Linux® Quick Fix

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One of the most important activities in administering a Linux box is the addition of users. Here you'll find some simple examples to provide a foundation for future chapters. It is not intended to be comprehensive, but is a good memory refresher. You...

If a server needs to be administered by a number of people, it is normally not a good idea for them all to use the root account. This is because it becomes difficult to determine exactly who did what, when, and where if everyone logs in with the same...

It is important to know how to add users, not just so they can log in to our system. Most server-based applications usually run via a dedicated unprivileged user accountfor example, the MySQL database application runs as user mysql and the Apache Web...