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usermod

List of commands for usermod:

- usermod
usermod:ai:14647 Adds user Jeffrey to the sudo group

$ usermod -aG Jeffrey

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- usermod
usermod:ai:af372 This command adds a user to a specific group in Linux.

$ usermod -a -G groupName username

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- usermod
usermod:tldr:13b44 usermod: Change a username.

$ sudo usermod --login ${new_username} ${username}

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- usermod
usermod:tldr:22350 usermod: Change a user home directory.

$ sudo usermod --move-home --home ${path-to-new_home} ${username}

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- usermod
usermod:tldr:4876a usermod: Change a user id.

$ sudo usermod --uid ${id} ${username}

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- usermod
usermod:tldr:873e4 usermod: Add a user to supplementary groups (mind the lack of whitespace).

$ sudo usermod --append --groups ${group1,group2,---} ${username}

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usermod:tldr:c0554 usermod: Change a user shell.

$ sudo usermod --shell ${path-to-shell} ${username}

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