diff --git a/pages/common/usermod.md b/pages/common/usermod.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..60ae27b6d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/common/usermod.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# usermod + +> Modifies a user account + +- Change a user's name + +`usermod -l {{newname}} {{user}}` + +- Add user to supplementary groups (mind the whitespace) + +`usermod -a -G {{group1,group2}} {{user}}` + +- Create a new home directory for a user and move their files to it + +`usermod -m -d {{/path/to/home}} {{user}}` \ No newline at end of file