All posts by Tuna Peyo

Modify groups

May 28,93

To modify an existing group in Linux, the groupmod command is used. Using this command you can change the GID …

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Delete groups

May 28,93

To delete a group in Linux, you can use a tool called delgroup. delgroup is a friendlier front-end to the …

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Create groups

May 28,93

To create groups in Linux, you can use a tool called addgroup. addgroup is a friendlier front-end to the low …

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Linux groups

May 28,93

A group in Linux is a collection of accounts that can be given special permissions on the system. For example, …

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Change passwords

May 28,93

The passwd command is used to change passwords of Linux users. To change a password of a specific user account, …

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/etc/shadow file format

May 28,93

Most modern Linux distributions use the /etc/shadow file to store encrypted password data. Passwords are stored using a hash (a one-way type …

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