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add system user without login but able to su without asking for password

I created a user "sysuser" with -r option, when trying to su using another non-root user I am prompted for password. As "sysuser" is a system account and should not login, I did not set up a password. (With sysuser I need to be able to own files and…
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Should I set the password when creating new user using useradd command?

I know that when creating a new user by useradd, I could set his password by -p option, but it seems insecure, then what the right way to create a user and set his password? I do this in two steps: 1. create the user using useradd command without…
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Cannot add user on Centos Server - Input/Output error

Today, on my Centos server I tried to add a user but got the following error: -bash: /usr/sbin/useradd: Input/output error How do i fix it? Thanks UPDATE: var/log/messages is blank df -h also gives me a the same input/output error: -bash:…
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How to make Ubuntu useradd behave like Centos useradd?

I don't remember modifying CentOS useradd to get this behavior. useradd in CentOS creates the user's home directory with all the normal files (like .bashrc). I modified /etc/default/useradd to make it looks like CentOS (just required some…
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Bash script for setting up FTP

Is it possible / any recommendations on writing a shell script to automate the process of creating a new user/ftp user: Currently the process: sudo useradd -d /ftp-files/user-a -m user-a sudo passwd user-a The issue is that I need to manually…
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Add regular unix user to whm to use cPanel

I have been using useradd to create user account on my CentOS server although cPanel has been installed on the server. For some reasons, I created them by command instead of using WHM. Now, some of them want to use rich features of cPanel. What is…
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creating user with limited access

I add a user on Application server using "useradd" command. /usr/sbin/useradd shantanu This user can connect to mysql service using the following command... mysql -h 10.10.10.111 -uroot -proot@123 I want this user to not to be able to connect to…
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Debian add user permission

I'm giving my friend a host on my dedicated server. I created a new user for him: Debian server. adduser friend Adding user `friend' ... Adding new group `friend' (1000) ... Adding new user `friend' (1000) with group `friend' ... Creating home…
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Creating users/groups via PHP

I'm creating an internal tool that needs a bit of cpanel/webmin type functionality, but this isn't a situation where I could use one of those Right now I need to be able to create linux users, groups, and directories via PHP. Here's what I have…
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Is it possible to change the directory in which useradd creates its lockfiles?

Useradd creates lock files in /etc/ directory. Is it possible make it create them somewhere else?
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Script to notify me when users are created

I've created a script from what ive found on the web to notify a SA of users being added to a server. I have it setup with a cron to run the script every 5 mins to monitor differences in the /var/log/secure file but it still sends a blank email if…
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Add an aliases user root2, results changing the owner root to root2

Am looking to add an alias for the root user to log to the server with a different password So I followed this advice https://serverfault.com/a/870301/429729 by using the following command useradd -o -u 0 -g 0 -N -d /root/ -M root2 it works but…
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Create user without adding subuid range

Is it possible to create a new user e.g. with useradd without adding an entry to /etc/subuid even if the latter file exists? I use /etc/subuid only to for the user namespacing by Docker but don't want all other manually users manually to get subuid…
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Please help me understand useradd example's syntax

I've been doing some research on how to add a user to the system so as to have a new ftp user and one of the examples I ran across was this: useradd -m -G users,ftp,wheel joe -s /bin/bash passwd joe chown -R joe /var/www/ I'm new to Linux and I…
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