Tutorial: Linux User Setup

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linux bash tutorial

Suppose we are creating a new user anitesh to our server.

Create a user in the directory
Create a home directory for new user and provide its sole ownership
Set a password for the new user
Set the default shell to be /bin/bash
(Optional) Provide administrative aka sudo access to the user

export username="anitesh"
echo "Creating user $username"

# Create a new user with the specified username
sudo useradd $username

# Create a home directory for the new user
sudo mkdir "/home/$username"

# Change the ownership of the home directory to the new user
sudo chown $username "/home/$username"

# Set a password for the new user (this will prompt for input)
sudo passwd $username

# Change the default shell for the new user to /bin/bash
sudo chsh --shell /bin/bash $username

# Add the new user to the 'sudo' group to grant administrative privileges
sudo adduser $username sudo