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rakesh kumar
rakesh kumar

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How to Create a new user account in linux

You can create a new user account in Linux by following these steps:

Open a terminal window.

Switch to the root user account using the su command and entering the root user's password.

su -
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Run the adduser command to create a new user. Replace newusername with the desired username for the new account.

adduser newusername
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adduser rakesh
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Set a password for the new user by running the passwd command and entering a new password when prompted.

passwd newusername
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Optionally, you can also add the new user to a specific group using the usermod command. Replace groupname with the desired group name.

usermod -a -G groupname newusername
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usermod -a -G developer rakesh
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Exit the root user account by running the exit command.

exit
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