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Linux Mint Essentials

By : Jay LaCroix
Book Image

Linux Mint Essentials

By: Jay LaCroix

Overview of this book

A task-oriented look at Linux Mint, using actual real-world examples to stimulate learning. Each topic is presented in an easy-to-follow order, with hands-on activities to reinforce the content. If you are starting out with Linux from a different platform or are well versed with Linux Mint and want a guide that shows you how to exploit certain functionality, this book is for you. No previous Linux experience is assumed.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Creating new users


As with most things in Linux, there is more than one way to create user accounts in Linux Mint. Mint features a GUI tool to facilitate user management as well as shell commands that will help you get the job done. Although it's much easier to use the graphical tools, which are very simplistic, it's also important to learn how to manage users via shell commands, since your GUI may not always function and most Linux servers do not feature GUI applications. First, we'll explore how to create users with Mint's Users and Groups graphical tool, and then we'll explore how to create users via shell commands. The following screenshot shows the Users and Groups tool, with the addition of some extra user accounts:

The Users and Groups tool is available in the Applications menu listed under the Administration section. Once you launch it, you'll be able to create a new user account right away. To do so, simply click on Add and then a new window will appear, giving you a chance to fill...