning for user1 to 7 days. Verify the password
    aging settings.

    sudo chage --list user1

    Set the maximum password age for user1 to 90 days

    chage -M 90 username

    the minimum password age for user1 to 7 days

    chage -m 90 username

    Set a password expiration warning for user1 to 7 days

    Sudo chage username

    Passwd user1

    Cat /etc/passwd

    This will set the number of days in advance the user will begin receiving
    warnings that the password will expire.

    For example:

    # passwd -w 7 user2

    To force a user to change their password upon next login

    sudo chage -d 0 <username>

    Use the vi /etc/login.defs file to set password aging policies.

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