Linux System Administration: User and Group Management
This course will teach you fundamental local user management skills on the Linux operating system.
What you'll learn
Linux powers the internet. If you’re a developer, you may not know it, but most of the applications you build and maintain actually run on some variant of Linux. Developers may get away with not knowing any Linux, but if you’re in operations or platform engineering, Linux will be at the heart of your career. In this course, Linux System Administration: User and Group Management, you'll rapidly get up to speed administrating local users and groups using Ubuntu Linux. First, you’ll create new local users and groups. Next, you’ll discover how to modify important account attributes. Finally, you’ll learn how to manage user passwords. By the end of this course, you'll have a better understanding of the fundamentals of local user management skills on Linux systems.
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About the author
I got my start in IT administrating an Oracle 10g database on Red Hat Linux. I've come a long way since and have used Linux everyday since 2012 both personally and professionally. As an independent consultant, I'm currently responsible for no less than forty Oracle databases running on Windows and Red Hat Servers. Perhaps the only thing I love almost as much as Linux is the Cloud and the many opportunities it provides. Linux has opened a lot of doors for me, and teaching it is my favorite pas... more