Both Active Directory (AD) and OpenLDAP play important roles in the enterprise. In fact, within the same company you’ll find the UNIX group using OpenLDAP and the LAN and Windows administrators using AD. However, most people are unable to fully [...]
USER MANAGEMENT
How to Host Open Source Code Repository in github
Hi all, today we will be learning how to host Source Code of Open Source Software in the repository hosted by github.com . GitHub is a web-based Git repository hosting service, which offers all of the distributed revision control and source [...]
How to Install Deepin Desktop Environment and Derivatives in Ubuntu
Hello, Today I am gonna show you how we can setup Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) which is maintained under a Linux Distribution Project called Deepin. Deepin is an Ubuntu based distribution of Linux Kernel for the Chinese (Also available in English) [...]
A Great Tool to Show Linux Command Progress Like % , ETA
Coreutils Viewer (cv) is a simple program that can be used to show the progress of any of coreutils commands. It uses information from file descriptors to determine the progress of a command for example the cp command. The beauty [...]
How to Add a User to a Group in Linux
In this tutorial, we learn how to add a user to a group in Linux. We also check how to create a group, add to a user to a secondary group, change user primary group, remove group and list groups. [...]
How to Change Password in Linux (passwd command)
In this tutorial, I will explain how a user or super user (root) can change the password in Linux. Passwd is the command used in Linux (Redhat, Centos, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora) and UNIX-like operating systems to change password. When we [...]
Linux Usermod Command with Examples
Linux usermod command is used to modify or change an existing user’s attributes. User's attributes are home directory, shell, password expiration date, groups, UID etc. When the command runs, data in the /etc/passwd (user account information), /etc/shadow (secure account information) [...]
/etc/shadow File in Linux Explained
In this tutorial, we will understand how the file /etc/shadow formated and why it is used for. The file /etc/shadow can be read-only by the system user ‘root’. In Linux, when you create a user (using useradd command) the account [...]
/etc/passwd File in Linux Explained
On Linux systems, user account information such as username, User ID (UID), Group ID (GID), home directory and shell are kept in a plain text file called /etc/passwd. When a user is created, system files such as /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and [...]
Linux File Permissions for Beginners
In Linux operating system, everything is organized in the form of files and directories. By setting permissions on files and directories, one can make sure that only authorized users are allowed to access a specific data. Each file in Linux [...]
How to Lock (Disable) User Account in Linux
Linux systems allow you to lock or disable access to a particular user account without changing anything from the account. This might be useful if you do not want to remove user account permanently but, you just want it disabled [...]
How to Give Root Privileges to a User in Linux
The “root” super user is the king of users in Linux/Unix. Having root access grants full and unlimited access to the Linux box. In this tutorial, I will show you how to allow root access to a user in a [...]
How to Move User Account from Linux Server to Another Server
Users can be people, accounts tied to physical users or accounts which exist for a specific application. Linux user can be divided to two types, one is system users and another one is normal user or application users. The system user [...]