– Command to Create a user in linux is
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# useradd [username] Replace [username] with the name of user you want to set. Lets make a testuser |
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# useradd testuser |
– Setup the password for user
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# passwd useradd |
This will make a user directory in /home
However if you have a directory already and want to assign it to user then the command is
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#useradd [username] -d [path to direcotry] |
Lets make a user “testuser”
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#useradd testuser -d /var/www/html/downloads/ |
Assign permission to directory
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# chown -R root:testuser /var/www/html/downloads/ # chmod 775 -R /var/www/html/downloads/ |
-R option is to recursivity into directory
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