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User Management

Create a User

# Create user with home directory
sudo useradd -m username
# You probably also want to set their default shell
sudo chsh -s /bin/bash username

Change Password

sudo passwd username

Set Default Shell

sudo chsh -s /bin/bash username

Delete User

# Delete user and home directory
sudo userdel -r username
# You may also want to delete their group
sudo groupdel groupname