User Management

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, typically 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