Creating Users and Groups from the Command Line

Note: Please wait 1-2 minutes after starting the lab to enable all the lab resources to provision.

1. Run the following command:

for i in jen william matt sam anne danny kate bruce; do sudo useradd -m $i; done

1. Run the following commands:

sudo groupadd management

sudo groupadd sales

sudo groupadd operations

1. Add jen to all groups.

for i in management sales operations ; do sudo usermod -a -G $i jen; done

1. Add william to all groups.

for i in management sales operations ; do sudo usermod -a -G $i william; done

1. Add the users matt, sam, anne, and danny to the sales group.

for i in matt sam anne danny; do sudo usermod -a -G sales $i; done

1. Add the users kate and bruce to the operations group.

for i in kate bruce; do sudo usermod -a -G operations $i; done

1. Run one of the following commands to verify that group membership has been configured correctly for all users:

tail -n3 /etc/group

or

```
for i in jen william matt sam anne danny kate bruce; do groups $i; done
```