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= Create = | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
useradd <username> | useradd -m <username> | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
= Delete = | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
userdel <username> | userdel -r <username> | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
= Change Password = | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
passwd <username> | passwd <username> | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
= Disable Account = | |||
<pre> | |||
passwd -l <username> | |||
</pre> | |||
= Assign root permissions = | |||
'''For Debian'''<br> | |||
<pre> | |||
vi /etc/sudoers | |||
</pre> | |||
<pre> | |||
<username> ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL | |||
</pre> | |||
= Impersonate root = | |||
'''For CentOS/Linux and Debian'''<br> | |||
Give an account root permissions. (Different from above)<br> | |||
This will make the user seen as root even though logged in as a different account. | |||
<pre> | |||
vi /etc/passwd | |||
</pre> | |||
Find the user in question and modify assigned number, in this example 501:501 to be 0:0 | |||
example<br> | |||
from | |||
<pre> | |||
timmy:x:501:501::/home/timmy:/bin/bash | |||
</pre> | |||
to | |||
<pre> | |||
timmy:x:0:0::/home/timmy:/bin/bash | |||
</pre> | |||
[[Category : Linux]] | [[Category : Linux]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:57, 1 December 2014
Create
useradd -m <username>
Delete
userdel -r <username>
Change Password
passwd <username>
Disable Account
passwd -l <username>
Assign root permissions
For Debian
vi /etc/sudoers
<username> ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
Impersonate root
For CentOS/Linux and Debian
Give an account root permissions. (Different from above)
This will make the user seen as root even though logged in as a different account.
vi /etc/passwd
Find the user in question and modify assigned number, in this example 501:501 to be 0:0
example
from
timmy:x:501:501::/home/timmy:/bin/bash
to
timmy:x:0:0::/home/timmy:/bin/bash
