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Add and Del user Ubuntu
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To list all local users you can use: | |
cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd | |
To list all users capable of authenticating (in some way), including non-local, see this reply: http://askubuntu.com/a/414561/571941 | |
Some more useful user-management commands (also limited to local users): | |
To add a new user you can use: | |
sudo adduser new_username | |
or: | |
sudo useradd new_username | |
See also: What is the difference between adduser and useradd? | |
To remove/delete a user, first you can use: | |
sudo userdel username | |
Then you may want to delete the home directory for the deleted user account : | |
sudo rm -r /home/username |
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