zettel.thermokar.st

Adding a new user account on a linux system

adduser $USER
usermod -aG sudo $USER
# if account requires password-less elevation:
sudo visudo  # add an entry like: $USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
# confirm that the account works as expected
su - $USER

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Created: 2020-12-13T16:43:00Z · Updated: 2020-12-14T04:25:54Z