Friday, May 14, 2010

Linux usermod command -e Expiry Date -l Login Name -c Command -s shell User Account -G Group

Linux usermod command is used to edit the user account . We can set user account expiry date ,change user login name, set the command for particular user, Add the user to the group
[root@program ~]# groupadd redhat
[root@program ~]# useradd rhel5
[root@program ~]# useradd rhel7
Add the user to the group -G option
Using -G option we can add the user rhel5 to the group Redhat
[root@program ~]# usermod -G redhat rhel5
[root@program ~]# usermod -G redhat rhel7
Edit the shell login -s option
Remove the shell login access for the user rhel7
[root@program ~]# usermod -s /sbin/nologin rhel7
[root@program ~]# su rhel7
This account is currently not available.
Set Expiry date -e option
[root@program ~]# su rhel5
Account has been login without any issue
set the expiry date for the user rhel5
[root@program ~]# usermod -e 2010-04-18 rhel5
After the date
$ su rhel5
Password:
Your account has expired; please contact your system administrator
Edit the comment or label for the user rhel5
[root@program ~]# usermod -c version5 rhel5
[root@program ~]# cat /etc/passwd | grep rhel5
rhel5:x:502:504:version5:/home/rhel5:/bin/bash
How to edit modify delete the user accountChange user login name -l option
[root@program ~]# usermod -l rhel55 rhel5
[root@program ~]# su rhel5
su: user rhel5 does not exist
[root@program ~]# su rhel55
Options:

-a, --append                  append the user to the supplemental GROUPS

(use only with -G)

-c, --comment COMMENT new value of the GECOS field

-d, --home HOME_DIR new home directory for the user account

-e, --expiredate EXPIRE_DATE set account expiration date to EXPIRE_DATE

-f, --inactive INACTIVE set password inactive after expiration

to INACTIVE

-g, --gid GROUP force use GROUP as new primary group

-G, --groups GROUPS new list of supplementary GROUPS

-h, --help display this help message and exit

-l, --login NEW_LOGIN new value of the login name

-L, --lock lock the user account

-m, --move-home move contents of the home directory to the new

location (use only with -d)

-o, --non-unique allow using duplicate (non-unique) UID

-p, --password PASSWORD use encrypted password for the new password

-s, --shell SHELL new login shell for the user account

-u, --uid UID new UID for the user account

-U, --unlock unlock the user account

-Z, --selinux-user new selinux user mapping for the user account
How to edit modify delete the user account

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