Basic Linux commands

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Basic Linux commands
By Vinoth

To list all the users in system.

cat /etc/passwd

To list all the groups in system.

cat /etc/group

To add new user.

sudo adduser username

To add a user to sudo group.

sudo usermod -aG sudo username

To delete user.

sudo deluser username

To delete user and his home directory

sudo deluser --remove-home username

To add a group to directory

sudo chgrp -R username directoryname

To make directory read write access to group

sudo chmod g+rwx -R directoryname