create user and group in Linux

In this tutorial, I will quickly guide create user and group in Linux. How to add a user to a group in Linux. How to create users has sudo permission or user no has sudo permission.

Using useradd command to create the user and groupadd command to create the group in Linux system.

How to create user and group in Linux

create group new in Linux

use groupadd command as below

$ sudo groupadd -g 2000 common # group common no has sudo permission
$ sudo groupadd -g 2001 dev # group dev has sudo permission
$ sudo groupadd -g 1100 IT

Create user new in Linux

For example, user user01 no has sudo permission and user huupv has sudo permission

# useradd -m -d /home/user01 -s  /bin/bash   -g common -u 5000  user01; echo -e "user01\nuser01\n"  |  passwd  user01
# useradd -m -d /home/huupv  -s  /bin/bash   -g IT  -G dev    -u 5001  huupv; echo -e "huupv\nhuupv\n"  |  passwd  huupv

Add group to sudoers file

use visudo to open and edit the /etc/sudoers file and add group dev as follow below

%dev ALL=(root) ALL

Option

Create a user with sudo without password Linux.

# useradd -d /home/devops -u 8888 -s /bin/bash						
# echo -e "devops\ndevops\n" |  passwd devops						
# echo "devops ALL = (root) NOPASSWD:ALL" | tee /etc/sudoers.d/devops						
# chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/devops						

Conclusion

Through the article, You can create user and group in Linux as above. I hope will this your helpful. Thank you for reading the DevopsRoles page!