Befehle mit erweiterten Rechten ausführen

The following commands must be prefaced with the sudo command. Please see RootSudo for information on using sudo (sudo is short for superuser do).

Eine neue Gruppe hinzufügen

The addgroup command is used to create a new group in the system. To create a new group, type:

sudo addgroup foobar

The above command will create a new group called foobar.

Einen neuen Benutzer anlegen

The adduser command is used to create a new user on the system. To create a new user, type:

adduser foobar

which will create a new user called foobar.

Hinzufügen oder Ändern eines Benutzerpassworts

The passwd command is used to assign a new password to a new user or change the current password for an existing user. To add a password or change the password for the user foobar, type:

passwd foobar

For new users, this will generate a prompt to enter the new password. For an existing user, there will be a prompt for the existing password before the prompt for a new password.

Benutzer einer Gruppe hinzufügen

To assign the user foobar to the group barfoo, type:

adduser foobar barfoo