Question

linux:

1. Become the root user for this exercise. What command did you use to do this again?
   
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2. Now that you are root, create a new user on your system called labsevenuser. What is the command you used to create this user?
   
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3. Set a new password for the new user you just created in step 2 above. What is the command you used to do this?
   
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4. Create a new group called awesomepeople. Add the user you created in step 2 to this group. What is the command you used to do this?
   
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5. Paste the last 5 lines of the /etc/group and /etc/passwd here to show that you executed the commands above.
   

Answer 1

1.create a new user on your system called labsevenuser.

$ sudo useradd labsevenuser

2.Set a new password for the new user you just created.

$ sudo passwd labsevenuser

--This command will propt you to enter and confirm the password.

3.Create a new group called awesomepeople. Add the user you created in that group.


$ sudo groupadd awesomepeople

$ sudo usermod -a -G awesomepeople labsevenuser

4.Paste the last 5 lines of the /etc/group and /etc/passwd here to show that you executed the commands above.

/etc/group:

postdrop:x:90:
postfix:x:89:
chrony:x:996:
labsevenuser:x:1000:
awesomepeople:x:1001:labsevenuser

/etc/passwd:

polkitd:x:999:998:User for polkitd:/:/sbin/nologin
sshd:x:74:74:Privilege-separated SSH:/var/empty/sshd:/sbin/nologin
postfix:x:89:89::/var/spool/postfix:/sbin/nologin
chrony:x:998:996::/var/lib/chrony:/sbin/nologin
labsevenuser:x:1000:1000::/home/labsevenuser:/bin/bash