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usermod - modify a user account

Once a user is already created, you can still modify its options and data, to do that use usermod

Syntax

• -d home directory
• -s starting program (shell)
• -p password
• -g (primary group assigned to the users)
• -G (Other groups the user belongs to)

Example

If you want to change the default login shell of a user user

usermod -s /bin/tsh user

Read the man page of usermod for more information

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