Jack Wallen walks you through creating new users and groups on Linux and adding those new users to the new groups.

If you're managing Linux users from the command line, these are the tools you need.

Managing user groups on Linux systems is easy, but the commands can be more flexible than you might be aware.

In Linux systems, including Debian 12, the sudo group grants users the ability to execute administrative commands. This provides them with the privileges to install, update, and delete software, ...

Many of the commands that allow you to manage user accounts and monitor user activity require sudo access.

If you want to further secure your Linux machines, there's no place like home. Here's how to manage permissions and encrypt each user's home directory.

Your home directory is typically found in /home/USER (where USER is your Linux username). If you issue the command ls /home, you’ll see all of the users that have directories within /home.